The Final Curtain...

Excuse the overly dramatic post title; this is not the final anything. And at the rate I'm going, there will never be a 'final curtain' on my first dolls house project because I'm taking so long to do everything!

I had to pull myself away from all the 'fun' stuff (hats, dresses, hat boxes, pretty things), and focus on the poor abandoned shell in my spare room, gathering dust. It has no lights and I've just lifted the carpets, so it's in a bit of a sorry state at the moment.

But, I'll get there.

A few weeks ago I ordered a metre of crushed velvet online to make curtains for the boutique. On the screen it looked subtle and rich, a fawn coloured soft gold...but when it arrived I had to shield my eyes from the brassy glow it emitted.

Pah! Fooled by the sorcery of computer technology again.

But I persevered and decided to use it anyway.

It has a lovely crushed effect to the pile of the fabric, I convinced myself, in absolute denial.

And so, donning a pair of sunglasses, I set to work.

Here it is in all it's golden glory:

 

 I used two lengths of cardboard to make the pelmet, fabric-glued onto the velvet with the ends tucked in. 

 

 

Next, I wanted to make a piece that draped, so I cut another rectangle, glued the ends, tucked them in, and...

 Then I gathered it in the middle with a length of tiny 3mm gold ribbon.

Together with the pelmet, I was starting to get somewhere.

Next, I did the same gathered effect on some ivory cored lace, like so.

Added it to the pelmet bit...

...and tucked in the ends.

I then hemmed two lengths of fabric for the curtain parts, and gathered them at the top.

And this was my nearly finished pair of curtains.








  

 Here they are on the window, in close up.

 

And here is the full view:

They are up, but they need some tweaking. I think I may work on some new tie-backs and glue the pleats in place.

When its in the house, the fabric doesn't look as bad as it does on its own but I'm not sure if I am completely happy with them. I'll have a think about it for a few days, and then maybe make a change.

So I'll see you then :)