New Project

My newest project is making my own Roman blinds for the kitchen. It all started when Ben and I went to JC Penny home store and got a quote for custom Roman blinds. They gave us a quote for $450 for four windows and that was 60% off!! You can imagine how well that went over with Ben.

So... Ben and I took a trip to Joann's Fabrics and had fun picking out fabric. Then I printed out a pattern from online but that was scrapped when I read I'd have to get all kinds of extra materials. Ben's Grandpa made some Roman blinds for Grandma and so I decided we'd do it Grandpa's way. Let me just add that Ben's Grandpa is a jack of all trades. He can hunt, sew, invent, preach and any other sort of thing you need done. With the patient help of Ben's Grandma, Georgia, we made the first blind today. (she did most of the work) You'll never believe it, but there are coat hanger wires in the seams and I marveled at how Grandpa bent them so straight. Next he is going to help me hang the string for them.

I chose some beads for the bottom of the blind. I thought it would make it nice. Oh, and the window in the background is only primed, not painted yet. That window is where this particular blind will go...and no, you aren't getting a profile of my belly yet all right?! :)