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No Sew Curtain Panels from Shower Curtains

Published on January 31, 2012 by Kristin Maxwell | 11 Comments

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I had one of those magical moments at TJMaxx the other day. I was just browsing, reveling in the sheer awesomeness that is this store, when I came upon the clearance aisle.

I was looking through the packages of shower curtains when I came upon these beauties, on clearance for $7 a piece (marked down from $20).

I knew they would be perfect for something, I just didn’t know what yet (do you ever buy awesome things because they’re cheap, knowing you’ll use them someday???).

Well, someday was two hours later, when I realized they would be perfect as curtains in my laundry room. Not too heavy, not too thick, but also, not too long. As in, not long enough! So I thought on it for a while and realized I had a large piece of burlap from my son’s birthday party.

I laid the burlap out with the curtain, but didn’t really like how it looked. Too busy, I thought. I figured I’d have to scrap the idea, but then I got the notion to turn the shower curtain upside down. The stripe of dark gray helped to break up the pattern and we were back in business!

Since I don’t sew, I simply hot glued the burlap to the shower curtain. Worked like a charm! I added a strip of hot glue to the edge to help prevent fraying.

I mentioned in my laundry room post that I had to be creative with how I hung things up in this room, as I can’t just hammer into the walls. I put up several command hooks and strung the curtains up by a rope leftover from my son’s bedroom makeover. I knotted the ends and held it as tight as I could. I’m planning to put up a bar when I can, but for now, this works just fine (and it was free!).

That was it – I made it sound a lot easier than it was (because, let’s be real, things are never as easy as you think they’re going to be). I had to take the burlap off one panel and reposition it since it was uneven. Since it was just hot glue, that wasn’t too hard. Hanging them, however, was a pain in the you-know-what. I’m a perfectionist, and getting them straight on the bottom was not an easy task, given the way they were hung.

But I was finally exhausted happy enough with how they looked.

They let just enough light in, but also keep some privacy, which is what I wanted. After all, show of hands – we’ve all had moments when we’ve run into the laundry room, wrapped in a towel to grab that favorite pair of jeans out of the dryer. (That just conjured up an image you really didn’t need, didn’t it?).

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  1. Our Pinteresting Family says

    February 19, 2012 at 2:28 am

    Great project! I love that you didn’t have to sew them. 🙂 They look beautiful

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  2. Courtney ~ French Country Cottage says

    February 9, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Love your curtains- and love the rope curtain rod- so creative! Thanks for linking up at Feathered Nest Friday!

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  3. Brave Brooke says

    February 4, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    I love the pattern and how you made it work for you. Saving money rocks!

    We would love to have you link up this project at our blog for our Wayward Weekend! http://www.waywardgirlscrafts.com/2012/02/wayward-weekend-week-3.html

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  4. Debbiedoo's says

    February 2, 2012 at 12:02 am

    My kind of project here! I don’t sew either, but I work the glue gone very well. These are so pretty!

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  5. Sharon-The OKI StampQueen says

    February 1, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Kristin-They are AWESOME! Lookin good! Blessings, Sharon

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  6. Sherry says

    February 1, 2012 at 2:44 am

    Those are “sew” cool! I love that you didn’t have to sew at all. I’m just a beginner sewer…I do really good at straight lines though! I really like the pattern on the curtain…nice graphic.

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  7. [email protected] says

    February 1, 2012 at 1:15 am

    Great work!

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  8. Laura from Top This Top That says

    January 31, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    brilliant, and they look great!

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  9. Jenny says

    January 31, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    I love it when you can make something cool out of such a steal of a deal! Shower curtains are such a great source of cool fabric aren’t they? I find myself perusing the shower curtain aisle on a regular basis on the hunt for cool/cheap fabrics that I can transform into something new. 🙂 Love it!

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  10. Adriana says

    January 31, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    What an awesome idea, I love the colors too! I’ve come across some really nice shower curtains and wished the were actual curtains, now I know it can be done! Thanks so much for sharing, I may need to borrow this idea.

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  11. Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage says

    January 31, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    Wow! Your curtains look gorgeous! And you certainly can’t beat the price!

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