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Today’s blog post has three parts; in Part One, I’ll explain how I have turned sheets into curtains for our home, in Part Two, I’ll share how to dye fabric, and in Part Three, I will show you how the curtains look in our living room, Dining room, and Kitchen. So feel free to skip ahead if you are not interested in Part One or Part Two.
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PART ONE – Using Sheets for Curtains
So let’s start at the beginning. About 10 years ago I made curtains for our sunroom using five dollar Twin Flat Sheets from Walmart. See that Post [HERE] it’s one of my more popular post ever. However, these sheets are no longer only five dollars like they once were, but they are still fairly inexpensive.
Basically, I cut a Twin Size sheet down the center to create two curtain panels. These were smaller windows in our sunroom so this worked great for this room. If you want to make curtains out of sheets for a regular size window, you may choose to not cut it half, or you can cut a king size in half.
Next, I came up with this idea to cut slits into the top hem of the sheet to create pleats. Make sure you only cut the top layer and cut an even amount so that your rod starts and stops at a loop. I like to think that this is my own idea. It came to me after looking at another pair of curtains I owned, I have since seen so many other people sharing this same idea, but I like to think I was the first. 😉
The pleats really make the curtain hang pretty and keeps them less like looking like sheets. Curtain Clips would also look great.
These curtains were hanging in our sunroom for years until my son turned the room into his bedroom and he wasn’t fond of the white curtains, so I dyed them a khaki color using Rit Dye in the colors Dark Brown and Apple Green. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures of how they turned out, but they looked good, but soon after I was gifted some blue and green Nightwatch plaid fabric and made new curtains for his room that turned our so Perfect. See the plaid Curtains [HERE].
After that I thought maybe I could use these sheet curtains in another place in our home, but I just wanted to first bleach them back to white. So I gave it a go and they ended up this pretty light Peach-pink color. I liked the Pink, but my husband did not. I was about to try using the RIT dye remover, but then came up with another idea instead. How about dying the sheets Maroon to match our Sofa, that I also Dyed. See our Dyed Sofa Tutorial [HERE].
Part Two – How I dye Fabric
Our Couch covers were red before and I dyed them with Dark brown Dye and they came out Maroon. So I figured I could mix Red and Dark Brown Dye to get the same color on my Curtains. But while at the store, I noticed that they also carried a Wine color so I picked that up as well.
I tried a little dye experiment at the bottom of one of the sheets. In styrofoam bowls I mixed Red and Brown in one bowl and Wine and Brown in the other and then mixed all three of them together. In the end, the mixtures with Red looked too Hot pink, and the wine needed the Brown to tone it down.
So the Winning mixture was One Bottle of DARK BROWN and One Bottle of WINE to dye 5 twin size sheets (10 panels because they were cut in half) in one large load in the washing machine. Yes, the washing Machine.
We have an older Washer and I have No problem dying fabric in it. In fact, I’ve actually done it a lot, and although it may stain a little bit for a little while, it always washes clean in the end, and I’ve never had any issues with it. If this scares you, you can dye fabric in a plastic bin as well.
I decided it would be helpful to make this little instruction sheet so you can save it for later. These are basically the instructions on the bottle, but there may be a few small differences. Just know that the longer you let your fabric sit in the dye bath, the darker, more saturated the color will turn out. It always looks darker Wet, but dries lighter.
PART THREE – The Results of my Dyed Curtians
Okay Now let’s move on to Part Three to see the pretty results of my dyed curtains. I absolutely Love how these curtains turned out. I even squealed a bit as I opened up the dryer to see this beautiful Color. I imedantly took a panel up to our couch to find that they were a very close match. I ironed all of the panels and then hung them up.
I have these curtains hanging in our living room, dining room and Kitchen. For the living room and dining room I used two panels on each side (so one twin size sheet on each side of the window). Then in our kitchen, I just used one panel for each side in that window( so one Twin size sheet cut in half for the full window). The curtains in our living room and dining room are fuller than the ones in our kitchen. Basically, what I’m saying is use whatever size sheet you want for the fullness you desire.
This Burgundy/Wine/Maroon color is so pretty. I have been obsessed with this color ever since I accidentally dyed our couch this color. [Read about it HERE]. Even though this is a saturated color, it can easily be used as a neutral. It goes so well with other colors, but I especially love it paired with brown, which I have a lot of in our home.
I should tell you, I had three different photo shoots with our curtains. I first photographed these curtains after I hung them up. Then I switched out a coat rack peg board for this horse painting and photographed that. But then I decided to add the accordion rack under the painting so I deleted all of the pictures I had taken before and started a fresh camera card with more pictures. Then I decided I better hurry up and share this blog post before I make any more changes. 😂
At first I was going for a farmhouse style look, and now it’s turned more into a equestrian style/English country look. Which again shows you how versatile this color can be…. it also tells you how versatile my brain is. 😂 If you didn’t already know, my style changes daily.
Back to the Curtains. Another reason why I love using sheets for curtains is because they are extra long. I love a good curtain puddle on the floor.
The cotton fabric on these sheets is also great for a curtain because they are thick enough for privacy but thin enough to still let some light in.
Here is how the curtains look in our kitchen. I love the cohesive look all of these windows have now.
I also love how this maroon color looks next to a cottage blue in the Wallpaper. Again, this maroon color goes surprisingly well with other colors.
You can see more of our kitchen [HERE].
These curtains add a lovely rose glow to our home.
Every time I walk into our home, with the new curtains I fall in love with them again. I can’t even explain how they changed the feeling of the rooms. They somehow made our home feel so much more cozy and warm.
So What do you think of my Dyed Sheet Curtains? Any Questions or Comments? Please let me know below or email them to me at thewickerhouse@yahoo.com or come find me on Facebook and/or Instagram
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