Like Taking Window Treatments From a Baby
I just bought two of these curtain panels from Target. They are going to be a dress. Seriously, I'm not even kidding. Two panels should be about four yards @ 44" wide. I would have purchased three, but that's a little pricey. What with shipping and all it's about $10/yard, but I don't care, my jones for alphabet-print fabric in perfect colorways knows no bounds.
Supposedly this is a nursery pattern, but again, see me with the not-caring. What's the downside of making a dress from this? Small children will find me strangely comforting?
There's a really lovely pink kind of cattail-ish print, as well, that would be just as nice for a grown-up girl (or retro boy) as it is for an infant.
I draw the line, though, at transforming the changing-table cover into a hat.
[Oh, and while I'm thinking about it -- you might have seen my name on an article in the latest CRAFT: magazine, about turning a tablecloth into a circle skirt ... many thanks to Arwen who liked the idea!]
Labels: curtains, fabric_shopping, Target
posted by Erin @ 7:35 AM
24 Comments:
At Feb 4, 2008 8:09:00 AM,
the_sewist said…
I'm in the same issue of Craft! What a crack up. I wrote a "Pantyhose Petals."
Mary Beth
At Feb 4, 2008 8:14:00 AM,
the_sewist said…
btw, Erin also has an amazing story on language development in the current issue of Wondertime Magazine.
Mary Beth
At Feb 4, 2008 8:43:00 AM,
Jen said…
Where do you get these ideas? Talk about genius! I love the cattail curtains and I actually have a Target within a half hour away.
Gotta go, gotta sew. :)
At Feb 4, 2008 9:04:00 AM,
Theresa said…
Off topic - a while back someone here was looking for Nancy Drew Fabric. They have it a ReproDepot.com
At Feb 4, 2008 9:57:00 AM,
marla said…
Seriously...I love the fabric...colour, print...everything! Please post a pic of you in the finished product!
At Feb 4, 2008 10:04:00 AM,
Joni said…
Just FYI, all that stuff is on sale at Target this week. And you can get free shipping from the website with a minimum purchase. They have some really cool prints... the one with circles is particularly fetching.
At Feb 4, 2008 10:14:00 AM,
Xstpenguin said…
Excellent!!!
Not for me on many counts (not able to sew these days, not 'allowed' to buy any more fabric and no Target in UK) but I live vicariously through you!
At Feb 4, 2008 10:17:00 AM,
Stephanie said…
I loved the article in Craft. And what a great tip on the Target fabric.
At Feb 4, 2008 10:26:00 AM,
Valerie said…
Too perfect!
At Feb 4, 2008 11:36:00 AM,
harthad said…
Curtains are great! I have a set of Ikea curtain panels waiting to be made into a summer dress. Lovely black-on-white block print, looks very Indian.
At Feb 4, 2008 12:18:00 PM,
Randy Couture UFC Legend said…
Now what you should do is have a contest where you can only use shower curtains from a store like Dollar General and see who can devise the best looking frock.
If any of you are any good at all, I am sure you can whip together some funky looking outfits.
Why make Target any richer than they are ?
At Feb 4, 2008 12:36:00 PM,
Miss Kitty said…
Awesome, awesome, AWESOME! You've gone all Scarlett O'Hara on us, making a dress out of curtains! :-P Can't wait to see what the finished product looks like.
At Feb 4, 2008 12:53:00 PM,
Amy G. said…
Miss Kitty beat me to the line--Miss Scarlett, don't you be doing that with your mama's portieres!! Your dress will be at least as fabulous! Please post the results!
At Feb 4, 2008 1:49:00 PM,
sara jane said…
Okay, now I HAVE to make a skirt out of those. Damn you, Erin! Inspiring fabric lust for us poor weak souls...
At Feb 4, 2008 2:03:00 PM,
oracle said…
Well done! I wholly approve. Not that you need it.
At Feb 4, 2008 2:23:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
oooo! I have a wrap skirt I made out of a table cloth! one of the best skirts I ever made in fact!
At Feb 4, 2008 4:45:00 PM,
enc said…
Well, I for one, can't wait to see the finished product.
At Feb 4, 2008 10:45:00 PM,
lorrwill said…
Just so long as it is something fitted cos otherwise you might get mistaken for a pediatric nurse...
(don't ask me how I know this)
At Feb 5, 2008 1:59:00 AM,
Nancy said…
This is very nifty fabric! The linked article about color and gender is quite interesting. Who says little girls can't wear blue, or household objects can't be transformed, or that we should stick to standard abstract prints? To them we say "Poooie!" and don our favorite unique attire! Hooray!
At Feb 5, 2008 7:07:00 AM,
shellebelle93 said…
...you saw it in the window and just had to have it?
/Old Carol Burnett joke
But seriously, those panels will make a wonderful dress. I think I'd like them more as a dress than curtains!
At Feb 5, 2008 7:43:00 AM,
mickey said…
So glad to know I'm in such good company--- check out urbanoutfitters.com for some curtains that beg to be worn!
At Feb 5, 2008 12:31:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
speaking of alphabet fabric, I think this is a new one from Harmony Art (the organic fabric place you linked to lo those many months ago) - I just saw it for the first time today.
http://www.organiccottonplus.com/images/alphabetlrg.jpg
At Feb 6, 2008 4:35:00 AM,
jennifer said…
It's no suprise that numbers and letters are showing up on curtains and fabrics. Over at designsponge blog, they posted a note on this trend with neat-o pictures to boot.(http://www.designspongeonline.com/)
If their trend spotting is any indication, you can look forward to a flurry of this graphic style for awhile in the home dec arena, at least, (buy now, no telling how long this number/letter trend will last)
At Feb 6, 2008 1:17:00 PM,
Pencils said…
There's a page in the new March Lucky magazine of a "trend in the making" of typography. There's a lovely Vena Cava dress and a very cool top that I want by a company new to me, Makool.
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