Panels For The Sunroom

I have seen several variations of adding fabric to ready made drapes to get the length you need or even just to customize them more for your home.  I bought this fabric a few months before we moved to fix some panels I had that were falling apart at the top.  Since I don’t have to do that anymore, I decided to use them for stationery panels I want to do for the sunroom.

It is double-sided and I chose to go with the cream background and rust pattern {the other side is a rust background and cream pattern}.  I found decent priced panels at Hobby Lobby in a similar cream color.  They are 84 inches long and I need about 92 inches for the sunroom windows.

There are seven windows in this sunroom and that adds up to a lot of money for drapes!  Since they are going to be stationery panels, I slashed down how many panels I actually need ~ eight panels, but I only need to buy four because I’m going to cut them in half lengthwise.

I went neutral, basically, because I am hoping to paint this sunroom from its current green color.  I’m leaning toward Restrained Gold; I liked the way it looked on Becca’s walls.  Since we are waiting until after Christmas I have some time.  I’m going to pull the paint sample from my case and see how it looks with the fabric and all.

I decided to add my fabric to the top because I want to see it when I am both in the room and when I look into the room.  I figured that while it would look just as nice at the bottom, I’d like seeing it more at the top.

I also found this trim at Hobby Lobby and, while I sewed the fabrics, I used Liquid Stitch to apply the trim.  I applied that to the seam where the fabrics meet.

I just tacked these up on the wall with pushpins to get an idea of how they would look.  They will look more like the one to the right side of the picture since I had three drapery rings on that one and only two on the left one.

I found some interesting options to use to hook the drapery rings onto, but I want to get the panels done before I get those. Two panels down, six to go!  They are on hold at the moment though, because I need to skip ahead to the guest bedroom drapes.  My son is coming to visit for Thanksgiving!

Kathy