Drop cloth curtain Complete.... Or almost.

So this is the successful finish of my first set of curtains I still have two more sets to complete. I must say the smaller stencil patterned throughout the cloth was much easier than working with the large floppy stencil. I cut and no sew taped the curtains to make a curtain rod, the total length of my curtain is seven feet, I then measured one foot from the top, three inches from the edge and six inches from the bottom for he placement of the first stencil, then I placed the top edge of the stencil under each foot mark on my tape measure, for the next row I measured three inches over from the last row and started my row placing the bottom edge of the stencil above each foot mark instead of under each foot mark. The pictures below really don't do the color justice, they are pretty muted plum with a. Dark plum stenciling. They came out just great only two more sets to go, I spent about three hours last night on this set so I have about six more hours of work to go.

Measuring out the rows.

I used the tape measure as a guide, stretched it out to 

Seven feet using the feet marks as spacing guides.

I locked the measuring tape and then taped the end to 

Use as a straight line guide.

One panel done!

One set of curtains finished, my pillows for the couch 

Are light green and plum, I have the plum one on the chair.

I think it works well with the colors in the curtain.

Lots of frustration figuring these things out but totally worth the accomplished feeling.

Drop cloth curtain take two.

So take two! I dyed each set of 6x9 drop-cloths a plumbish purple using one bottle of purple rit dye and one third bottle of dark brown dye to 5 gallons of water. Be sure to run the cloths through a cycle in your washer to get them damp before dying or you will have splotches from non soaked in dye. Now I have to new sew tape the pockets for the rods and graph out spacing for the new much smaller stencil using a tape measure and painters tape. I will place the stencil throughout the curtain using a dark plum color.... Pics to come soon. The larger stencil was too floppy and hard to keep lined up but it was great for edging or just doing one strip at the bottom or top of curtains, I will probably use it for the bottom of our bedroom curtains.

Pallet art.

Using some stenciled letters white paint and a nine dollar deconstructed quarter pallet from Home Depot I was able to make this cute piece of art for the mantel. I think I will have it hung over the plug outlet on the wall when Bright eyes gets back from deployment. I used a paint brush to fill in the stencil because a foam roller just was not working well at all.