Mutipurpose Shower Curtain

Have you been shopping for curtains lately?  Do you call them curtains or drapes?  Is there a difference?  I don't know, but I do know curtains are expensive.  They are expensive and you have to buy two of them.  Not this gal.  The last two times I needed curtains, I just made them myself from fabric.  You get a custom set for a cheaper price, depending on the type of fabric you get.  I like getting what I want and not just settling for what's available.  I had made some valances for our office to add some color in there.  The problem is there is a very nice piece of molding that's at the top of the blinds and I didn't want to cover that up.  I tried using velcro under the molding to attach the valances.  It worked for a while, but eventually, ashes ashes they all fell down.  Sorry, playing with toddlers today :)  I decided to just chuck the idea and put real curtains up.  We already had a long curtain rod from our previous house so that was going to cost me zilch.  This time, though, I didn't want to spend a lot of time making curtains from fabric.  I decided to go shower curtain shopping at Target.  That's when I saw this beauty...

The picture doesn't do the color justice.  It's a teal.  It's the same teal that's in our master bedroom.  You know how my heart is drawn to this color family!  I snatched it right up.  The moment the boys were in bed that night, I got started right away.  (that's a miracle in this house to get to a project the same day as purchase!)

I took it out of the box and laid it out on the floor.  I folded it in half and cut.

I ironed a seam, twice.  Folded in the edge, ironed.  Folded it again and ironed.  I definitely didn't want the edges to fray and a double hem avoids that.

I went slowly to keep the line as straight as possible.  It is truly IMPOSSIBLE for me to sew a straight line, no matter how hard I try.  I come close, though, as that's good enough for me.

Here's the dull wall.  BLAH!

Here's a bigger view

Here are the curtains up.  The lighting was terrible so I took some at night too.

See how it adds such a pop of wow??? I love the color!  I love that they give the space character!  I love that it took me maybe 20 minutes to complete!  I love that it only cost me $19.99 for the whole thing!  I just love them!!  What a simple project to totally change the feel of the space.