Around January I told myself that I would make valances* out of the pillow shams that came with Beans new bedding set. Well, here we are in the middle of April and they are done. Once I just sat down to do them, they went pretty quick – I would say maybe 2 hours total to make 4 of them. The first one I had to re-do a couple of times, I made some mistakes due to poor planning. Sew and Learn, Sew and Learn. They are shorter than normal valances, and well not exactly even (the shams were not evenly cut to begin with), but overall I am quite happy with them.
*Good thing I googled this word. I kept typing valence, which looked right but felt wrong. I made Valances, as in short curtains, not Valences, as in atomic bonding power. Although I am sure a few electrons were disturbed during the process of making them.
My Family is Crafty said
I like to sew too but the initial part is tough, trying to decide what to do. I use http://www.prioritywindows.com for their pictures. I already did one valance that they have. I had to do it twice because I couldn’t get the pattern right the first time so I ended wasting a bunch of fabric, but there’s nothing nicer than the feeling of pride when YOU make something YOURSELF.