Today I’m going to be making No-Sew Extra Long Drop Cloth Curtains for these massive windows in the master bedroom. Please watch the video for the full tutorial.
I already had my curtain rods, and all I need in addition to those is:
- scissors
- clip rings to match the curtain rods (I used 2 packs of 7 per window)
- 1 9×12 drop cloth per window
First we have to lay down the 9×12 drop cloth. I washed this with bleach, but I didn’t do the whole bleaching process to lighten them.
There’s a seam down the middle, so the plan is to cut that out to have 2 panels. The edges on either side after cutting the seam out are raw, but the other is hemmed. I cut off the hem to make that raw as well so they look like very rustic curtains.
I left the bottom seam alone so that when I hung the curtains I could cut to the length desired.
So then I’m left with 2 very long 12-ish feet panels. I folded over the top to make a ruffle at the top of the curtain. Then I simply clipped the curtain rings as evenly as possible across the top. I used seven rings per panel, which means I used 14 per window.
Once hung up, I trimmed along the bottom to the desired length, and that’s it! You have some beautiful No-Sew Extra Long Drop Cloth Curtains.
This was a very simple, inexpensive, and cute project that helped add a lot of cottage-farmhouse charm to our 1865 colonial revival farmhouse. Plus it was so much cheaper than it would have cost to install custom curtains to the length I would need for these massive windows!
One thing about drop cloths- many of them have seams going through the middle of the canvas. I would recommend getting the biggest drop cloth you can in order to make allowances for this.
Until next time – Thanks for visiting!