Girls room Window

July 20, 2010

This makes me happy.  The curtain is a thrifted sheet.  It was in my early sheet love and I didn't know to look at the tag to see if was vintage.  I brought it home and there was a walmart tag on my supposedly vintage sheet!  Oh well.  The fabric was still really cute and here it found a home.

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These windows in my 70 split level bedroom are less than ideal but now I am happy with the result.  I made the bunting from a 60s book called "The Funny Hat".  I used rick rack to sew it together.  Super easy!

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This is an angel by the folk artist R. A. Miller.  My sister and I got her down in Atlanta about 12 years ago.   Now I just need to make curtains for my boy!

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