New curtains are sewn and looking good!

I found a lovely soft cotton fabric with skiers and snowboarders. This was perfect because the most frequent 'guest' in our guest bedroom is our son, who is a new snowboarder. The window has blinds but needs a bit more coverage to keep the morning sunlight out. It's a narrow window so I decided to sew a curtain in one piece rather than splitting it down the middle.
















I cut the fabric into two lengths, allowing enough fabric to make a rod pocket at the top. I serged the two pieces together and serged the top and bottom edges. The outside edges were selvages so I didn't need to finish them before turning them under.




I turned the edges under, sewing them with a straight stitch and making sure the corners were nice and square.



















Then I checked to make sure I made the top pocket the right size for the rod and stitched the pocket also with a straight stitch.







I ironed the pocket and the edges to give the curtain a nice finish. Then the curtain went on the rod and I could hang it in place.

I emailed a photo of the finished product to my son and he thought it looked great! How nice.