Girl -- you can make a lot of money doing just this! It looks great!

Thanks, Bella! I think DH would pass out if I actually started making money instead of spending it. LOL

That's really cute! I wish I could sew.

That looks great-- and with the right amount of "fun". Love the fabric!

Now could that be ANY cuter?????? What a great idea! Thanks for showing us.
J

So cool!

You did an excellent job!!! I think its got just the right colors - the rod is great - and the button/tab accents make the treatment a real hit! Plus the piping at the top and the fringe at the bottom add a nice detail too.

Doesn't it feel great to get rid of some leftovers and make something beautiful from them?

I love what you did. Makes me want to start sewing again.

Persnick

Wow - I can only hope to get there - Lovely & creative and much harder than I'm willing to tackle!

persnickety that's just amazing. Seriously. Sit down and grab onto something because I think there are plenty of folks who would gladly pay money for that.

Those are wonderful too. You're a sweetheart to share your inspirations with us.

OMG! too cute! So... the tutorial follows right? :)

Oh my gosh! Thanks everybody.

They are sooo simple. If you can sew in a straight line you can make these.

Coop...I'm getting ready to finish up the second one. I'll switch to white thread so I can take some pics and do a tutorial for you. :o)

Delightful! Really love the way you did the fabric behind the rod with the tabs in front. Makes it hold it shape and hang so pretty! Excellent!

Those are so cute and look great with your paint! You and your remnants kill me! I'm going to have to start looking for remnants.

tina

I'm terrible with instructions, so bear with me. :o)

Each finished panel is 21" long and 54" wide (I used 54" wide fabrics). There are 9 tabs per panel, but if I were to do it again I'd probably only use 7. Here's the supply & cut list...

1-22" piece of floral fabric
1-22" piece of contrast fabric #1 or lining (for back)
1-54" piece of cording
1-2" X 54" piece of contrast fabric #1 (to cover cording)
9-7" X 4 1/2" pieces of contrast fabric #2 for tabs
36 buttons that have been covered with contrast #1
1-54" piece of trim for bottom edge

Lay out your floral piece right side up on your work surface. Lay contrast panel #1 on top of it so that your right sides are together. Take your cording and wrap the 2" piece of fabric around it. With the open edges facing towards the top, place it between the two panels along the top edge.

I didn't trim the salvages in the pic, but you should do so for your project. :o)

Using a zipper foot or (if you're lazy like me) the needle in the farthest left position, stitch the full length of your fabric being sure to stay tight up against the edge of the cording.

With right sides still together seam the bottom edge. Next do the sides. Be sure to leave a 3" space open on one of the sides so you can turn the fabric! Turn it inside out and press. Set aside for now. :o)

Take each of your tabs and fold them in half lengthwise. Stitch and press. If you have a serger, clean up the open ends. If not press the raw edges to the inside.

Lay your panel out flat. Evenly space your tabs 3" from the top edge. Turn the top edge of your tab under 1/4" and pin in place. Turn under the bottom edge of your tab and pin it in place 7 1/2" from the top of the panel. Stitch in place. This will make large "loops" for your rod. I then placed my rod through one of the loops to see how big it needed to be to fit snugly. I pinned it down and made a second row of stitching on both the top and bottom of the tab. In my case it was 1 1/4" from both the top & bottom of the tabs, but it might be different depending upon the size of rod you use.

Here's the back of it.

And here are all the tabs stitched in place.

Cover all 18 of your buttons. Your thumbs will hate you for a few days!

Just stitch your buttons on the tabs and topstitch your trim at the bottom.

This is the rod & bracket. It stood out too far from the window for this WT, so I took the first tab and hooked it over the bracket. :o)

That's it!

Persnickety, Wow ~ I love those! You are so super talented! I can't even pick out window treatments, let alone make them! I always love seeing your projects. I wish you could come to my house & decorate my home for me! Great job!

Too cool!

Now, you said "They are sooo simple. If you can sew in a straight line you can make these.". Um, what if you can't sew a straight line?

I want to buy a machine and practice. My MIL (in front of DH) told me I was too *old* to learn how to sew and that it takes a talent that I probably don't have (and she wonders why I don't visit often).

Parma, who flunked staystitching in home ec.

Those are so cool I just love them. Makes me want to dust off that old sewing machine.

So cute!!!!!!

soooo pretty. Parma, I am 55 & bought my first sewing machine last week. I want to do projects like this! never too old.

Very cute. Love the fabrics, and the creative way you placed the tabs and buttons. Nicely done!

I agree you should be making some money doing these - or teaching classes through your local park district or something.

Wow...these are darling! Perfect finishing touch for your room!

Thanks everyone!

Parma...it's never too late to learn! Go get yourself a machine and sign up for a class. You might want to check with a sewing shop about a used machine. Sometimes you can pick up some really nice ones for a song (with free beginner classes). Make your MIL something and put a tag on it that says "Handmade by the exceptionally talented Parma". LOL

So cheerful and uplifting, and something you would not find in stores. Makes you feel good just to look at them.
Susan

Love love the colors!

I have never seen tabs done like that before. It's cute without being too frou-frou. Very nice.

Just too cute for words!

Those are just too cute. Now we have the my3dog and persnick valances. Such talented ladies you are!!

I'm going to save your instructions to my clippings file because someone down the road is going to ask "anyone know where Persnick's instructions are?" LOL

Just beautiful!! I just copied the whole thing into a document file to keep!

You could easily make $$ doing this!! Maybe even for me!!

Thanks so much for taking the time to give us the tutorial . . . that was very generous!

That is just adorable! And seriously, you had all that lying around? What wonderful talent you have!

they are lovely you did a great job..i made all the curtains in my house except a couple