Sorry, I was spending hours cutting out the panels for mine! Yes, Bru, the 18" vertical repeat means that the pattern appears twice in a yard. If you buy 6 yards for 3 windows, that should be enough. I caution you though, depending on where the store makes the cut, don't plan on being able to cut your 6 yards into 3 identical pieces. They may send you fabric that the cut starts halfway through a repeat, meaning you may lose a few inches. We decided earlier that 1.5 yards should do it for you for each window. That will give you wiggle room to have the girl cut three identical pieces from your 6 yards, with a bit left over for your part project. What do you plan to make the 'ties' from? If it's this same fabric, rather than coordinating cord or ribbon, I suggest you buy 1.5 yards EXTRA, on top of your 6 yards. That will allow your girl to cut the needed 6 strips (2 ties per window) to make them vertically through that extra 1.5 yards. It may sound like a lot to have ties 56" long, but if they were only 36", that wouldn't give you much length to play with as you go to tie them up, as half of the tie will be in front on the fabric and the other half will drape over the rod and down the back. You then reach under and grab the back of the tie and tie the front and back part together. The reason I say to have her cut the ties vertically down through the fabric, is so your flowers will be standing up on your valance and running in the same direction on the ties. If the fabric was a solid or a small check, you could cut them across, but you don't want flowers laying down on their sides on your ties!

Depending on the type of rods and brackets you're using, the brackets MAY show - there's just no way around it, especially if they extend 3 - 4" from the wall. They would on any treatment. I always put my brackets at least one inch out and two inches up from the window trim but that's just personal taste. If you use a non-decorative rod, such as a basic Continental rod or the narrower type, the treatment will 'wrap' around the corners and the bracket won't show.

Hi, artlover! I love texture, and have beadboard and trim above in both my bathrooms. I have shutters in one below the valance, as they were here when I bought the house. They were pine and I painted them the off white of the trim. In the half bath, I have a bamboo roman-type shade/blind. I love it, but if you really need privacy, know that you can see right through the bamboo at night when lights are on. You really can't see into my baths, so it doesn't matter to me, but depending on what is on the other side of that window, if you go with bamboo, you may want to get a lined one.

My3dogs - they were incredibly easy to make! The only change I made from your original directions was that I edge stitched the trim to the bottom. I placed the trim towards the back so that just the fringe hung down and top stitched a needles width from the edge. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us. I've bought books and looked at lots of WT, but still liked this one the best. My concern with the narrow windows is that in order to have tails the center will be too narrow. I'm going to give it a try. I can always redo it if I have to. UGH. Ajsmama, it is just a rectangle. Miraculous isn't it? My3dogs is the best! The window over the sink is 40" wide including the trim and 40 inches high from top of the trim to the sill. I used a full 54" width of fabric that was 45" long. It's hung with a tension rod since there is no room on either side of the window facing. The valance is mostly over the wall portion and only drapes over the window a little.