Sewing Projects 1 & 2

My first project was to make the curtains for our master bedroom.  I decided to make them myself for 2 reasons.  1-I had an idea in my head for what I wanted the curtains to look like & was unable to find this in the stores.  2-It seems ridiculous to pay $90+ for 1 lined panel curtain.

Here is the final project.  I am really happy with how the project came out.

I also made a dog bed for Jasmine.  Here is Murphy modeling for me.  He is quite fond of all of Jasmine's beds.

I found the fabric that I wanted from fabric.com.  I had a couple of issues with the fabric.  There were multiple tears like this:

I ordered 15 yards of fabric.  I ordered 5 extra yards because I wanted to make pillows & a dog bed.  I am quite disappointed with fabric.com.  In order to give me the 15 yards of fabric, the fabric was stitched together (see below).  I had these in 5 different spots!  Thankfully I ordered enough fabric that I was still able to make the curtains while working around the fabric deformities.
Here is what the fabric looked like beforehand.  (Just proof that I actually did this myself!)

Master Bedroom: Before & After

I have finally started to make our townhome more of a house by decorating.  (Yes, I know it took me more than a year to start!)  The first room I tackled was the master bedroom.  Part of the reason that I have waited to begin decorating, painting, etc is that my taste changes constantly.  I probably have 10-15 duvet covers for our king bed.

Before:

Before 2:  (Please excuse the paint supplies on the floor & the white squares over the headboard.  I tested the paint before I made a final decision.)

After!  Jasmine wanted to model as well.  I really wanted something sophisticated with a pop of color which I think I achieved.  The paint color is Silver Dust by Glidden.  It can best be described as a lavender grey.

After 2:

I still need to find things to put on the walls & I will also change the lampshades.  It's funny, now that we added the curtains, the room feels larger & the walls more empty.  Oh well, more for me to do!