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Monday Made It: Classroom Curtains

June 18, 2012


I’m completely surprised to tell you this, but my blog was nominated as a finalist for Really Good Stuff’s classroom blog contest in the “Best New Blog” category. (Side note to whoever nominated me: Wow, thanks!) I guess I feel sort of humble, just plugging away over here sharing my ideas with you. I’m nominated with some pretty fabulous bloggers, but if you enjoy reading my blog I’d love a vote. You should check out the other categories while you’re there too. Amazing!

Okay, blushing aside… I’m linking up with Tara over at 4th Grade Frolics again for Monday Made It
where we can link up to share some of the crafty things we’ve made for
our classrooms. Today I’m sharing our new classroom curtains with you. I hang them on our door’s window as well as the actual exterior windows too. They are surprisingly easy, promise!

I stuck it on our front door to show it hanging.

The size of your curtains will depend on the size of your windows. For our door, I cut my fabric 20×13″. Just remember that you’ll want to cut your fabric slightly wider than needed to make up for the gathers you’ll add to your curtains. How tightly you gather the curtains will depend on how much extra fabric you’ll need to add. Our finished size ends up being 9.5″ across the top.

When it’s time to sew, I hem my curtains all the way around by double turning over the bottom and left/right edges. I like to do a skinnier hem so I turn the edge over about a quarter of an inch two times, iron it smooth, and then sew it down. I do the sides first.

Next, I do the top and bottom edges. Because I’m going to gather the top, I turn the top over one time instead of two. When using fabric with a pattern like these dots, I try to turn my edges over along the pattern so it will look uniform on the front. The top of my curtains are facing you, so you can see how it’s turned one time.



After sewing the top and bottom, the curtains are now hemmed all the way around. They look like placements at this point. 😉


Now it’s time to gather. This intimidated me at first, but it’s actually really easy. I upgraded to a gathering foot so my sewing machine automatically gathers the curtains for me now, but before that I had to do it myself. I like to use a zigzag stitch for that. There’s a really good tutorial here that shows you how. If you’re using a gathering foot, I like to sew at a tension of 8 and stitch length of 4.5. The bottom curtain in this picture is right off the machine. The top curtain has been ironed and attached to a magnet already.

Now you’re ready to hang up your curtains. Our window frames are all magnetic so I don’t bother with curtain rods. I add an adhesive magnetic strip to the top of our curtains and pop them right on easily. I’ve also used hot glue to attach magnets before in a pinch. Either way works.

I think the curtains make our room so much cozier and help tie in our color scheme too. 

Now that’s enough about curtains. Click on over to see the other Monday Made It posts and
be sure to check back here for my next one. I’m excited to see yours too!


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  1. Tara says: June 18, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Christi,
    Those are adorable and bright and cheery!! I love them! I have yucky, plastic, faded, blinds:( I have been thinking about adding some ribbon curtains…..don't know….my one window is pretty big. I would love to add curtains!!! Thanks for linking up:)))

    4th Grade Frolics

  2. Mandy says: June 18, 2012 at 11:51 am

    These are TOO CUTE. I need some curtains desperately but I stink at sewing. My mom is coming over this week and she is great at it….hmmmm. Now I have a plan! LOVE the polka dots!
    Congrats on the nomination- it is well deserved!
    Mandy
    Mandy's Tips for Teachers

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 18, 2012 at 3:34 pm

      Put your momma to work!

  3. Katie says: June 18, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    The curtains look great…. and I especially love that classroom library of yours!!

    Katie
    Dirty Hands and Lesson Plans

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 18, 2012 at 3:35 pm

      Thanks, I kind of adore our library. 🙂

  4. Elizabeth says: June 18, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    I love your detailed pictures! I'll have to do that again next week on my next link up. Congrats on the nomination for Really Good Stuff. I'm on there in the Middle School 4-8 category. I voted for you in your category! Good luck 🙂

    Elizabeth
    Fun in Room 4B

  5. Mrs. E says: June 18, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    I love the polka dots!! Totally me! I would love to see a picture of your door curtains! What a great idea to use magnets!!!

    Audrey
    The Sweet Life of Third Grade – We're having a SWEET giveaway

  6. Mrs. Reimann says: June 18, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Super cute and easy to make!
    Lorena
    Little Treasures

  7. Laura says: June 18, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    I never thought about adding magnets to the back.. genius! Will be doing it too! Thanks!

    Laura
    Tattling to the Teacher

  8. Haley says: June 18, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    Very cute! I need curtains in my room, how lucky you can just add a magnetic strip!!

    Haley
    Following Optimism in 2nd Grade

  9. Heather Temske says: June 18, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    They came out great. I never would have thought of magnets instead of a curtain rod.

  10. Anonymous says: June 18, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    Where did you find the polka dot material. I love it!

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 18, 2012 at 8:54 pm

      It's called Puppy Patch Multi Dot from Joann Fabrics.

  11. Miss Foote says: June 18, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    Congrats on the nomination! I love your blog. The curtains are adorable. Thanks for the how to.

    Laurie
    Chickadee Jubilee

  12. Sabra says: June 18, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Love them! I miss not having windows anymore :o( I might just have to make some of these cute curtains to put on my classroom door. Congratulations on the Really Good Stuff nomination!

    Sabra
    Teaching with a Touch of Twang

  13. Brittany says: June 18, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    The curtain fabric is wonderful!! I also love all the color in your classroom. It looks so fun.
    Congrats on the nomination. I went to vote for someone else in a different category. When I looked through the other categories, I saw your nomination and instantly voted for you!! Congrats.

    Brittany
    Stickers and Stamps

  14. Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 18, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    Thanks for all the love!

  15. Corinna says: June 18, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    Love that pattern so cute!! I am planning on making a skirt for my desk, very similar to this!!

    Aloha,
    Corinna
    Surfin' Through Second

  16. Linda says: June 18, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Cute! Love them!

  17. Jill says: June 18, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    I LOVE your curtains. I am making curtains this summer for my classroom, they have blinds but look kind of naked. Thanks for sharing.

    Jill
    bubbalulu.blogspot.com

  18. Amber @ Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher says: June 18, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Love the curtains! I voted for you!

    Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher

  19. Nicole says: June 19, 2012 at 1:58 am

    I LOVE them!! And how smart are YOU?! I had curtains over an AWFUL ugly bookshelf this year and used command hooks – this would have been so much prettier! YAY for that awesome fabric!
    Nicole
    Rowdy in Room 300

  20. Mrs. Egley says: June 19, 2012 at 3:11 am

    Hi, Just found your blog through the "Made It Monday" linky party and I am your newest follower! I must tell you that your link for the tutorial on how to make gathers just might save my sanity. I have been wanting to make curtains for my classroom for a few years now and it is on my summer to-do list, but I have been putting it off because of those stupid gathers that I was going to have to make and I knew it was going to be time consuming (I have 7 windows!) but now with that tutorial I should be able to get them done in a snap!! Thank you so so much! This is why I love blogging!

    Mrs.Egley’sKindergarten

  21. Ann says: June 19, 2012 at 4:59 am

    Love your curtains! I found you tonight from Made it Monday. Such a cute blog. Thank you for sharing! Come visit me sometime.
    Ann
    The Caffeinated Classroom

  22. Heather Mathews says: June 19, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    I actually took down the curtains that were in my classroom when I got it. I was thinking that I didn't like curtains, but after seeing yours a big light bulb dinged and I realize I just didn't like the fabric. JoAnn's, here I come!! Thanks for the awesome idea and easy instructions!

    Heather
    Peacocks and Penguins – 4th Grade

  23. Jill says: June 19, 2012 at 9:33 pm

    I love how your curtains look in your classroom! I might have to think about that for next year. 🙂

    Marvelous Multiagers!

  24. Shannon DuFrane says: June 21, 2012 at 12:02 am

    Iwish I could sew. Tell me where did you get your crates in your reading center. I have bought the plywood (on sale at Lowes – $4.00 and it will do 8 crates) I am inable to locate the crates. thanks

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 21, 2012 at 4:24 am

      They are from Walmart. During back to school time they have more colors, but I've found basic colors year round in the school supply/home office sections.

  25. Courtney @ Missthirdgrade.com says: August 4, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    Cute! I love them. I need to have some made ASAP. Going fabric shopping tomorrow. Wish I was as crafty as you!

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