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Botanical Bedroom Bring the outdoors in with charming embroidered curtains and pillowcases. From "Uncommon Threads" episode DUCT-208

Clara Lopez shows how to transform ordinary fabric into a lovely café curtain.

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Garden Greenery Curtains

Garden Greenery Curtains

Materials:

1 yard 60" orange linen fabric
embroidery floss in dark green, chartreuse and violet
embroidery needle
scissors
see-through grid ruler
blue water-soluble marker
curtain rod for hanging

1. Cut fabric to desired length and width.

Figure A

2. Make two machine-stitched side hems 1⁄4" folded over twice (figure A).

3. Make one machine-stitched bottom hem folded over 1⁄2", then 1⁄2" again.

4. Make a casing (optional: 1" ruffle above the casing) for the top: Fold over 1⁄2", then 2".

5. Machine-stitch at the bottom of the folded edge, then 1" in. above the first line of stitching.

Figure B

6. Draw straight lines with the ruler to mark for embroidery at 3", 4" and 5" from the bottom edge of the curtain (this fabric-marker line disappears, so it doesn't leave a permanent mark on the fabric).

Tip: Be sure to iron the curtains before you embroider to keep the design straight.

7. Draw a vinelike line for stitching (figure B).

Embroidering the Curtains

1. Split 6-strand embroidery floss into two 3-strand lengths.

Tip: When using 6-strand embroidery floss, you need to separate the strands so that you're not using a bulky piece of embroidery floss.

2. Work the stem-stitch vine in dark green embroidery thread (figure C).

3. Knot the thread at the beginning of the stitching as well as when the thread runs out.

4. Work lazy-daisy flowers randomly alongside the stitched vine (figure D).

5. Work lazy-daisy leaves along the vine randomly (figure E).

Figure C

Figure D

Figure E

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