Whaddaya Think: Too Girly?

In an effort to get one step closer to making Malena's Halloween costume, I finally got the curtains for the boys' room finished. Whew!

Jack picked out the fabric a few weeks ago at JoAnn's. Since he was the one choosing, I got to set the parameters: blue and white, with perhaps some lime green thrown in. Blue and white won the day (along with a little candy to bribe the kids into being good while the fabric was being rung up).

A bit of a Moroccan feel, don't you think?

Then I cut it out - along with lining - and it sat on my washing machine for...well, the past few weeks. I wanted full-length curtains, so I got six yards - three yards for each panel. Luckily, there's only one window in their room. Why "luckily"? Because the fabric was expensive (even though it was 40% off!), for one. For another, it takes less time to make only two panels. Wa-hoo!

So this weekend, I pulled out the sewing machine, and went to work. It seems like it's been a long time since I just lined curtains from scratch without having to patch anything or "make it work". It was quite relaxing. I sewed up the sides of the curtains, folding over the edge twice to hide the selvage. Then I turned over the top to make a 4" ruffle, along with a rod pocket. Since the pattern is repetitive, I used it as a way to align my edges. The selvage also had a note that there was an "Up" direction to the pattern, but who actually cares? Just kidding - I decided it didn't matter very much.

The ruffle

Especially since I had already sewn sides up, determined my top, and didn't want to unpick everything once I realized it was upside-down. Besides, I really can't tell.

Can you tell it's upside down? Me neither.

Anyway, then I hung those suckers up. Or tried to. As I took out the curtain rod I purchased (again, a few weeks ago), I realized it was bent. Argh!!! So, after an agonizing return-the-rod trip, I then really hung up the curtains. And, sigh, decided I loved them.

But are they too girly? Hmmmm....

I thought about it as I pinned the hem, took them back down and sewed up the bottom hem. And continued thinking about it as I put them back up.

I think I have determined that I don't really care - I love them. What do you think?