Thermal football curtains DIY

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So you remember my little guy's football themed nursery?  He will soon be transitioning to a toddler bed {whaa! time flies!} and for now, I am keeping with the theme.  I've decided, after 18 months and 2 moves, to add curtains to his room:

  I'm on top of things, I know! Thank Heaven for nesting ;)

Supplies:

 I stopped by Target and snagged a 2-pack of 42x84 cream panels, a clearanced brown flat sheet, 2 packs of white sport shoe laces, acrylic paint, foam brush and had my vinyl ready use as a stencil for the helmet design.

To make the curtains:

1. Cut one panel in half to make two panels.
 Note: I wanted thermal curtains to block out light but they were a separate purchase over $30 and I'm too cheap frugal to pay that so I settled on backing the cream panel with my brown clearanced sheet instead.
2. Cut sheet in half & stitch to the inside of the cream curtain panel, leaving roughly 20 inches of sheet. 
3. Fold the remaining sheet fabric behind.
4. Sew it to the bottom of the cream panel. 


Here's a peek at a panel before it's embellished:

Kinda bland, I know...

let's football-ify them!

1. Sew 2 laces horizontally across the curtain where the panel meets the sheet... this hides the stitching of the two fabrics but also mocks football laces ;)
2. To make the mock football laces I just cut the extra shoelaces in 1 inch pieces and stitched vertically roughly every 1.25 inches.  
3. All done sewing.  Easy peasy!  

To finish off the curtains, and to add a bit of personalization, I painted on a helmet {the #13 is the day my son was born} then cut it out on vinyl lettering to use as a stencil:

No fancy fabric paint or medium here but instead simple red & brown acrylic paint... the #1 bled a smidge but oh well.  I then sanded the whole design down a bit to shabby it up a bit.  

  
After it was dry I hung them and was impressed with the mock thermal curtains... see the difference with the original cream panel on the right?  Yay!
Simple + inexpensive = happy Lolly Janer 
:)

{See our DIY football lampshade HERE}


PS: Imagine the PB Catalina toddler bed in this space... 

....can't wait to have the hubbs finish building it!

I'm sure posts for the rest of my to-do-before-baby#2-arrives list will be popping up very soon! :)