{"id":2343,"date":"2011-05-23T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2014-09-18T21:48:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T02:48:49","slug":"the-cafe-curtains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/23\/the-cafe-curtains\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cafe Curtains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/5751950383\/\" title=\"Untitled by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5110\/5751950383_54303bf685.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I put up a curtain rod over one of the windows in my breakfast room, about 9 months ago. It took me that long to make curtains. That&#8217;s about how long it takes to make a baby! After putting it up, I had to decide on a fabric. I chose one and then hated it. Fast forward a few months and I win a <a href=\"http:\/\/waverly.com\">Waverly Fabric<\/a> giveaway on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgirlbybay.com\/2011\/04\/07\/waverly-fabric-a-giveaway\/\">sfgirlbybay<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/5752496344\/\" title=\"143.365: the cafe curtains by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2765\/5752496344_7bea9f26d9.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"143.365: the cafe curtains\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When I received the fabric, I was in awe. My creative mind kind of just froze and the box sat next to my knitting basket since then. I would sneak peeks and wonder if I should make a pillow, an apron, or perhaps some sort of magical quilt. It wasn&#8217;t until a few days ago, when I was standing in this room thinking about how I &#8220;wished I had made those curtains before the birthday party&#8221; (this Saturday), that I realized this fabric would be PERFECT!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/5752493690\/\" title=\"cafe3 by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5305\/5752493690_abbf982669.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"cafe3\"><\/a><BR><font size=\"-2\">View from the kitchen.<\/font><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I sewed them up, yesterday evening. The boys went to Grandma&#8217;s for a day of fun in the sun (and crawfish. ick) and I stayed behind to clean their room (it was HORRIBLE but now is LOVELY). I made 2 simple rectangles out of one yard of this print and hung them up with a rod and clips from Ikea. They came out the perfect cafe-style length.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/5751949481\/\" title=\"cafe2 by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3106\/5751949481_48d31b905e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"cafe2\"><\/a><BR><font size=\"-2\">I think I might pick up some bamboo valances for the top and get rid of the blinds.<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Boy, oh, boy. This is some beautiful fabric. I am in love with this room, now. I just need to score the perfect chairs and I&#8217;d be all set! Next up in my sewing queue: a valance for my kitchen to replace the ugly dingy one that came with the house. Can you guess what fabric I&#8217;ll be using for that??<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-2\">It starts with a <i>Wave<\/i> and ends with an <i>-erly<\/i>. :)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5110\/5751950383_54303bf685.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I put up a curtain rod over one of the windows in my breakfast room, about 9 months ago. It took me that long to make curtains. That&#8217;s about how long it takes to make a baby! After putting it up, I had to decide on a fabric. I chose one and then hated it. Fast forward a few months and I win a Waverly Fabric giveaway on [Read More&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,42,8],"tags":[116,81,236,229],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6042,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343\/revisions\/6042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}