Curtains
We remodeled the kitchen and I sewed some curtain tops for the windows. We looked in the home dec fabric section of Joanns but didn't see anything that would work. So we went to the quilting fabric and found something we could agree on. My husband because it had the colors he thought would work and me because it has cute birds on it. I'm not much a fan of the colors of the fabric for the kitchen. They don't really add much and I would prefer some excitement. He was all about tying the gray countertop and the brown walls together. Anywho, that's what we got.
Apron
I have an apron that came from a restaurant. I like it because it's simple and it works well--it covers, it's comfortable, and it's absorbent so I can wipe my hands on it. Well, it's rather stained after all these years. I got a bright idea to make a new one...out of terry cloth...because if I wipe my hands on it...why not make it out of towel fabric?
Finding terry cloth--supposedly one of the world's most-made fabrics (?)--not so easy. Yes, I could get it online but it's hard to be sure of the quality from an image on a computer screen and the description when one doesn't know how to decipher the weight details and such, which I don't. Aside from not wanting to wait, or pay, for delivery, I saw something that dissuaded me from buying this online. I was on fabric.com looking at one fabric, supposedly made in the US of A out of premium cotton, and put it in my cart. At checkout, it said fabric.com was an Amazon company so I thought I would check out Amazon since I could get free shipping. But on the Amazon site the very same product was listed as 100% polyester. Ew. A towel made out of polyester. So I got spooked.
Then I stopped at Joanns. They had terry cloth. It was 100% cotton, not all that nice, but I figured what they hey, I could try it. They had no color I wanted so I got white and some gray die. I dyed the fabric and it turned out light blue. Irritating.
Then my husband and I were at Menard's getting something for the house and I looked down and saw terry bath towels in the perfect shade of gray. They were cheap--cheaper than the Joanns fabric not to mention the dye--so I got them.
First I made the apron using my restaurant apron as a pattern. Then I dressed it up with the fabric I made the curtains out of.
So maybe a terry cloth apron was not the best idea I have ever had. But it should do the trick for a while and I think it looks kind of cute.
UPDATE: A terry cloth apron was one of the best damn ideas I ever had.
Finding terry cloth--supposedly one of the world's most-made fabrics (?)--not so easy. Yes, I could get it online but it's hard to be sure of the quality from an image on a computer screen and the description when one doesn't know how to decipher the weight details and such, which I don't. Aside from not wanting to wait, or pay, for delivery, I saw something that dissuaded me from buying this online. I was on fabric.com looking at one fabric, supposedly made in the US of A out of premium cotton, and put it in my cart. At checkout, it said fabric.com was an Amazon company so I thought I would check out Amazon since I could get free shipping. But on the Amazon site the very same product was listed as 100% polyester. Ew. A towel made out of polyester. So I got spooked.
Then I stopped at Joanns. They had terry cloth. It was 100% cotton, not all that nice, but I figured what they hey, I could try it. They had no color I wanted so I got white and some gray die. I dyed the fabric and it turned out light blue. Irritating.
Then my husband and I were at Menard's getting something for the house and I looked down and saw terry bath towels in the perfect shade of gray. They were cheap--cheaper than the Joanns fabric not to mention the dye--so I got them.
First I made the apron using my restaurant apron as a pattern. Then I dressed it up with the fabric I made the curtains out of.
So maybe a terry cloth apron was not the best idea I have ever had. But it should do the trick for a while and I think it looks kind of cute.
UPDATE: A terry cloth apron was one of the best damn ideas I ever had.
Hanging Towels
I love a hanging towel. I had one in the old kitchen...can't find it right now...but it wouldn't have matched the new digs anyway. I noticed my hands are always dripping with something...cooking stuff, dishwater, clean water, food...and if the towels are behind a door, that something is going to drip on the cabinet doors. No, not my new, clean, white cabinet doors! So I made new hanging towels that matched using the scraps from the towel I made my apron from. I searched for a pattern and wouldn't you know it, found a free pattern right away on this site. Turned out cute, though these are quite luxury as they were made from a bath towel not a kitchen towel, so they're thick. But that's an awesome bonus.
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