I made these for Todd’s home office by picking and choosing patterns and information from my four sewing books referenced below (looking for the simplest method, of course). Todd picked out the fabric himself using a Jo-Ann’s 50% off coupon He wanted drapes originally (with the pull cords to swish back and forth) but it’s a narrowish window with very little stacking room on one side so I couldn’t see the point. Instead I used a deep rod pocket design.

I attached the lining using the “sack” method where you sew right sides together on the two side seams but the lining isn’t as wide as the fabric, so when you turn it right side out and press you get the look of having carefully handsewn the fabric over the lining without all the handsewing. I did handsew the fold over at the top for the rod pocket but I machine sewed the hem. Unfortunately because of the stripes I couldn’t really match the thread to the fabric and the hem shows. OK, the hem shows if you get down on your knees and look for it, but still. I have to learn how to do blind hems on the machine next.

I barely had enough fabric left to make the tiebacks but I think they came out nicely. Now we’re waiting for another 50% off coupon so he can buy fabric for the next set of windows which I think will be for the kitchen.