Skirted Drapery Panels

Hi everyone, I know it's only Monday, but how is your week going so far?  Maybe I should ask, how was your weekend?  Get any projects started?  Done?  Do you remember a few weeks ago, I painted my mom's bedroom?  Today, I hung her new window treatments.  I experimented with the design and added a border with a gathered-skirt feel.

I really, really, really, tried to emulate my talented friend, Sonya's, style.  I was semi-successful, as in, "not bad, for a first try..."  Let me give you a quick reminder of the room the last time you saw it. 

The room was built around this pillow sham in the foreground.  The great coral fabric is from the collection that I carry (Kasmir).  The green border fabric and ribbon were purchased at JoAnns.

I don't know if you can tell very well, but the left green is dull and the right green is shiny.  I was going to sew the dull, back side out, but heard Sonya's voice in my head telling me to use the shiny side--ha, she also confirmed the voice in my head in an e-mail!  The fringe was just set up there to get an idea of how trim would look.

You can see that the header is definitely not droopy.  I was wanting to do a more droopy header--I think I will still give-it-a-go--by spacing out the rings.  These photos were taken in a huge hurry as I was running late to pick up Fun-Sized Chick from school, so, sorry, this is not so good.  The drapery rings were still tacky and wet from spray paint and glaze.  Of course, there weren't the same color of rings that I wanted that matched the drapery rod.  The right panel is bowed out from either a bad ironing job, not fussing with them, or the fabric hitting the floor slightly...?

The panels are the width of the fabric, so about 54".  I cut the skirt at 1 1/2 width, so about 77" wide.  The entire panel is lined.  The wall is pretty close on the left-hand side, so the rod brackets are 7" out from the window.

A side note about the headboard--it was purchased on CL, for, I think, $20.  It was pine that got a white coat of paint and mocha glaze to go with her wicker (above).  See the new pillow in the middle?  It was made out of the sample piece of fabric last seen HERE.  The reverse side is the coral drapery fabric.  I pleated the corners (If you look closely you can see it on the bottom.) by making two folds toward the point then sewing flat.  The piping was sewn around the entire seam.  The corner pleats make it a fun, plump pillow.  Being the hang-and-run decorator that I was today, I'll let you in on a little secret.  Since I didn't have a pillow form the right size, the new pillow is stuffed with plastic grocery bags!   (Blue pillowcases, while not bad, are really not part of the for-show decor scheme.)  The room is really shaping up to be a nice mix of relaxing, tropical, feminine and fresh.   



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