Blue Stripe Nursery Curtains

I thought it was about time to include some portfolio work on my blog. I should have put these on a while ago but its amazing how busy I seem to be lately. In between dog walking and pandering to the needs of my family I have been cracking on with NDA assignments ( more on that in another post).

These were made for a lovely new baby boy's bedroom.  The curtains are made from a drapey chambray type fabric with a fine red and white stripe which will hopefully stand the test of time.

My own son's nursery curtains were blue gingham and made by my mother - which parent has time to make their own for their newborn? I lengthened them when we moved to our current house by inserting a panel with hand sewn appliqued ginger cats - it's a shame I haven't got a photo of those as I was really rather proud of them.  When our son started school, ginger cats were no longer his style and I made a roman blind in a "space ship and alien" fabric from Laura Ashley. Sadly, this was also "uncool" by the time he reached his 10th birthday - so I replaced that with a tasteful Ian Mankin ticking stripe roman blind - which so far hasn't fallen out of favour!

The moral of this story is that unless you are keen on making curtains, or have deep pockets, think carefully about investing in age-specific curtains for young children's rooms!

Anyway, back to the curtains in question and some all important technical details. These are blackout lined and have been designed with a central overlap and return to the wall to optimise the blackout effect.

I hand pleated the goblet heading and added red covered buttons to pick out the red stripe in the fabric ( just visible in the pictures). The red buttons could easily be removed or replaced with more subdued blue ones in the future if required. I made the goblets a little smaller than standard to be in keeping with the apron length and informal feel. As stackback space was at a premium I have only lightly stuffed the goblets to make sure that they aren't too rigid to draw back off the window sufficiently.


I'm particularly pleased with the contrast blue trim on the leading edge and the heading - I think ticking type stripes sometimes need a bit of definition.