Easy Drop Cloth Curtain for my Cabinet Under the Sink

I've been wanting to do this for a while now but recently my sweet little Pioneer Woman Rug made me do it!  It had to go on out of the house and down the road. Yes, it got a stain that wouldn't come out and I'm a giant OCD goober and couldn't get over it "staring at me"....sorry pretty rug!

In comes the new brightly colored rug that I got at Walmart for $5!  Bargain cuteness!  It has all the colors in our kitchen, mostly because our kitchen has all the colors due to my love of the Pioneer Woman Collection!

Here's my sweet little PW rug with my PW curtain that I made from a tablecloth.  Of course they match because they are supposed to.  But my new rug doesn't match the PW curtain anymore! In comes the new drop cloth curtain.  My curtain is held up with a tension rod so I can easily remove the curtain and wash it if it needs it or just swap it out for another one, like I'm doing now.

I ran to Lowe's and picked up a 4' x 5' 8oz canvas drop cloth which cost me $5.98.
NOTE:  I washed, dried and ironed the drop cloth first before I got to making my curtain.

First I measured my cabinet opening that I was making the curtain for.  It measured 30-1/2" x 20".  I wanted the curtain to be full with some gatherings so I used the entire width of the drop cloth (48") but measured down 23" from the top and marked some cutting lines.  I then folded the cloth over on that line and cut from one side to the other.

I turned down the cut edge to create the rod pocket and pinned it.  Before I pressed the seam in with the iron, I ran the tension rod through it and tried it out to see if the length was good.  After I was happy with the way it was looking, and keeping my presser foot on the cut line, I sewed a straight line from one edge to the other.

I ran one more straight line about one inch from the folded over top.  This is the pocket my tension rod will go into.  The bottom edge was already hemmed for me and the sides were nice and surged as well, so that's all the sewing I had to do.  I told you it was EASY!

If you don't have a sewing machine, you can use THIS or THIS to make your curtain.

I ran the tension rod through the pocket, rehung it and then evenly adjusted the gatherings to my liking and I was done!  I have enough drop cloth left over to make a curtain for the window as well.  I'm saving that project for another day though.  I like the way it turned out and am happy with the little change it made to the kitchen.

Would you like to see more about our kitchen?
Tiling Our Kitchen Floor
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Part 1
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Part 2
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Part 3
Building a Corner Cabinet
Building a Drop in Kitchen Cabinet
Installing a Farmhouse Sink
Pantry Remodel
DIY Mosaic Tile Backsplash 
Painting Our Cabinets

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!

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Pioneer Woman Tablecloth Turned Into Curtains

Hello! We're back! I'm so glad to be back too.  Just a little update, we've been working away from our home and living in an RV for the past 5 1/2 months of our lives.  Let's just say that it was an adventure and we were both grateful to have jobs to go to every day. Yay!

Now back to our regularly scheduled DIY!

I received lots of Pioneer Woman Collection dishes, pots and pans and other odds and ends for Christmas.  After we returned home, I got to get them all out and play with them.  Then I decided I wanted a new curtain for the kitchen because the old one didnt match anymore.  I went to Pinterest of course and then the light bulb went on! Ding!

Disclaimer:  I'm not a seamstress.
I can run a pretty straight line (mostly) and the end product was all that mattered to me and I love how it turned out! 

NOTE: My kitchen window measures 33" x 33".  If your window is smaller or larger, you may end up with a totally different look.
I started with a 70" round tablecloth in the Country Garden print from Walmart. You can find it HERE.  I paid $13.96 for mine and got two small curtains out of it.

First you'll want to wash and dry your new tablecloth to prevent any shrinkage in the future.  Next, I cut mine directly in half.

I knew I wanted a big ruffle on the top so after I had it cut in half I held it up to my window to see how far down I wanted it to hang.  I decide to cut 12" off the unfinished side to make my ruffle.

Next I need to hem all of the raw edges so I pressed them with a steam iron first for easier stitching.  For the lower edge of my ruffle I folded over once like above, pressed, then folded over once again the same width and pressed to make sure I had no ravels (no raw edges showing) in the future.  Stitch in place.

Now that I have all the raw edges stitched, I placed the two pieces together, right sides up, and pinned them in place for stitching.

I needed a sleeve for the tension rod to slide through so I used the other half of the table cloth that was left over and I cut a 3" piece from that.

I folded the edges to the center and then pressed it for stitching.

Next I pinned the sleeve to the curtain back only, I left the ruffle out.  I ran a stitching line on the very lower edge of the sleeve and then the very upper edge of the sleeve.  Lastly, I pressed the whole curtain using some spray starch for a crisp smooth finish.

I threaded the curtain onto the tension rod and then placed it in the window and fluffed as needed to achieve the look I wanted.  I hate that our window frames are a dark color, but that's whole other post isn't it! lol!

Since I had most of the other half of the tablecloth left over and I've always liked how the under sink curtains look, I decided to make these little cuties. 

They are just simple stitching all the way around.  I measured my openings and allowed myself some hemming room and whipped them out in like five minutes.  They are also mounted on a tension rod.  Loves it!

I think the Pioneer Woman Collection is adorable and I'm trying really hard not to fill my whole entire kitchen with it, but its hard yall!

Would you like to see more about our kitchen remodel?
Tiling Our Kitchen Floor
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Part 1
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Part 2
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Part 3
Building a Corner Cabinet
Building a Drop in Kitchen Cabinet
Installing a Farmhouse Sink
Pantry Remodel
DIY Mosaic Tile Backsplash

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!
I'm Linking to:
These lovely and FUN parties!
Between Naps on the Porch