Some recent craft projects

Since the craft project of the row of houses was pictured in the gardening post, I thought I'd show where I got the idea, and how the project was completed.  The first photo is the shot from inside the breakfast restaurant in Destin where I saw the houses.  It was actually a coffee cup holder above the coffee station.

And here's our project once it was cut from a piece of wooden closet shelving, and the wooden shims making the roofs had been glued on.  The wood was primed, then I used blue painter's tape to mark the edges of each house.

And here's the finished project.

They say necessity is the mother of invention.  In our bathroom, the shower rod is permanently mounted near the ceiling.  While it does make the 8 foot ceilings seem higher when you hang shower curtains close to the ceiling, this was a challenge in the bathroom because ready-made curtains were not long enough nor wide enough to fit the tub opening.  What to do?  A trip to Tuesday Morning was in order!  Found this pair of polyester extra long and extra wide lined drapes on the 60% off shelf.  Brought them home, sewed them together, sewed 18 buttonholes along the top, and voila - problem solved!  Of course, the waterproof shower liner also hangs from the same hooks as the curtain.  The polyester fabric can get a little wet, but the shower liner keeps them mostly dry.

So, here's one more problem solved using very basic sewing skills.  This is our guest room where, again, the curtain rods are mounted near the ceiling.  We changed out some old roman shades for the bamboo shades and then hung the black and white curtains from Lowe's.  But, they weren't long enough - someone didn't measure correctly!  Yes, it was me.  So, always thinking, my better half says "Why not just buy another curtain, cut some off and sew it to the ones already hanging?"  Of course! And because the print is so busy, no one can see the seam where the piece was added to each curtain.  Here's the finished look:

So long for today!