Fabric Choices

I've been making lots of curtains lately. And pretty much the only rooms I have left are the front room, the TV room, and the animal room.

Front room

We decided on a wall color (middle color on the left with a "C" next to it) and color scheme for the room (gray, white, yellow)

So I went to Fabric.com to order some swatches (they have good fabric prices, much better than local stores, but I still check those out before I head to the internet). And here's what Chris and I were deciding between

We really liked the pinwheel-like one on the top row in the middle, but the yellow/beige color looked really muted and bland when we held it up to the paint color. So we decided on the bottom row fabric on the far right - the yellow, white and gray stripes. I'll sew the curtains so the stripes go vertically in the room, which I think will look really great because the room is already so tall (please excuse all the tools)


This fabric will go on both windows that flank the fireplace. On the window in the pic directly above, there are actually THREE windows behind that curtain, so the stripe fabric will go on the large center window, and we'll get simple white fabric to go on the two smaller windows on either side.

TV Room

We decided on "Rhino" for the wall color in this room (bottom left color with an "R" next to it)

I found a swatch online that I thought was PERFECT for the room and Chris liked it too, but I knew I should order the swatch just to MAKE SURE it worked. I LOVE it (Chris and I both seem to really like paisley)

Last room: the Animal Room (the room right off of my art room)

The plan is to work on this hideous monstrocity of a room once the garage is done. Our Spring and Summer projects will be to work on this room and the bathroom and HOPEFULLY get them finished by the end of summer (HOPEFULLY).

That ugly, horrible window will be replaced and so I needed to figure out what fabric I want for the (eventual) new window. Once this room is done it will essentially become my sewing room, so it will be an extension of my art room. Therefor, I want to keep the same colors in mind that are in my art room. I have fallen in love with the key lime color in my art room curtains and some of my picture frames, so I decided to go with that color for my curtains. I found a swatch I really liked, and ordered it to make sure, and I LOVE it

It sorta looks like the grain in Oak, but in two shades of lime green. Oooh la la I love it.

Now it's time to measure how much fabric I need, buy a BUNCH, and get to sewing!