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Embroidered Summer Valance over Blinds
| We made this summer valance for our rustic-styled entry room. It's
a quick and easy sewing project that you can do over the weekend, and it
looks absolutely gorgeous. We used embroidery designs from the Bee
and Dragonfly Set, both for the large and small hoops, Ladybug
Set I and Ladybug
Set II.
The finished size of our valance is about 80" x 14". |
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| For the project, we used heavy-weight white linen and brightly-colored
cotton.
The width of our two windows is 65" inches. We wanted only light ruffles,
so we added 16" for seams and ruffles.
Out of linen fabric, we cut 2 strips 16" wide and 41" long (width of
the fabric).
Out of patterned cotton fabric, we cut 2 strips 5 1/2" wide and 41"
long. |
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Take the linen strips and, using a zig-zag stitch, finish one short
side on each strip.
Place the strips face to face, aligning the finished short sides. With
a straight stitch, sew the finished short sides together with a seam allowance
of 1/4". Press the seam open. |
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| Take the patterned cotton strips, place them face to face and stitch
them together along one of the short sides. Seam allowance is 1/4". Press
the seam open.
Place the cotton strip over the linen strip, face to face. Align one
of the long sides. Pin. Sew the strips together with a seam allowance og
1/4". |
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Using zig-zag, finish the short sides of the cotton strip.
Fold the short sides back 1/2", press and straight stitch in place.
Fold the long unfinished side back 1/2" and press. Fold back again by
3" and press thoroughly. This will be the sleeve for the curtain rod. However,
do not stitch in place at this stage - you will need the extra width to
make hooping easier. |
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| Now the valance is ready for embroidery. We used 2 layers of water
soluble mesh. |
| After we finished all the embroidery, we cut away the excess stabilizer
and finished sewing.
First, we top-stitched the folded upper edge of the valance to make
the sleeve. Then, we folded back and pressed 1/2" of the lower, unfinished
edge of the cotton strip.
Finally, we again folded back the edge of the cotton strip so, that
the edge covered the seam between the linen and the cotton. This was pressed
and topstitched in place. |
| Insert a rod through the sleeve and place over the window blinds. Doesn't
it look charming? |
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Happy Embroidering!
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Set I
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Set II
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