Out with the fruit, in with the checks

New curtains
Originally uploaded by sapoague

When we moved to this house in 1991 one of the features that drew me to it was the yellow/green formica topped kidney bean shaped table. This table had been custom built for the kitchen circa 1950 and was still in great condition with shiny chrome pedestal legs. We found some chairs at the local antique mall that didn't exactly match, but went well in tomato red 50's chrome and vinyl.

I had begun a fruit fabric binge. My sister found some dynamite fruit fabric for curtains. I sewed them up and they have been in the kitchen -- until 2 days ago.

The fruit curtains were getting faded. We replaced some of the windows in the kitchen last summer. And frankly, I was over the fruit thing. So I started looking for curtain fabric, not an easy thing in the middle of Iowa where the only places to find curtain fabric are the Hobby Lobby or Jo-Ann. (blech)

After a lot of interwebs searching I found some linen check fabric on ebay. I love it because it looks handwoven even though it is not, and the colors go really well with the formica table and counter tops (did I mention the counter tops? No? Well the yellow/green formica is pretty much everywhere - kitchen, bathroom, mudroom. The former owners were on a roll.)

I had some blocks of time to devote to sewing the curtains this past week, and here is the result. I am very pleased. Plus, I discovered curtain clips for hanging them. Way cool!

Coming soon - knitted hats and handwoven placemats! The Christmas gifts can now be revealed!