Sew a shower curtain into a window curtain

There is a prominent, low to the ground window in the girls’ bathroom and I wanted to have a curtain that was the same as the shower curtain. The bathroom is designed for 3,6 and 8 year-old girls. I wanted a fabric that was whimsical but not little girlish, and incorporated everyone’s favorite colors. For photos of the full bathroom go here.

The shower curtain I used is called Hip Paisley, and it’s by Peri. I purchased it on Ebay, and contacted the seller to see if she had a second curtain. She ran an Ebay store so she had two. I used shower curtain hooks and a tension rod to hang the curtain.

Sewing it was a simple and satisfying project.

Here’s how I did it

1. I hung the whole shower curtain on the curtain rod, and cut it to fit the windows – while it was hanging.

2. Lying the fabric flat, I cut the curtain liner to the same size making sure the salvaged edge of the liner fabric was at the top of the curtain.

3. I hemmed around the edges, sewing the liner into the hems, by folding over the fabric.

4. On the top seam, I used a long 3/8 heat n’ bond strip instead of actually sewing it because I didn’t want to have a visible seam since the curtain already had one and it would have altered the ascetics of the design.

5. Add grommets for a decorative touch, and hang on rod.

The finished product…..

The top with heat n’ bond on salvaged edge of liner….

The backside hem….

The matching shower curtain….