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Shower Curtains

Dottie

05-08-2008

Re: Shower Curtains

Pogonip

05-08-2008

Alice

Juno

Kate XXXXXX

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Posted by Dottie on May 8, 2008, 7:33 pm

I am getting ready to re-do my bathroom and plan to throw out the
glass shower door....it's a PITA to keep clean and free of crud. I
figure I can use a shower curtain and just replace the liner every few
months. Haven't looked at new shower curtains but I remember back
about 20 years when a lot of people sewed their own. I never did
that. Does anyone remember how the top was finished? I was thinking
a fabric shower curtain with plastic (separate liner)....

Posted by Pogonip on May 8, 2008, 7:59 pm

Dottie wrote:

> I am getting ready to re-do my bathroom and plan to throw out the

> glass shower door....it's a PITA to keep clean and free of crud. I

> figure I can use a shower curtain and just replace the liner every few

> months. Haven't looked at new shower curtains but I remember back

> about 20 years when a lot of people sewed their own. I never did

> that. Does anyone remember how the top was finished? I was thinking

> a fabric shower curtain with plastic (separate liner)....

Yes, you can do that. You could look at some for sale to see how
they're done. You can put a 4" hem in the top and put either button
holes or grommets for the hooks. I've seen some done with two rods, one
for the decorative one, one for the liner. I can't do that because our
rod is rounded at one end because of a window, but I've done a curtain
and liner.

If you use a heavy cotton duck or a nylon fabric, you don't need a liner.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Alice on May 8, 2008, 9:32 pm

I do the same...but I add a strip of buckram inside the top hem to keep it
crisp. It can be purchased near the drapery pleating tapes, etc. in a
fabric store.

--
Alice in PA
http://community.webshots.com/user/twosonsatpsu

> Dottie wrote:

>> I am getting ready to re-do my bathroom and plan to throw out the

>> glass shower door....it's a PITA to keep clean and free of crud. I

>> figure I can use a shower curtain and just replace the liner every few

>> months. Haven't looked at new shower curtains but I remember back

>> about 20 years when a lot of people sewed their own. I never did

>> that. Does anyone remember how the top was finished? I was thinking

>> a fabric shower curtain with plastic (separate liner)....

> Yes, you can do that. You could look at some for sale to see how they're

> done. You can put a 4" hem in the top and put either button holes or

> grommets for the hooks. I've seen some done with two rods, one for the

> decorative one, one for the liner. I can't do that because our rod is

> rounded at one end because of a window, but I've done a curtain and liner.

> If you use a heavy cotton duck or a nylon fabric, you don't need a liner.

> --

> Joanne

> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com

> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Juno on May 8, 2008, 9:38 pm

Pogonip wrote:

> Dottie wrote:

>> I am getting ready to re-do my bathroom and plan to throw out the

>> glass shower door....it's a PITA to keep clean and free of crud. I

>> figure I can use a shower curtain and just replace the liner every few

>> months. Haven't looked at new shower curtains but I remember back

>> about 20 years when a lot of people sewed their own. I never did

>> that. Does anyone remember how the top was finished? I was thinking

>> a fabric shower curtain with plastic (separate liner)....

> Yes, you can do that. You could look at some for sale to see how

> they're done. You can put a 4" hem in the top and put either button

> holes or grommets for the hooks. I've seen some done with two rods, one

> for the decorative one, one for the liner. I can't do that because our

> rod is rounded at one end because of a window, but I've done a curtain

> and liner.

> If you use a heavy cotton duck or a nylon fabric, you don't need a liner.

I have made shower curtains from sheets. yard goods and muslin, both
bleached and unbleached. This was in the days before good iron on
interfacing. I interfaced the top hem with old sheets, banged in some
grommets with that little tool that comes with the cheapo grommet sets
and put in my hooks.I then hung the plastic lining and curtain on the
same hook. They are easy to make. When I used sheets I always used a
twin size. The shower curtain I have now is the only one I ever bought
in 50 years. I've had it for about 10 years now and because it's so
pretty I hope it gets a few more years.
Juno

Posted by Kate XXXXXX on May 9, 2008, 3:50 am

Dottie wrote:

> I am getting ready to re-do my bathroom and plan to throw out the

> glass shower door....it's a PITA to keep clean and free of crud. I

> figure I can use a shower curtain and just replace the liner every few

> months. Haven't looked at new shower curtains but I remember back

> about 20 years when a lot of people sewed their own. I never did

> that. Does anyone remember how the top was finished? I was thinking

> a fabric shower curtain with plastic (separate liner)....

I made mine a few years back, out of water resistant shower curtain
fabric (I hate the plastic ones, nd I'd need two). I put a 2" hem along
the top and inserted eyelets. Every few months I toss it in the wash.
It's lasted more than 15 years so far!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

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