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canvas curtains? Sara Lorimer 04-23-2007
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Posted by BEI Design on April 23, 2007, 8:27 pm


>
> There's already a venetian blind in the window, so there's no
> room for a
> rolling shade, but it's not enough on the mornings. I want to
> have a
> blind _and_ curtains, in the hopes that she'll sleep past dawn.
> I'm one
> step away from lining her window with tinfoil.

;-) I remember that feeling. How about lining curtains with
blackout lining?

There are several sites that come up on a google search, for both
ready made curtains and fabric:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=blackout+lining&btnG=Google+Search

fabric by the yard:
http://www.housefabric.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=848

I would think that would be far more satisfactory in a baby's
room than "canvas". And it would *really* block the light, you
might put all that work into the canvas and find light still
seeps in. To get the best result, the curtains should be a few
inches larger in every dimension than the window.

Beverly, just finished mowing the lawns, back to sewing....




Posted by offkilterquilter on April 24, 2007, 9:12 am
BEI Design wrote:
>
>
>>There's already a venetian blind in the window, so there's no
>>room for a
>>rolling shade, but it's not enough on the mornings. I want to
>>have a
>>blind _and_ curtains, in the hopes that she'll sleep past dawn.
>>I'm one
>>step away from lining her window with tinfoil.
>
>
> ;-) I remember that feeling. How about lining curtains with
> blackout lining?
>
> There are several sites that come up on a google search, for both
> ready made curtains and fabric:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=blackout+lining&btnG=Google+Search
>
> fabric by the yard:
> http://www.housefabric.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=848
>
> I would think that would be far more satisfactory in a baby's
> room than "canvas". And it would *really* block the light, you
> might put all that work into the canvas and find light still
> seeps in. To get the best result, the curtains should be a few
> inches larger in every dimension than the window.
>
> Beverly, just finished mowing the lawns, back to sewing....
>
>
>
I have to jump in here about the blackout lining. I've used it for both
of my children when they were young (DD still has curtains with it) and
it helps a LOT!!! DS's room is away from the sun, so he gets up with
ihs alarm or with me, but DD sleeps and sleeps....I can usually have
until 730 or so before she even starts waking up....definitely something
I would say look into.

Larisa

Posted by on April 24, 2007, 10:16 am
Dear Sara,

Is this your first child? I've raised two children and five
grandchildren. So long as they are fed, dry and comfy, they'll sleep
regardless of the light. Now myself, I am distracted even by the
digital clock and the light on the telephone--I want complete
darkness.

Teri


Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on April 24, 2007, 4:26 pm
gjones2938@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Is this your first child? I've raised two children and five
> grandchildren. So long as they are fed, dry and comfy, they'll sleep
> regardless of the light. Now myself, I am distracted even by the
> digital clock and the light on the telephone--I want complete
> darkness.

Maybe. My fourth child was so light of a sleeper that the sound of a
paper blowing across the hardwood floor would wake up him. When he was
a toddler and woke up in the middle of the night, he would let himself
out of his crib, go to the kitchen, pull snacks out and have a
middle-of-the-night snack (leaving the snacks out but thankfully closing
the refridgerator door), and go back to bed.

He sleeps perfectly fine these days at age 15, though.

Posted by Gogarty on April 27, 2007, 5:06 pm
mmeahan@TRASHsonic.net says...
>
>
>gjones2938@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>> Is this your first child? I've raised two children and five
>> grandchildren. So long as they are fed, dry and comfy, they'll sleep
>> regardless of the light. Now myself, I am distracted even by the
>> digital clock and the light on the telephone--I want complete
>> darkness.
>
>Maybe. My fourth child was so light of a sleeper that the sound of a
>paper blowing across the hardwood floor would wake up him. When he was
>a toddler and woke up in the middle of the night, he would let himself
>out of his crib, go to the kitchen, pull snacks out and have a
>middle-of-the-night snack (leaving the snacks out but thankfully closing
>the refridgerator door), and go back to bed.
>
>He sleeps perfectly fine these days at age 15, though.

His name is Dagwood?


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