For the Uncrafty at Heart-No Sew Shower Curtain

With old homes come funny measurements. It's difficult to find the right lengths for curtains and blinds. Unless you have a few thousand extra bucks laying around for custom treatments it can be pretty frustrating...

Starting with the shower curtain.

No matter where I go they are all 70-73 inches long, but our space is more like 90 inches from rod to floor. A friend sent me a DIY shower curtain idea. Here's the problem...the DIY person spent $40 on the ingredients.

Rule #1 of DIY...if you spend more to buy the ingredients then you would pay for a pre-made one you are wasting your time and money.

So here is my take on a custom made shower curtain...for only $17.

1. Buy drop cloth at Lowes. ($9) I chose the tan for the echo friendly look.
2. Buy iron on hem tape. ($1.65)

3. Buy curtain clips-make sure they fit around your shower rod. (this is the step that saves the most money).  ($6.50)

 

 4. Measure length and cut excess cloth.

 5. Place hem tape along cut.

 6. And iron. This was so incredibly easy. Too easy.

 There's the new custom hem line. Looks a lot like the old hem line.

 7. Hang curtain.

8. Let the magic of steam from the shower do its trick and work out the wrinkles. 

Entire project maybe took 30 minutes. Oh, and the curtain clips work better then those stupid hooks that constantly fall off the rod. 

Enjoy!