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Designer Curtains for Less - Monday 1st June 2015

Recently my landlord decided to put new windows throughout the house. Wonderful! Until I discovered none of the old curtains fit! The frames were all smaller than the old ones and therefore left more glass area to cover. This made me panic with no spare money for new curtains on eight new windows. I scoured the op shops but it was a very tight week and most were unsuitable or expensive. I had a light bulb moment and looked at the doona covers. At around $2.00 - $4.00 per cover and they fit the windows, I was set. Firstly for quick cover, I slit a hole on each side of the bottom end of a cover and slid a rod through. I hung it up and had a curtain, easy as. Then I have been slowly going through the house and making lined curtains out of the covers with some sheets which are also cheap at the op shops. Depending on the thickness and pattern of the cover means it is simple or a little more complicated but separating the cover front and back and sewing a sheet onto each for the lining then making a rod pocket or tape and rings takes me a couple of hours and I have lovely curtains. It would be wonderful in children's rooms with all the character doona covers available.
Contributed by Terri Mudiman