Would I regret making bedroom curtains out of canvas? I'm looking for thick curtains to block the lights out of a baby's bedroom, and -- while looking on-line for barkcloth -- found some canvas I like the looks of.
Dear Sarah,
I suppose you could use canvas, if you use a lightweight type like duck. But why not put up a rolling shade? It will block the light, can be decorated to go with the baby's bedroom, and then you could use any fabric you want for the curtains.
There is a big difference between home dec fabric and dress fabric. Canvas in any color other than natural, will fade within six months. That's why home dec fabrics are sold in a separate department. The dyes used for their manufacture are more permanent and also more expensive. Synthetic fibers are colored in a different way, so their colors are retained better than natural fibers.
Teri
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 didn't know that. Thanks.
Why not make curtains using blackout curtain lining? It looks cream, but blocks all the light. I've used it several times and it works well.
;-) 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:
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
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This is what I would do. Find a fabric you like for the bedroom to show on the room side and line with the room darkening fabric. That way you get decoration and light blocking without interfering with your blinds all in one fell swoop. I knew Kate would answer eventually :)
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
Let me add to the votes for blackout curtain lining.
It blocks out the light, protects the decorator curtain fabric from sun damage... and provides a consistent look on the outside of the house. It can be surprising on how odd it looks from the outside when there are different, or clashing window treatments.
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.
Second. My first slept like yours, but this one wakes up if anyone even thinks about the sun.
Thanks to all of you for the blackout fabric advice and links. That's what I'll do.
On that topic... should I was the blackout fabric before sewing it? I just got some yesterday, but forgot to ask in the fabric store.
That really may depend on the particular product. I would call the store and ask before risking the fabric in a washer. And be sure you ask about machine drying while you're at it.
Beverly
Addendum: just found at a site which sells RTW Block-Out liners: "Dry clean only"
And denverfabric.com has several brands:
His name is Dagwood?
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