Tree House Bed Curtains Completed!

Stitches.... And Love....

Can you Believe it, Dear Readers, but after All this Time spent making these Tiny Bed Curtains for the Pagoda Bed in the Tree House, I am a little sad to be finished? Don't get me wrong, I am Overjoyed at  how Perfectly they turned out! But I was enjoying the process of Stitching those Tiny flowers and vines so much... and now they are Done! I find myself thinking I need to start some more just so I have them there to stitch on a Sunday morning...! But let me show you the finishing of the curtains. As you  might recall, all I had left to add was a small amount of "ground" at the bottom of each curtain.

Here you can see what I mean.

I added a closely stitched gold border at the very bottom, 

to act as a hem, because I intended to pull the threads

 and make a fringe with the silk, 

rather than actually hemming the bottoms.

And just above that I stitched a small layer 

or "hill" of light blue-green to be the "landscape".

And with that the embroidery part was truly finished!

Next I took some very thin silk charmeuse in an ivory color.... (made from an antique slip...) and stitched the cloth right sides together along the two sides that had no fringe. I first pressed the other two edges so that when it is turned right side out, the hems would be already turned under and correctly aligned with the fringe edges. (See above!)

Then I cut the curtains apart from each other, 

leaving about a quarter inch for seam allowance.

(This is the back side of the embroidery!)

Then I turned them right side out and carefully... 

with tiny stitches, sewed the two open sides of the lining 

to the fringed edges of the curtains.

This is the reverse side of the finished curtain... 

with the fringe pulled at the bottom edge.

And then I had to run and get the Tiny Bed to test the curtain....

 

Oh! OH! OOooHHH!!!

I am in Love with this bed!!!

 

Here is a closer view.... and this is just the First curtain!

And the other one..... 

they are still not attached, 

just tucked under the gilded trim....

And just testing the bed in the Tree House... 

but it is getting late and dark and hard to get good pictures.

Here you can see the two curtains side by side.....

the first and last time....

because now it is time to glue them in place!

Which was easier said than done, 

because there was so little space under the edge 

of the gold trim on the bed frame....

Then I just have to see how it looks in the Chinoiserie Bedroom....

And with the fire lit.....

 

And from a little further back.... 

it is hard to get it all in focus!

And then in the morning light the next day.... 

can we get better pictures?

 

I think they turned out as Fine as I could have Imagined!

And then just to remind you of the scale of the Tree House....

 

Here it is in the Bedroom of Hardwick Hall!

 Oh, Dear Readers, I cannot express in words

 how much I adore this little Bed!!!

I don't know about you, Dear Readers,

But, I am in Love!