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Jennifer,
Although I am not a decorator, I am good at it....not pulling my own chain here.. I have a couple of ideas for you
[quote=jenniferw223]I have a dilemma. In my bedroom I bought dark purple velvet curtains for the sliding glass door. For the other window in the room there was a blind with a matching valance.
Depending on how wide the valance (fabric) is and how much of a drop (i.e. 84w X 14"-18" deep) there is AND how wide the TWO windows combined are, you could determine whether you have enough fabric to use on both windows. Also how long are the windows?? Can you get a blind to match the one you have? Is there a matchinhg curtain for your quilt? Do you have or even want a bed skirt a bedskirt??
Here's what you could do...take fabric, press flat. You could either use the fabric you have to cover a 3" wide flat rod....sometimes called a Continental rod.. or use it to cover a 12" deep cornice board....often found in a hard vinyl or light wood at Home Depot, Lowes or at some fabric stores....... to go over the blinds....not very expensive and not much work
I also bought a really nice quilt today that is striped and has purple and many other colors in it.
this will require more expense and a little more work...find velvet curtains in another color, either co-ordinate or contrast, depending on the "statement" you want to make....from you quilt....hang them from a really nice decorative rod at the two windows. Maybe flat panels hung with clips that slide on the rod, there are some great ones out there, then use your valance fabric to to sew a band of about 10-12" on top of the header/top of the new curtain. Buy an additional new curtain, one panel (or two)....sometimes thats how they're sold now...use that fabric to to band the top of the current slider curtain.....kind of a mix and match...hang from same rod, same clips
then IF you want or need a bed skirt, these flat panels can be made into bedskirts....I've done it several times.....just a thought
all of this might be more than you want to do but it might work....good luck :-)
Mimi
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