{"id":3992,"date":"2022-03-12T13:39:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T13:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2022-03-14T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:59:52","slug":"curtains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3992","title":{"rendered":"Curtains"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is old news by now but that’s how I run this blog these days. You get told when I get around to it. Sorry. There’s more stacking up behind this, too. But I’m too busy doing all the things to tell you about the things in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n

Here’s me sewing the first of many 6 meter plus seams on the gigantic curtains.<\/p>\n

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Here’s me after I decided this warranted moving the whole table into the middle of the room to I could hoik the 6 meter curtains over it as I went along.<\/p>\n

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This is very easily the biggest thing I’ve ever sewn.<\/p>\n

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I laid them out on the floor in order to have room to staple them to the bits of wood that were going to hold them to the frame.<\/p>\n

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And then up the scaffolding and bolted the said bits of wood to the said frame. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be and looked great.<\/p>\n

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While we were about putting them up we noticed we have a F***ING ROOF LEAK. I hate everything. I am really, really, really hoping I can get Andy to just come and deal with it. I swore I would never get on that roof again and I meant it.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, on with the show. I’d designed an opening mechanism that meant hand sewing 20+ little plastic loops I scalped from a dead tent and runing a cord through them, and through a pulley, to draw the curtains up into the corners.<\/p>\n

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This job was kind neither to Julian’s bad shoulders nor my bad back.<\/p>\n

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But we got it done and it worked really well.<\/p>\n

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The curtain drawing mechanism worked exactly like I had hoped. It makes opening and closing them really quick, and holds them back far enough not to block light unnecessarily when they’re open.<\/p>\n

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And the curtains had the unexpected benefit of being an amazing backdrop for photography! Here’s Julian and their bonsai oak tree.<\/p>\n

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And if you have fast enough internet, here’s a little movie for you.<\/p>\n

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