Is it just me, or is Heat'n Bond pretty awesome? Literally love this stuff. It's an adhesive tape that acts as a hem after you apply heat (your iron) to it. It's very inexpensive and very easy to find - any craft store. I mean don't get me wrong, it isn't the answer for all things, but when you don't have a sewing machine (it's on my Christmas list) and need to hem something it works wonders.
We have this awkward window in our bathroom, that blinds don't fit on because of the way the tile was laid around the tub, and there isn't a curtain made that fits it properly. So what do you do? Find the curtain you want, cut it and hem it! It's important that you leave at least 1-2 inches longer than your desired length, so that you can fold up to create the hem. I always stick with the super strength because it works on thin fabric, or thicker quality fabrics well - and you can never go wrong with a little extra hold.
All you do is apply the tape, hold the iron over the area, and then go back over the entire curtain one more time so that you have left a pretty strong crease, and you're done! Now I have a set of curtains that fit the window perfect. The fun part about that is, I had enough fabric from the curtains left over that I plan on using to recover my vanity seat in the bathroom. Another real clever curtain trick is adding fabric to a boring blackout curtain. When I was decorating Owen's nursery I went to the fabric store and found some subtle patterns in the colors of his bedding. My mom & I made the addition to the bottom of our curtains. In this case the curtains weren't long enough, so we had to actually cut and add these pieces in between to make them longer. But you can use this stuff for anything - go have some fun!
(this picture was taken before I owned a camera haha)
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