No Sew Burlap Window Valance

Last week I made a burlap window valance for my kitchen window.

My inspiration for this project came from {HERE}.

She gives amazing step by step directions!

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I chose burlap for my material because I love the texture of it and it's so stink'in cheap!

I didn't use my sewing machine for this project at all... just the magic of stitch witchery and my iron.

{Love that stuff!  You can get a good size roll of it for only $1.50 at Walmart!)

I also used stitch witchery to adhere some light gray satin ribbon{from the dollar tree} to the valance.

To hang the valance I used some left over 1.5" mdf I found in my garage.

After my valance was made, {*I didn't make a seam for the top part of the valance}, I wrapped the top of it over my mdf board and adhered it with hot glue.

{See picture above.}

Lucky me...in the middle of this project the spring in my hot glue gun broke.

So I had to push the glue through by hand.

{Do-able...but kind of a pain in the neck.}

I pre-drilled three holes into bottom end of the mdf ...one on each end and one in the middle, and then screwed the whole thing into the ceiling.

This is a great alternative to hanging something like this, other than using a traditional rod.

{Because it costs only a fraction of what a rod would cost!}

Here is the completed project.

{Sorry you can't actually see it very well!  With this big ginormous window I can never get the right shot with all that lighting.  And at night the picture looks too yellow.  SOMEDAY I'll get a camera that does more than point and shoot and will maybe help some of these issues!  HA!}

Anyway, the valance measures about 74" wide x 13" long.

So you see that ugly broken light sticking out there by the window???

I'm hoping to replace it someday soon with something similar to one of these:

{potterybarn.com}

{potterybarn.com}

{amazon.com}



What do you think?

Hopefully I can find a similar modern rustic looking pendant like one of these

that doesn't cost an arm and a leg!

Happy Wednesday!


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