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Make do and mend - curtains from thrums

10/22/2015

 
If you have done a workshop with me, you will know that I'm a big fan of recycling, whether it's using old picture frames as looms or weaving with recycled fabrics.  I always suggest using old sheets and clothes to weave bathmats or baskets on a simple wooden peg loom for example and relatives often give me their old fabrics for me to cut up and re-purpose.  Some time ago I was also given a huge bundle of rug wool thrums - odds and ends of yarns, the leftovers or offcuts from production weaving looms.  They looked like this:  
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I am very pleased that today they look like this:
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My studio is very cold in winter but now it has a warm and cheery curtain covering the front door so that I can still work in there in the dark and chilly evenings.  I wove the thrums in random strips of colour on a black wool warp on my Saori loom, then cut the fabric into lengths and sewed it all together.  There is a lining fabric for extra warmth - I cut the lining off some old curtains that my mum had given me and dyed it grey, then cut and sewed it to make it match the size of the curtain.  The curtain tape on the back of the curtain and the curtain hooks were taken off the same old curtain.  Here's a close-up of the new curtain fabric:
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My mum will say that they are too long and will get dirty at the bottom.  They will keep the draught out though :)
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