Draped in burlap.

My mom is the best. She pulls pages of ideas out of magazines and saves them for me.

While the kids and I were visiting her a couple weeks ago she gave me a stack of things she'd been saving. In that stack was a picture of some lovely curtains made out of burlap. I was instantly in love and knew they had to be made for my living room.

The next day we spent a good portion of the morning going back and forth from Hancock fabric to Hobby Lobby making sure we were getting just what I wanted in trim and burlap. (Luckily both stores are in the same shopping center!)

After about 2 hours of that (with kids who couldn't have been better sports. Seriously!) we had what we needed to make the cutest curtains ever.

Now, I have never sewn anything more than a button in my life so I thought I would try my hand out on these curtains. I chickened out. I was so afraid I'd mess them up so I helped pin but when it was time to sew I decided to just watch and absorb everything my mother did. It was a great lesson even though I didn't actually get behind the machine.

Now, here's a look at the making of the curtains.

And finally...

here is the finished product.

We also seem to have created a new favorite hiding place for Caroline.

I love them! Thanks, Mom!!