[michelleklu]

So, does anyone do anything Waldorf-y for curtains? I wanted to hang up some dyed cotton gauze or silk but the housing we're in doesn't use a rod to hang them on. We have to put these hooks in a slot and the curtains hang on the hooks. I don't think we can nail anything into the walls. I'm not too interested in cutting holes into the fabric for any chance of ruining it. Any ideas?

 

[Melaniee]

Some things that come to my mind:
-Tiny Clips
-Tiny Clothespins that you could either paint decoratively or hide in the folds up the fabric.
-You could use a thread to gently sew around the hooks into your cloth. Especially if you use gauze I think that would not damage it.

What do you use to dye gauze?

 

[counterGOPI]

: no help,sorry but love your idea!

 

[MamaBirdEmma]

You can get a tension rod tha fits the window and some curtain rings with clips. I've seen them in Hancocks fabric stores, walmart, etc. I have used the rod and rings in my children's room and the combo works very well!

 

[michelleklu]

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Originally Posted by Melaniee Some things that come to my mind: -Tiny Clips -Tiny Clothespins that you could either paint decoratively or hide in the folds up the fabric. -You could use a thread to gently sew around the hooks into your cloth. Especially if you use gauze I think that would not damage it. What do you use to dye gauze?

Ooh, I'll probably use that last idea.

For cotton, you have to buy fiber reactive dyes. There are some on Dharma Trading Company, but it seems like an investment if you don't plan on going tie dye crazy though. I'm going to ask some crafty moms I know if they can dye it for me because I love how light filters through cotton gauze. Too bad you can't throw some Wiltons cake dyes on it!

 

[yukookoo]

i dyed pretty thick gauze with kool aide the purple kool aide turns out a very pretty like pinky purple color. I just didnt completely completely wash it out. I wash it out ut not all the way. We've had them hanging for almsot a year or so and theys till look the same. I also have a few just white hanging that look nice.

I hung them with little nails or thumb tacks hammered in, But we have a crown molding type thing around the whole house so its not leaving noticeable holes. Some i did hooks and then tyed the material to the hooks. I wasn't too worried about ruining the material at the time. It doesn't look perfect, a little umm unprofessional i'll say but it's nice and they hang so nice and flowy when they are actually hung as opposed to on a rod. They didn't frey too much where the tiny holes are as far as I can tell. I also did this over the walls in a corner and put down dd's futon style crib mattress there. It's a great cozy area. The rest are over windows and sliding glass doors.

The material is expensive but at joanne's right now they have all kinds of 40% and 50% off coupons on regular price items, so each time i get a coupong i go and buy more gauze. It's about 5$ a yard but 50% off it's not too bad and I really like the gauze they have, they also have it in already dyed colors.

 

[michelleklu]

I wish there were fabric stores here. All I've seen here are markets where they sell basically one kind of fabric used to make hanboks, traditional Korean clothing. I want my curtain to be tie dyed like a rainbow and I'd be too scared to try to dye gauze in anything except fiber reactive dyes.

I've been having a rainbow obsession lately. It might be too much considering her walls are already painted like a rainbow. Oh well.

 

[Melaniee]

Dylon works pretty well on cottons, but I wanted to see if there was a secret I didn't know.

I'm not real skilled at dyeing, though, and find it a challenge if I want something to be more than just a sold or a two-tone dip-dye.

You can get Dylon at Joann's. I have NO idea what is in it, though, they cleverly leave that information off.