DIY: Hemp curtain , part 2 (with tatami cloth) – Dave Olson's Creative Life Archive

DIY: Hemp curtain , part 2 (with tatami cloth)

By / / 2 minutes of reading / Improving Campsite

Going to try to make the hemp curtain for the back door this afternoon. What do you think for the top curtain loops: the green or the peach?

You maybe caught the first iteration of hemp curtain project for the “old genkon” – this time to cover a rarely-used back door which gets a little bit drafty – still wanted to make sure to look nice with all the paintings I have around there. also had some of this same hemp fabric in black which would’ve been a little bit gloomy for that corner.

(this embroidered cloth is made to be the edges of tatami mats – purchased a highway rest area in the “local made products” section for 300¥ each)

Ok step by step, here we go (notes as captions)

Progress! 191cm L x 78cm W / top-stitched, sides have 14cm overlap.
Next up loops / also prepping 3pm ice coffees for landscape bamboo cutter “crew”
“Schematic” & tool
shockingly, I just double checked my measurements… Like you’re supposed to
Plan is “Approved” by Ichiro
cut the pieces for three loops. It’s really fantastic cloth and (oddly) bought at a local goods corner at a highway rest area for ¥300
Progress, 2 more to go, then bottom hem & tie up string
Lousy photo, but finished job. Even hemmed the edges of the tie up strap. The bottom hem got a little bit dodgy as my eyes and body were getting weary but heck… I even tidied everything up. Checked off the list. PS The broom really makes a nice accent

Thanks for hanging out and sharing opinions, ideas and encouragement.

It was really pleasing project… Important for me to do lots of hand work and stuff away from the screen and which “doesn’t have to be perfect”… All of it is some kind of Zen practice

My socks have shelves of books and my slippers fit. Life is perfect.

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