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I have found the perfect draperies for my house. Unfortunately, I can't find sheers to go with them. White is too stark. I had a set of ivory cotton sheers I bought at Target for my son's room a few years ago. They compliment the draperies perfectly! I can't find them or anything like them anywhere! Almost all of non-white sheers out there are overly yellow or silkly-like materials. I need this more casual look of cotton. I don't want a stiff fake linen either.
I've been to Target (since that's where I got them), J C Penny, Sears, Kmart, Walmart, Kohls, even Joanne Fabrics (figuring I'd make them myself). I don't want to pay a fortune for them since I will be sewing them to custom fit them. I found these white ones at Pottery Barn but they are $79/panel and I'd have to try to dye them or coffee stain them, which could go very badly.
Have you tried going to your local fabric store? Making sheers like this is easy and you'll often have a LOT more options for fabrics and colors than just buying pre-made from a store.
Get white ones, soak them in tea. Increase the strength of the tea until you get the color you want. Soak in tea, rinse, check color, soak again if you want darker. I did this for my veil when I got married, worked wonderfully!
I might resort to the tea staining. I'm just terrified of it being blotchy or not getting each panel the same color.
Already went to BB&B.
I'll check Country Curtains, but my style is more contemporary. If they have plain cotton sheers, I can make that work. I'll be sewing these curtains to size so the fabric is what really counts.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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