Free-for-All Friday: Curtains!

So, I have this window in my kitchen that looks out at my yard. That was one of the prerequisites when we were looking for a home; a house with a window over the kitchen sink, looking out at the yard (I like the outdoors). But what I didn't think about was what or who would be beyond my fence.

When we lived in Hawaii, the houses were so close that when my neighbors phone would ring, I thought it was mine. When we moved here, the houses seemed so far away from each other, comparatively, I didn't even notice the house glaring down on us. It didn't take long. I have lived here for nearly three years now, either peering out of the window through a set of mini blinds or when I couldn't stand the blinds any longer, feeling like I lived in a fishbowl. So, yesterday I made these...

These curtains are made from two pillowcases. I cut off the seams, tore strips at the top and tied them to  a stick that my son found when we went to chop down our Christmas Tree last year.

I love it! I want to make some for the front of the house. I want to make shower curtains, I want to make room dividers! Just kidding about the room dividers, but I do want more. 

Before I go, I wanted to share one more thing. Yesterday was my hubbies 40th Birthday! 

We celebrated by transforming our home into a Japanese restaurant. We hung paper lanterns, ate on the floor

and (my favorite), we made Japanese noren curtains.

I have to say that the bleach pen is one of my favorite fabric altering tools. I love the effect it created on this fabric.

Fun, fun, fun!

I think we will keep them up for a while :)