Just as the “Ratatouille” rag curtain inspired “The Everything But…” rag curtain collection and the “Not That Innocent” rag curtain led me to create “Unicorn Tears”, the leftover scraps from “Unicorn Tears” have inspired these adorable shaggy raggy strands of garland. First, I made this super bright and cheerful shaggy raggy garland from the leftover “Unicorn Tears” scraps and then I promptly took it to a local flea market the following day where it was added to the front of the store “Furniture of the Week” display and subsequently was sold. Look how cheerful it is! The previous night, I had the garland hanging on my mantel and apparently never…

My bohemian bedroom makeover is wholly responsible for inspiring my very first raggery project and launching Shelbee on the Rags into a knot tying frenzy. It went something like this… I needed new curtains for my updated bedroom. I couldn’t find curtains that I liked. I decided to make patchwork curtains and bought piles of coordinating fabrics. I realized my sewing skills were not up to par for such an undertaking. I discovered a way to make no-sew curtains with a bohemian vibe and my rag curtain obsession began. As I was accessorizing my bedroom, I wanted to incorporate much of my hat collection into my wall decor. It took…

While this is the fifth post in my Shelbee on the Rags series featuring my raggery projects, these curtains are actually the first raggery project that I ever made. Back in June, I gave my bedroom a bohemian makeover and I could not find curtains that I liked anywhere. So I decided to make my own. Initially I was going to sew my own patchwork curtains and I bought about 20 yards of quilting fabrics to get started. But before I even laundered the fabrics, I realized that I was not skilled enough to pull off a sewing project of this sort. And this is when I discovered no-sew rag…

I am sharing my rag curtain projects almost in reverse order. Now that I decided to write a dedicated post for each curtain, I still have to share the first two curtains which I made specifically for my bedroom windows and my cloffice doorway. I created Aqua Allure for my cloffice doorway because I was really hating the long gray drapes that I had hanging there. Once upon a time, I had no door covering for my cloffice but it gets kind of messy in there so I do like to have a curtain to conceal my chaos. First I had light cream curtains with a brown leaf print covering…

The first two rag curtains that I created, Bohemian Blues and Aqua Allure, were made exclusively for me for practical use in my home. I created the third curtain, Saved from the Landfill, for no one in particular. I just had a bag of old kids’ clothing that was destined for the donation bin and I figured it would make better art than hand-me-downs. Throughout the process of crafting with fabrics and textile scraps, I started saving all the little odds and ends and bits and pieces that were “irregular”, meaning they weren’t smooth, seamless cuts of fabric. Then I got the idea to use all of those odd bits…

I have decided to share a dedicated post for each new large rag project that I complete. If you have been following along, I recently began these raggery adventures in an effort to save unwanted textiles from overwhelming our already overwhelmed landfills by creating functional pieces of art. Saved from the Landfill was born out of a bag of old kids’ clothing that had been sitting in a closet waiting to be dropped off at a clothing donation bin until I rescued it from a landfill fate. The bag consisted mostly of old tee shirts and sweatpants with a few pairs of jeans that were all worn beyond function anyway…

I just completed my latest rag curtain project which was inspired by my mother and very much guided by her spirit. I have outlined my step by step process of taking thrift store garments and turning them into functional artwork in the post featuring my Carolina on My Mind rag curtain. I am attempting to prevent as many textiles as I can from ending up in our already overwhelmed landfills by rescuing unwanted garments from thrift stores and creating an environmentally friendly and practical art form. The idea of a floral garden themed curtain came to mind when I first started creating these rag curtains. In fact, about 12 ideas…