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Shelbee on the Rags: Shaggy Raggy Garland
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…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Unicorn Tears” Raggery Wall Hanging
It seems like each raggery project that I complete leads me directly to the next raggery project. After finishing the “Not That Innocent“ rag curtain, I had a some scraps left over in the pinks, reds, and purples when I got the idea to remove the red and add in some random bright colors of scraps to make a unicorn themed wall hanging. All these vibrant colors made me think of unicorn tears and suddenly the piece had a name even before I tied the first knot. I wanted to use this funky bendy branch for a very colorful rag curtain. At first I was thinking a rainbow curtain but…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Not That Innocent” Rag Curtain
I just finished a gorgeous rag curtain that was custom-made for a lovely woman named Brittany. When she saw my “In the Garden” and “Saved from the Landfill” rag curtains, she immediately asked if she could custom order one. Of course, I was thrilled to accept her order. She asked for something in pinks, purples, and reds with some black and white thrown in as accent colors. She wanted a tree branch instead of a traditional curtain rod and she wanted it to fit a doorway. She likes florals and most other prints and she is a big fan of Britney Spears. And that is all the information I needed…
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Shelbee on the Rags: Rag Garland
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…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Fire on the Mountain” Rag Valance
This rag valance began with scraps from “Patchwork Shelbee”, this Frankendress, and this kimono improvement. First I used the scraps to make a raggy basket hanging thing that I called “Fire on the Mountain”. I love the beautiful bold fiery colors but the hanging thing annoyed me. I had an empty planter in it but wasn’t sure if I could actually plant something in it that needed watering. I imagine that could result in the fabric scraps getting all wet and icky. So the weird hanging thing hung empty and lopsided in various places around my home until I could figure out what the heck to do with it. Finally,…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “The Everything But…” Rag Curtain Collection
This rag curtain collection was inspired by my “Ratatouille” Rag Curtain which I almost named “The Kitchen Sink.” But as I was building “Ratatouille”, the idea came to me to create a coordinating collection of curtains around the idea of using all the colors and all the leftover scraps from other raggery projects. Essentially, throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. Conveniently, upon completion of “Ratatouille”, my plastic baby pool filled with rag scraps was still abundantly filled with rag scraps. Enough rag scraps, in fact, to make whole set of matching curtains. And so I decided to name the large door sized curtain, “The Kitchen Sink.” I have been…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Ratatouille” Rag Curtain
In my last raggery post, I shared my very first set of rag curtains which were the catalyst that launched Shelbee on the Rags into this passionate crusade of curtain creativity. My most recent raggery project was a custom order for a kitchen doorway. The specifics of the order I received were measurements of 24″ x 60″ assembled on a curtain rod (not a tree branch) and “in all the colors” like the “Bohemian Ragsody” curtain that adorns that fitting room doorway at Solitary Consignment. When I received the order, I had just finished cutting up 6 donated bags of unwanted clothing “in all the colors” so I was able…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Bohemian Blues” Rag Curtains
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…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Aqua Allure” Rag Curtain
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…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Bohemian Ragsody” Rag Curtain
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…
