Upcycling Old Sheets into Curtains

My son recently decided to change his room from Jake and the Never land Pirates
to Star Wars (which made his Daddy very very happy).

I found some amazing fabric at JoAnn Fabrics to make his comforter (DIY Star Wars Comforter) but my husband decided to buy the sheets from Wal-Mart. Since my son doesn't like using his flat sheet and I didn't want to spend $16 on curtains that wouldn't even match I decided to use the unused sheet to make matching curtains.

Luckily for me I found that the sheet really only needed to be cut to size and sewed where I had to cut. Since my son's bed is a Full size we had plenty of fabric to use. I placed his old curtains on top of the sheet laid on the ground to size and then cut along the existing lines of the pattern

After cutting I realized that i will actually have enough extra fabric to make a matching pillowcase, since the sheet was a lot longer than the curtain i used to make a pattern.

I folded over the edge that I had cut about an inch and use a regular stitch to sew the bottom of the piece I had cut and up the side.

I sewed all the way up the sides and then cut a small slit in the space on the top of the sheet that already was sewed that I curtain rode could fit in.

My finished product!

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