June 16, 2009

Outdoor drapes that don’t drain your bank account

The thing about outdoor drapes is you can’t buy them ready-made at a reasonable price. And sewing my own with weather-proof fabrics that can start as high as $80 per yard is frankly a little frightening.

Then I thought of flat white sheets. A no-brainer since they’re flat, they’re white, they wash like a dream. Interesting though, that flat white sheets aren’t as easy to find as you might think. Sets are what the bed and bath stores put on sale. And single sheets in the 600-thread count Egyptian cotton class wouldn’t save me much money over the real deal.

Enter hospital sheets at $80. a dozen. Twelve flat, white cotton sheets already hemmed on the bottom and finished on both sides are just the ticket for cheapskate drapes that should last at a summer, maybe two. Sheets by the dozen can be found at bhmedwear.com.

 

Whatever

The Morning Call - Man charged with burying his dead cat in neighbor’s garden. Neighbor discovered cat….OK the short story is the tomato seedlings were ready to be planted.