Super Easy Faux Roman Shade Curtain

 So I had this window in our new master bathroom. All 24" x 20" of it was just there. With nothing on it. Poor, cute little window.

One day, I collected a rod, clip-on curtain hooks, fabric and my imagination.

And I went to work.

If you were going to make this curtain and also had a 24"x20" window, you would need:

One rod
Clip on curtain hooks
One yard of fabric
One yard of another fabric
Ribbon (not pictured, yet)

 Then, I figured out which fabric I wanted to be the most predominate and folded that as pictured above. The other fabric that would be in the back of the curtain, I left as it had come off the bolt at the fabric store. (pictured above)

 Then I cut off the excess of the top fabric so it was even on both ends, as pictured above. All four layers at the top edge are lined up. The yellow fabric is never cut and the only salvage I had from this project was about 8" off the end of the printed gray fabric.

 Hem the edges on the ends of both fabrics. As shown above and below.

 After taking 27 hours way too long to figure out how to use my rolled hem foot, I finally gave up and just stuck the fabric in and started sewing. Voila. It just did what it was supposed to, as shown above.

 Then I found some complimenting ribbon and pinned it to the top fabric, 8" over from the hemmed edge.

 Repeat on the other side. Cut ribbon length to hang approximately 8" longer than the hem of the printed gray fabric.

 

Sew two gather stitches down the ribbon.

 Gather fabric to 12" on both sides, as shown above. The shorter you gather, the more the back fabric will show in the end result. Gather more or less, according to preference.

 Sew gathers in place, once down the middle (right between the gather stitches) and then one seam on each side of the gather stitches.

 When you finish, there should be three rows of stitches down the center of the ribbon. Pull gather stitches out.

 Cut two more lengths of ribbon approximately the same length as the first ribbon you sewed on. These strands will attach to the curtain as shown above but will hang down the back of the curtain when finished, or will hang down the front and tie into a bow/knot with the ends of the gathered ribbon. (depending on how you use the curtain... I'll show you what I mean in a second.)

 Turn bottom (yellow) fabric inside out and match hemmed edges. Lay printed gray fabric inside the yellow fabric, matching hemmed edges on both sides and lining up the raw edge on top. Right sides should be together. Sew across the top edge of entire curtain, creating a tube with a fold on bottom edge, seam on top edge and opened on both ends.

 Like this.

 A peak inside before turning right sides out.

The raw edge is sewn inside the top seam on the curtain and the curtain is now finished.

 Place curtain hooks evenly apart and clip on to curtain.

 Put the hooks onto the rod and then hang rod and curtain. Above shows the curtain with the loose ribbon pulled to the front and tied in a knot, allowing the back fabric to hang down and cover entire window.

 Here, the curtain is tied up, allowing light in. The loose ribbon was hung over the back of the curtain and then I tied the ends of the ribbons up into a bow, gathering the curtain up to whatever length I wanted.

 Please note, a piece of card board is covering the window so I could take this picture without having an explosion of light. The entire sunset on the west coast was blazing into the window creating what looked like an inferno in my bathroom. Thus the make shift cardboard.

Close up.

Super easy curtain that doubles as a complete window covering by offering privacy and an attractive window treatment all-in-one. Just untie the ribbon to drop the back layer down for privacy and then tie it up when you want the sunlight to come in. It's all in how you use the ribbon. :)