No weights at the bottom. They actually are just rectangular panels, no pleats or anything sewn in, but I lined them with a heavy blackout material and I think that’s why they hang as well as they do.
What exactly was that material? I have light filtering honeycomb blinds on a lot of my windows but would like to make some blinds or curtains that I could use in the event I wanted to shut out all light.
Also pinging our resident prepper thread keeper - hey Kart, some of the folks on the prepping list may be interested in Roos_Girl's new sewing thread. Sewing is a valuable skill for the self-reliant!
I had to dig the black out liners out this winter when the hvac wasn’t working properly. They helped a lot. Hubby just slapped them up over the curtains so when kiddo comes in this weekend, I’ll have help getting them down and doing a rush job of remaking the curtains to incorporate the liners properly.
When our kiddos were little, I could have spent $$$$ and hours at the sewing machine but found that garage sales were a wiser use of time and much less costly for their wardrobes. Most items still had tags on them or were barely worn. Our kids were the best dressed on the block for 25 cents to $1 per outfit or a dollar or two for a whole bag of whatever you could stuff into it. Also bought larger sizes and packed them back in size labeled boxes for the future.
When daughter was around 5th grade, I taught her to sew. She picked her own colors from the stacks of fabric (mostly garage sale or given) and entered a tacked nine square quilt at the county fair. She won the crafts division with it!
I was given a huge box of scraps from an uphosterer’s which has been the source for years of Christmas presents, new cushions for the patio chairs, laundry bags and carry alls for graduations. There’s a book of squares with matching large scraps that is begging to be made into a throw for a certain young girl. Lots of fun planning these projects.