I got my happy ending in that my boyfriend and I decided to blend our families together when I bought my house in May. Prior to this, his daughters did not have any bedroom decor, so I set out to change that. My daughter has always had a nicely decorated bedroom, and I wanted them to have the same thing. I made some decorations, but the only one that used a pattern was this valance, using Simplicity 4997, a Sewing Patterns for Dummies pattern:
I’d made view D 3-ish years ago for a kitchen we once had, but this time I decided to try view A. It’s reversible, but to save fabric I used a solid poly/cotton for the sides that faced the window. The main fabric is a cotton from Hobby Lobby, one of 6 coordinating fabrics.
You can kinda see the matching paint colors separated by chair rail and the embroidery hoop wall art. Here is also a memo board I made from 2 sheets of foam core glued together and coordinating ribbon:
Subversive Sewer 