What do you get when you mix a roll of brown and white grosgrain ribbon with a waffle weave extra-long shower curtain?
Something really special and pretty for a newly done bathroom. I found this ribbon at Hobby Lobby and after seeing this Target extra-long shower curtain that Young House Love used in their bathroom, I had to order one for my new bath. I’m liking the simplicity of this waffle weave fabric and I didn’t want a plain normal sized shower curtain for this room. The ceilings in here are 9 feet, so the extra tall just looks better in this space. 
My niece, Lauren, was sweet and monogrammed the middle of it for me on her handy-dandy machine. Love it, thank you, Lauren! That’s my Christmas present and I couldn’t be happier with it. So, all I did was lay out the shower curtain, measured in 6 inches (thought that was a good amount in) and started laying out the ribbon. I used the lines in the waffle fabric to follow a straight line, gluing with fabric glue as I went along. When I got to a corner, I did a simple miter cut.
Glue those corners together and keep on going! You will probably do a better job with your corners than I did, but I figured no one is going to inspect this thing now that it’s hung up. If you spend a little time on it, you can get those corners lined up pretty well. Mine are definitely not perfect.
Now it’s hung up and I think it looks fabulous! A great way to add some extra pizazz to a plain shower curtain. 
After it’s hung, you may need to go back and add a little fabric glue under some edges. But, mine stuck pretty well. 
I love the extra length on this. 
I’ll even show you the boo-boo I did. I started at the top left corner, came down, across, and up and back across and realized my measurement was off on my first corner, so I had to add a small little piece of ribbon back in for both pieces of ribbon to meet on the miter. Math was never my strong suit, but I can live with it. If you come to my house, don’t stare at the top of my shower curtain, please! 🙂 It’s not that noticeable. If I feel like it, I will pick up another roll of ribbon and redo this strip, but I’m not counting on that. Did I tell you I’m not a perfectionist most of the time? I can live with “good enough”.
So, have you got a plain shower curtain that could use some pretty ribbon? my inspiration from this was from my other guestbath shower curtain, where I bought a black and white monogrammed curtain from Ballard’s. I figured I could add my own border with this pretty brown and white grosgrain ribbon and I do believe it looks just as good as the Ballard’s original, if not better. 
The waffle weave shower curtain came from Target online for about $25.00, well worth the price for the extra long version.
Go ahead and make that plain shower curtain a little more swanky!
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Good job!! You are SO creative!
Looks great Rhoda!
I love the simplicity of the waffle wave, and the ribbon. I need a friend, or relative with a embroidery machine, because Santa seems to forget to bring me one, every single year, and I do like monograms!
Rhoda
This looks great!
Very nice, Rhoda! I love this! The monogram is the perfect touch.
What a great idea!! And it’s definitely better than the store bought one- better proportions!
Rhoda,
That looks great! I like it better than the ballard’s one because the ribbon and monogramm are darker and more striking. Thanks for the inspiration.
Traci
I love it…..I actually have the same curtain and need to re-decorate that bath. I’m definitely going to try this! Great Job!
Looks great! The little boo-boo is something I’d do. I don’t think it’s our math skills at all, even though mine are non existent. Sewing something to something else shortens the first something more than we realize. So, see? T’wasn’t your fault at all! 🙂
love it…very Pottery Barnish.
that is gorgeous! (i didn’t know they made extra long ones)
LOVE THIS!!! And what do you know. . .one of the top 10 things I want to accomplish in 2010 is the master bath. . .thanks for getting me started!! This is great. . .thank you for sharing.
Loos great, similar to the one I bought from Ballards Designs —but your border looks much better!! Nice job!!
Wow! That looks really nice. Imperfection is what makes it perfect, I wouldn’t worry about the corner unless it really bothers you. Your $25 curtain looks like a $100 curtain. Great job! I might try this on the kids bathroom.
it looks great! I have the same shower curtain in my kids bathroom
i love it! it looks so professional and chic!!
I love monograms. This is a great DIY project Rhoda! It’s beautiful!
Your shower curtain is very swanky !! (Love the word.) I need to find somebody who has a machine to do that kind of monogramming. Hugs, Cindy S, (Thank you for your sweet comment yesterday on my blog)
What a great idea. I will be doing this to one of our bathrooms as soon as I can find a person to do the monogram. I love it when you share these ideas.
Heidi
Very elegant! Great job.