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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Beautiful………love this project. Rhoda, you are an inspiration!
I love it!! I have a plain white linen one in my kids’ bathroom that I wanted to do this with. I’ve had it for two years now and still haven’t done it! Thanks for the inspiration! Maybe I’ll get mine done, now!
This looks very “smart.” I love what you did with it. The crisp stripe against the crisp, waffle weave white is perfect, and I love the mono, too. Good job! 🙂
Wow! That’s gorgeous!! I may attempt this myself.
It looks fabulous, Rhoda! You did a great job!
xoxo
Janie
Looks great, Rhoda!
I looked all over for an extra long shower curtain when doing my bathroom mini redo.
I ended up making one. Oh well, more variety in fabric that way!
But, I love how yours turned out!
Love it Rhoda!
Rhoda –
You are so clever and creative. I wish you could bottle it and use it as a prize in a give-away! This is beautiful.
Question: Will the hot glue hold up to the steam/dampness of the shower?
– Deborah
Good ideas born and then shared make it double a blessing! and to make the idea even sweeter Santa
ordered through our quilt shop here (Painted Pony & Quilts)
a Janome embroidery machine for me. i am drooling
with ideas ; especially since it will hook up to the computer
for downloads! – think I will put this idea into that magic hat of ideas to be drawn out over the new year.
~~~~~~~~~~Best wishes to your 2010, you are a major
blessing of mine in 2009, oh a little rhyme 🙂
patti
This is just beautiful …. what a fun project for the New Year!
Love the look of the grossgrain ribbon, I can’t believe you are already doing projects right after Christmas,you are amazing. I feel as if my brain is fried. You keep us inspired,Have a Happy New Year,looking forward to more of what you have to show us,Hugs Kathysue
I actually already have the waffle-weave shower curtain up without the monogram and ribbon. Maybe I need another project… LOL
Really, it is beautiful!
Great job Rhoda and so simple to do! I’m off to show this to my daughter who moved into her brand new home just this past summer. After buying a new home there isn’t much money left for decorating so inexpensive yet fab ideas like this are the route to go. TFS! Sheila
What a brilliant idea for decorating a plain shower curtain. Wonderful. It turned out beautiful. Now I have to ask, can it be washed without coming apart?
Rhoda it is beautiful! Love the pretty monogram.
Hi Rhoda
Such a simple yet elegant shower curtain! I love it. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I pray for a healthy and prosperous new year for you.
Hugs, Rhondi
Lovely!!! I really like the ribbon you chose. 🙂
Have you been reading my thoughts? I’ve been looking for a longer shower curtain and I wanted to either find material and have one made or personalize one from a store. This is awesome, Rhoda. Thanks for sharing it with us. Now if only I had a Lauren with a handy dandy machine in my life!
Hey, girls! I’m glad you like this one and might even try it too. I love how it turned out.
A couple of questions answered:
Deborah, I used fabric glue, not hot glue, so it should hold up fine in there.
As far as washing it, I don’t plan to have to do that too often, since I have a clear liner inside, it shouldn’t get dirty. If I need to I can put it in dryer on low for fluffing, but really, I don’t think it will get very dirty. I’ll have to check that fabric glue & see if it is waterproof. May have to go back and add more.
Kathysue, oh that’s my little secret. I did this project between Thanksgiving and Christmas. My niece just finished it up Thanksgiving and gave it back to me so I could get the ribbon on there. I just got around to showing it!
I’m knee-deep in storage boxes, packing my Christmas away today. Yuuuk! My most un-favorite chore, but I’m making progress. 🙂