Sewing room curtains and other things

[SewRuthieSews]

In the new house my sewing room didn't have a curtain pole just a net curtain on a wire.
So I bought a push fit pole from Wilkos, and took the only pair of old curtains which had those rings in the top, shortened them to fit and all was fine.

Yesterday I realised the bottom of one curtain had black mould and it was all a bit yukky.  So I washed the net curtain and the curtains (at 30 degrees C gentle cycle) and cleaned the window and windowsill, treating it with an anti mould spray.

The net dried very quickly so I put that back up yesterday. The curtains air dried on the drying racks and I ironed them today and rehung them.
The curtain fronts (cotton) have shrunk slightly in length and width whilst the linings (polyester) have not. And the black mould stain is still slightly visible.

I need the privacy from the neighbours so the curtains are back up with the push fit pole dropped slightly so the curtains are near to the windowsill. Its OK for now.

When it warms up a bit I'll raid the curtains bag in the garage to see what else I have. I have successfully added tabs on the back of a curtain so it can slide along a pole without hooks (across the front door), so would probably do something similar to some plain cream curtains.

My absolute dream would be to find some (second hand) curtains which match the cushions I made for the futon (from a single curtain I had at the landing window in the old house) but that seems fairly unlikely, though I'll keep an eye out in the local charity shops in hope!

[SewRuthieSews]

I have found the design was a Dunelm own called Botanical Meadow. The range also included blinds, bedding and bathroom items and came out in Spring Summer 2018.
So hopefully there is some lurking in second hand land.

[HenriettaMaria]

Maybe you need a dehumidifier for this time of year?  DS is living in student halls atm and he's using a disposable one as available from poundshops/Wilko because the bay window in his room gets manky in the same way.

[Diane]

@SewRuthieSews There are some on ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385354273575?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=e95peabnrws&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265809852030?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AkcUjv1xTOC&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[Surest1tch]

@SewRuthieSews While you're trying to find something suitable have you thought about getting one of those condensation traps (about £5 in Home Bargains) on the window cill.  I can vouch that they do work, I've got one on my bathroom cill for if we shower in the evening and I can't leave the windows open long enough to clear it properly while it's so cold.

[SewRuthieSews]

I'll run the dehumidifier in the Sewing room later.

I'd been looking in Wilkos at a plastic three drawer storage unit to tuck under the sewing table.

Then it dawned on me that the existing 4 drawer one (which was blocking the bookcase, and was about to go back in the garage) was modular, got DH to help me and we pulled the top layer off and popped the top back on so its now a three drawer unit. I tucked it neatly under the table and filled it up with all my overlocker cones and embroidery thread.

Really pleased with that, all the thread is together now as normal sized reels are in the adjacent drawer unit.