Things You'll Need:
- 1 Double flat bed sheet
- Sewing machine
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Pins
- Dressmaker's chalk
- Sewn tabs or grommet kit
- Plastic shower liner
- Iron on cotton steam setting
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Step 1
Remove plastic shower liner and use it for a pattern. Lay it on the wrong side of the double bed sheet. Use the fold-over at the top of the sheet to make a deep hem that extends at least 4 inches below the plastic liner. Call this the bottom seam. Use the dressmaker's chalk and ruler to mark a line 2 ½ inches above the top of the plastic liner on the top raw edge of the fabric. Place the liner 1/2 inch in from the left edge of the bed sheet. Use the chalk and ruler to mark a 1-inch line on the right side of the fabric under the liner. This fabric curtain will extend just beyond the width of the liner, but you can measure the fabric to 1 ½ times the width of the liner for extra fullness.
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Step 2
Turn the raw edge of the right side seam in 1/4 inch and iron it. Turn it another ¼ inch, iron, and use the sewing machine to sew a seam from top to bottom. Turn the selvage edge on the left side in ¼ inch, iron and seam. Turn the top edge down ¼ inch and seam. If you want grommets, turn that edge down another 2 inches and seam. If you want tabs, turn the top edge down 1 inch and seam.
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Step 3
Make tabs by cutting a piece of material 3 inches wide by 72 inches deep. Pin it right sides together and make a seam. Turn the tube of fabric right side out and steam iron it on regular cotton steam setting with the seam in the middle of the backside. Cut 6-inch lengths of material and fold them in half. Turn the raw edges of each tab inside and seam it to the backside of the curtain. Line the bottom of the tab with the edge of the top hemline. Also seam it across the top of the hem for extra strength. The tabs should be placed evenly across top of the curtain with a tab flush at each end. Stitch the top of the plastic liner along the backside edge of the top hem making sure that the width is even at both sides. The liner should not be visible from the outside.
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Step 4
Instead of tabs, you can install grommets. Mark each grommet placement by laying the plastic liner along the top edge of the fabric curtain, wrong sides together. Mark the spot where each pre-punched manufacturer's opening in the plastic is. Place a grommet over each spot and trace the inner circle of the grommet onto the material. Use scissors to cut out the circle. Press together the front and back of the grommet. Hang the fabric curtain and plastic shower liner on the shower curtain hooks. The decorative curtain will hang over the outside edge of the tub; the plastic liner will hang on the inside edge of the tub to block shower spray.
