No Sew Shower Curtain Valance

The boys share a bedroom that has an attached bathroom. I let the oldest choose the decor style for the room, he chose baseball. The youngest (only 3 at the time) got to chose the ‘theme’ for the bathroom, he went with cars and racing. Trying to keep the bathroom as stylish as possible, I went for a mix of vintage cars with modern patterns, like stripes and chevron.

Browsing through the Ribbon Retreat, I came across this magnificent black and white thick chevron patterned fabric by Riley Blake, and oh my Mater, I just had to have it! Initially I wanted to make an entire shower curtain with it, but since the walls are a bold blue I thought it may enclose an already window-less room. Instead, I decided to make a valance and draw the eyes up adding some height to the space by hanging it just a half inch from the ceiling.

Another fun item I found as I was perusing through the Ribbon Retreat, was this set of magnificent painted bottle caps! These would make the PERFECT accent for this valance. I ordered them in yellow and orange; I love how they ‘pop’ against the black and white chevron!

First things first—I have a confession to make: I do NOT sew. Surely I can learn…however I have no patience.

Would you like to make a No Sew Shower Curtain Valance?

In addition to the materials I mentioned from the Ribbon Retreat you will need:

Metal shower curtain hooks (set of 12)

Fabric Glue

Grommet Fastener

Grommets (12)

Iron

Strong adhesive OR a drill

Optional: Your existing plastic shower curtain liner

Directions:

I cut the fabric to 36×70″, which should cover a standard shower width, with a little give on each end.

Step 1: Fold your hems (about 3″ on the top, and 1″ along the sides and bottom), and iron in place.

Step 2: Add a strip of fabric glue along the inside of the ‘seam’ and press it down.

Tip: go over it with an iron to speed up the dry time.

Step 3: Using your existing shower curtain liner, line it up to the back of your fabric and mark the holes with a pen.

Step 4: Fasten the grommets. Simply cut a small hole on the mark, insert your grommet, and press firmly with the fastener.

To embellish the shower curtain hooks with bottle caps, you can glue them on to the hooks with strong adhesive, OR simply drill a thin hole into each one and slide the ring through! This process took less than a minute for all 12 bottle caps.

LOVE how it looks over the original waffle textured white curtain!

Not exactly racing stripes, but still works pretty well if you ask me!

Thanks to the {fabulous} Ribbon Retreat for having me today, I had a blast! For more ‘no sew’ tutorials, furniture DIY’s, recipes, crafts, and general rants, visit me over at Chase the Star, you’ll find something fresh and new every week!

Have a wonderful day friends!

Thank you Barbara and Welcome! Barbara is our newest Contributor and isn’t she so much fun! This shower curtain valance is such a great quick and easy project that carries a big punch of CUTENESS! With a small amount of fabric, you can transform your shower curtain and create a whole new look to your bathroom. The Ribbon Retreat has so many wonderful and adorable fabrics in lots of different prints and designs that you are sure to love and will be perfect for your bathroom makeover.

Thank you to Barbara for bringing us such a great home decor tutorial that is sure to please! Want to see more wonderful tutorials by Barbara? Visit her at her fun and innovative blog to see more of Barbara’s creations!

Happy Decorating & Happy Creating!