Balloon Shades!

I made great progress with the linen balloon shades for my sewing room. Of course I had to clean up my sewing room and vacuum before attempting to put down my cardboard cutting mat and get to work.

These shades were relatively easy to make. I decided not to line the fabric because I wanted it to bunch up really easily and was afraid that a lining would hamper this effect. Although one of the windows faces west and gets a lot of afternoon sun. So I might leave the temporary paper shade up behind it long term to cut down on sun exposure. Although, I'm sure by the time the sunlight has destroyed the shade, I'll be ready for something new. And I used a coupon and Joann's so I got the fabric for under $25 total.
Here is the first shade nearly complete (you can see still see the pins marking the hem). They aren't cute as full as my inspiration picture. But they are close enough and look really pretty. Since they are unlined, you see all of the texture of the linen during the day.