Making Curtains

So after looking at my dining room window/sliding glass door for the past 3 years or so with disgusting vertical blinds on it, I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and make myself some new curtains.
This is the eyesore that we (and everyone driving by on our extremely busy street) have been looking at for a few years now.





And this is my finished product. It's in no way perfect, but I'd venture to say it's a huge improvement over what we had before.