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I purchased a malachite sheet set from HSN several months ago (now unfortunately sold out) after an extensive search for the perfect malachite fabric and a burning desire to recreate Sally Wheat’s fabulous malachite curtains. I’ve been waiting for what seems like forever to get the living room to a finished enough state that I could make and hang my own DIY malachite curtains!
And I love them!
I’m so happy I painted the walls white! In this picture, you can see that they are just a touch warmer than the ceilings, and I think the white background is perfect for the bold emerald green. Wait until you see what else I have planned for this room!
I chose not to line the curtains thus far, because I’m kind of obsessed with the stained glass effect of the sunlight illuminating the panels. The fabric also has a good drape to it on its own, so I don’t think they need the added weight of a lining. I may change my mind in the future though.
Malachite plus brass is sooo my favorite! Looks pretty good with my favorite peacock lamp as well…
Since the sheet set is no longer available, I’ve sourced two other malachite fabric options for you below:
1. Robert Allen Malakos
2. Malachite 2 by ravynka
Do you want to know how I made these? It couldn’t have been simpler!
I have a deep-seated aversion to sewing machines and a passionate love affair with Heat-N-Bond, so you’d better believe these were no-sew! Even better, because I made them from a flat queen-sized sheet, I only had to hem ONE edge, and as I previously mentioned, I haven’t made the decision on whether or not to line them yet. The most time consuming part of the whole process was ironing out the deep shipping creases!
First, I folded the sheet in half head to foot:
This gave me the perfect height and width for my window – the panels ended up being approximately 91” tall by 50” wide. They are just barely wide enough to cover the window completely when closed, but I mostly care about how they look open and pushed off to the sides. I laid out the folded sheet and sliced along the fold line.
Then I ironed my Heat-N-Bond a little ways in from the edge, so that I could fold the edge over twice for a nice clean finished hem.
Hemmed and waiting to be hung!
Let’s just say actually hanging the curtains was a bit frustrating…
Nope, Brynne, that little extendable curtain rod you’ve dragged through three moves now isn’t going to cut it on your large new living room window. Go buy a new, much more substantial looking one! (Of course, a new curtain rod will mean you’ll have holes from the old one to spackle and touch up with paint…)
Worth it!
Brushed brass curtain rod // Curtain Rings (similar)
Have you completed any long-awaited projects recently? Love malachite? Hate malachite? Let’s chat!
YES….LOVE! And will pin!
Thank you 🙂 Is it possible to love curtains too much? If so, I do!
These look great! I love the deep colour of that green, works really well in the room.
Thank you so much! Emerald green is definitely my favorite color at the moment!
I love them and I don't even know what malachite is! The emerald is gorgeous. I also adore both of your couches, especially the leather one!
Thank you Megan! Lol – malachite is this insanely gorgeous emerald green stone and I'm going to marry it as soon as that becomes legal and culturally acceptable 😉
Love these, your room is really coming along…and I have curtain envy as currently we are rocking the dog's pink blanket t the front window…very snazzy right!
Lol, that sounds awesome! There was a several week gap between taking down the vertical blinds that were in the room before and putting these up, so we just didn't have curtains for while…awkward!
Where did you find that pattern of a sheet? I love that and I've been looking for something in that hue for some time now!
Hi Cassidy! They came from HSN – the emerald green color way was sold out the last time I checked, but it's worth looking to see if they are back in stock!
Never mind. I found your other post as to where you purchased them. Unfortunately, they're sold out in that color. I've done searches ALLLLLLL over and HSN is the only place that had those. :-/ Darn it! Not sure I will ever find those now. But I will keep your blog post in mind!
I so love these curtains! I wish the sheets were still available for purchase. The next cheapest resources I have found is spoonflower and it is much more expensive. Love your blog! I'm a new-ish reader.
I wish so too! I should have bought more than one set for sure! The Spoonflower malachite is really beautiful, but all the yardage needed for curtains definitely gets expensive. I always keep my eye out for new malachite fabric sources though – I'll update this post if I find any!
Just found this after posting on the other wall …. highly impressed these curtains are so totally awesome!
Found this while searching for the perfect emerald green curtains, and luckily HSN had them back in stock! You said you only hemmed one side – did you cut off the “trim” at the head of the flat sheet? If not, where did you place that when hanging and how did it look?Trying to get a handle on this before they arrive. Thanks 🙂
PS If @gustoandgrace is still looking, perhaps you can reply to tell her to search ‘malachite’ on the HSN site 😉
Wow, that is such wonderful news! I just might have to stock up!
I didn’t cut off any trim – I just incorporated as one of the vertical curtain edges. The sewn seams of the sheet are so flat and inconspicuous, I never really noticed it, but if someone was looking very closely they might spot it as the top seam of a sheet.
Thanks so much! They just came in the mail today so I’m excited to get to work. 🙂