One Sunday afternoon last year, I picked up a new sewing machine and some fabric and made roman shades on my Instagram stories. It was a vulnerable and amusing exercise — nobody, including myself, had any idea whether it would work out (I will say there was some liquid courage involved), and luckily for us, it did! We ended up with two new blinds for our kitchen and much curiosity about what resources we used to get it done. I should preface by saying that while I did take some sewing…
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