• First, I measured the window. Mine measured 36″ in length by 27″ wide.Normally curtains extend way beyond the window. I usually like them to reach the floor. In this case, I only wanted them to barely cover the window, for the sake of privacy. I didn’t want them to pool on the (often wet) bathroom floor or, worse, in the clawfoot tub.
• I cut two pieces of drop cloth 20″ wide by 36″ long. The ties gave the panels extra length, so I didn’t allow for any extra seam allowance.I sewed 1/2″ hems on all four sides of the two drop cloth panels. The bottom hems were already in place, since I cut them to be the pre-hemmed edges that the drop cloth comes with.

FOR THE TIES

• I sewed all the way down the length of a package of 1/4″ Double Fold Bias Tape in the color Oyster. Then, I cut them in 18″ pieces. This size package works perfectly to have eight sets of ties with hardly any leftover. Which is exactly what I needed for my two panels!
• I folded the 18″ pieces in half, to have two 9″ ties, and sewed them on the outsides of the curtain panels. I placed the remaining two tie sets evenly along the top. Mine were spaced every 6″.