Bedroom Curtains

Good morning! I've been looking for weeks for curtains for the master bedroom. Yes, I know it's going totally against decorating advice, but I picked out the paint color first and I've been trying to find something that went with it and the wallpaper already there (that I can't remove, as I don't own the house). As the Valspar website says aptly, this color seems to express "The shadows that appear at dusk, mysterious yet calming, and the tints of twilight on a clear summer night" Here's the paint color, "Summer Night" by Valspar, CI-138, and a magazine photo of a slightly more purple paint, but just to help you envision (unknown source; unfortunately didn't save source along with photo!):

So after buying about 6 different panels and deciding they were all too BLAH, I started looking for fabric. I went to the Viking quilt shop, and picked out this beautiful fabric (main fabric is "Close to My Heart" by Laundry Basket Quilts for Moda); and then here are the curtain rods (stock photo from Lowe's; rods are from there).

Hopefully, I will be able to finally get these sewn today, I'm excited!

UPDATE:

I have 2 out of the 4 panel fronts sewn... all they will need after this is to be lined, hemmed & rod pocket put in.

I had the wonderful idea to make triangle shapes instead of just a straight flat flange, and of course, as a quilter, I immediately thought "prairie points!!!". I pulled out my trusty Fons & Porter Quilter's Complete Guide....

 and followed the instructions:

And then had to piece my scraps together of my vintage fabric (made by Sears in the 1960's as a historical reproduction fabric modeled after the Art Nouveau period) for the flange:

I then cut 1 3/4" strips across the stripes; folded in half & in half again to give it more body; pinned, and basted onto the edge of the cream fabric (I ended up lining the cream fabric with same-size pieces of an old sheet to give it more structure; this is the part that will be hung from the rod)

I then pinned the prairie points on, aligning raw edges & making sure the X points where they met fell at exactly where the flange line is:

And I just couldn't wait to hang the rods to see what it will look like... I pinned it up (yes, over fabric, that's what I had pinned up to help keep the light out, lol!) to see what it would look like. You can see part of the dresser (the only piece of furniture in there I really love... the chair's comfy but will definitely need a slipcover!), and a different lamp... anyway, picture the walls painted that pretty Valspar Summer Night, and 2 of these hanging on curtain rods:

And another "before" photo from the other window in the room... this one is the original ugly plaid cornice plus fabric pinned on to insulate, since this room is in the Southwest corner; and one of the other fabrics I auditioned... it looked too close to the wallpaper design!

I'm seriously thinking about using curtain clips instead of a rod pocket, like in these photos:

Yellow curtains from Jenn Woodhouse

Fabrics:

Main floral is "Close to My Heart" by Laundry Basket Quilts for Moda Fabrics; Pattern # 42006

Cream tone-on-tone stripe is "Neutral Companions" by Anna Fishkin for Red Rooster Fabrics; DSN #19705

Blue-Gray small floral is "Harpers Ferry by Nancy Gere 1810-1890" by Windham Fabrics; Pattern # 27716

And greenish stripe used as accent flange is antique fabric supposedly dating from the 1960's; manufactured then by Sears as a reproduction of an 1800's-early 1900's fabric; it has "A Sears Vincent Price National Treasure" printed on the selvedges

All except the antique one were purchased from Viking Says Sew in Greenville, SC.

UPDATE II:

Here are finished curtains with Valspar's Summer Night paint: