Ikea sells this amazing nylon tape that you can iron into a fabric thing to shorten it. It's brilliant... you just measure how much you want to take off, iron a crease in, lay the tape in the crease, then iron over a damp cloth. It melts and fuses the fabric together and then you just cut off any extra.

HOW AWESOME IS THAT

I thought I was going to be hand stitching those curtains but then my friend whipped this stuff out. Honestly the longest part was just ironing the curtains on her mini ironing board.

As a 5'0 person who has to shorten everything..... I am very excited about this stuff.... but I also wonder how well it stands up to routine wash and wear.