I came up with a way of making drop cloth curtains that use magnets to hold the curtains in place, attaching to the metal behind the trim above the windows. Medium weight Everbuilt brand drop clothes 6′ x 9′ from Home Depot. There are larger dimensions but you may find yourself sewing more unfinished edges if you are cutting up a large drop cloth.

This was my first time using a sewing machine, so I’m going to save the sewing machine tutorials for Youtube. I will say to make sure to reinforce the starting and ending positions by sewing back and forth over the same 1/2″ multiple times.

Laid the curtains out and marked the desired length. Allowing 2″ at each edge that requires being folded over and sewn.

Laid out board to mark a straight line along the measurement marks.

Cut along the pencil markings.

Fold the edge over once.

Then fold one more time and sew along the length of the unfinished edges.

Cut out a 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ square of cardboard to use as a templates.

Cut out enough squares for every 14 to 16 inches or curtains. Depends on the desired look and strength of your magnets. I picked up about $45 in 1/2″ Super magnets from Home Depot. There are probably cheaper options and there is this cool magnet store in Portland, Oregon.

Fold the square over by roughly an inch and begin sewing.

Fold the next edge over an equal amount and continue sewing.

Lift the sewing machine “foot”, turn the square, fold again, and continue sewing.

Continue around the edges until you have a nice stitched square and preferably no open or extra material where your magnets can get hung up on.

Roughly the desired square for the magnet pouch.

Sew the the square to the top edge of the curtains. Starting in the top left corner of the square.

Lift the foot and turn when reaching the corner. Continue sewing to the next corner.

Lift the foot, turn, and begin sewing in “Reverse” to the next corner.

Lift the foot, turn, and continue sewing in “Reverse” roughly 70% of the way to the next corner. I tripled up the stitching on this line to avoid tearing as the magnets are taken in and out when washing the curtains.

1/2″ Neodymium magnets slide into the top right corner that was left open.

To make the magnet slot more obvious

Magnets holding the drop cloth curtains to the metal behind the trim above the windows. I will likely add an outer layer of curtains later on. I’m still working on how to possibly incorporate a curtain rod system with the trims above the windows. This works for now.