Haphazardly- Not The Best Plan Of Defense

I realize that this month is so busy that I have to do things at record speed. I read my few favorite blogs in a more skimming way, I scan emails for ones that are VBS or school related, and I spring clean haphazardly. I decided that spring cleaning really needs to be thought about. I thought I'd wash my bedroom curtains for the first time in 2 years since there seemed to be an inch of dust on them. Well since they are tablecloths I didn't think much into the washing machine setting I just washed them. Not my brightest moment. I threw them in the dryer for a few minutes just to remove the initial heavyness and then laid them out to dry. Travis so nicely hung them up for me and they were a foot shorter. That's right. My beautiful, couldn't match better, $6 deal that I worshiped, shrunk a foot! I wanted to cry- I might have. Travis couldn't stop laughing. He almost was headless. What fabric shrinks a foot? Inches yes, but a foot? Here are the before and after pictures.

Before- Beautiful

After- Not So Much

Cry with me people. I know. What the heck am I going to do? Suggestions? I do have another curtain that is shorter on purpose that I might could cut off the striped trim and attach to the bottom or top but I'll always know how beautiful they were. The moral of the story is never dry curtains- just lug the heavy things to the clothes line. If it ever stops raining that is. It is totally the weather man's fault.