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Hmm.....sounds like there's some New England witchcraft going on there.

You just beat me to this recommendation, Mike. I remember when you recommended postimage a while back, and I've been using it ever since. It's faster, easier, and no ads.
Thanks for the ideas. Bobbin, I might try the weight in the bottom, but the common sense fasteners seem to high profile, like they would stand out when the curtains weren't installed.

Looking to do something like this to my house:



How would you attach it to the bottom? I don't really want to screw a bunch of hardware on my porch, as the enclosure will only be for the winter to keep the snow off of the porch.

At the top, I was thinking j channel.  Any thoughts?

This is my house:

Wow, June and Steve. I'm really surprised at the huge disparity in rates from state to state, and the other variables. Maybe I got such a great rate was because I was uninsured, and that's the whole point of the law...to get everybody insured? Also, I'm not married, but only because they won't let me here in Pennsyltucky.

There's an out-of-pocket max of $2000.

Steve, what state are you in? I can only speak for the rates on the Pennsylvania exchange. I will pay $50 a month, $400 deductible, $15 copay for dr. visits.

And I'm pretty happy, because I've not had insurance for 4 years.  And it's cheap.

Doyle, that is what worked - pieces. And even then it took lots of heat and patience. At some point, though, I wished I were a math genius, because I was convinced that there had to be some sort of formula.
I will post a pic later today.

I would respond to Mike's post, but I don't speak Tagalog. My sewing machine is a few years old, and came with a servo motor. There is no guard anywhere near the belt. My last machine was a Singer 111w155 with a clutch motor, and there was no guard on that belt either.
Gene, I promise you when you get a servo, you won't understand how you ever lived without it.

Me too, Mike. I've been in business for about 3 years and this is my busiest late fall/winter so far!

Wow, fantastic job! And with the experience that the job gave you, you earned more than 7 cents an hour.
Where did you get your leather?

Geez Chris, you just had to say "vinyl" and "curve" in the same sentence! Update: I did the backs in five pieces: an inverted triangle center, then two pieces on either side of that. It's weird because you can get the individual pattern pieces to lay nicely on the foam, but once they're sewn together it takes a lot of time and patience to get it stapled right. Anyway, lesson learned for next time. Oh, and of course I way underquoted. Par for the course.

Thank you Doyle, this is just what I needed to hear. Almost gave up, but now it's back to the drawing board.

Yeah, so I'm still in the experimental phase here. I'm back to trying to get it covered with one piece of vinyl. My findings so far are that you can't start in the center. So I've tried stapling it at the outside of both sides so the the vinyl is stretched in the middle. Then when I try to turn the center to the bottom portion, I can tell it has potential to be nice and smooth around that inside curve, but when I make relief cuts, they spread further than I want them to and you can see some of the foam bulging out around the bottom. Why can't I do this??

Thanks June,
I may have to go this route. Just tried the taper thing, and it can't be done in just 3 pieces.  The center piece lays beautifully, but you have to divide the sides into 3 pieces also, and I'm afraid it will look stupid.
Sigh, it's the job that never ends.