Rosebrand will do a good job for you but it well cost you a pretty penny. What type of curtain did you want?  Color or flat black.  Duvetyn or Commando Cloth are good all purpose flat finish fabrics and you can get them from Rosebrand. http://www.rosebrand.com/subcategory151/fabric-by-type-commando-cloth-duvetyn.aspx  You really wouldn't have to even sew it if you didn't want to.   We quite regularly use it in "strips" of it width and cut them to the length we are covering. Then you can simply staple them at the top to where you want them.  Perhaps for your set up you might want screw a board to the back wall top and bottom and then staple into that.  If you turn the top and bottom edges over as you staple it you don't have to sew.   You can also pleat as you go if you want.  They are both kind of a "stiff" fabric but they are cheap.

Why didn't the fabric at your local store seem feasible?  I've made curtains out of about just about everything you can imagine. Seems like they would have something.  Granted you would most likely have to sew a ton of panels together to come up with enough but that is going to be the case with just about anything.

Haha, good point Shawn! I'll probably need to check with the LOL's (little old ladies) of the church. I'm sure more than one of them has made curtains. The main thing is to make something that will absorb light and hide the old wall/baptistry. Another issue was the fire retardancy of the cloth as another church in town got in trouble with the fire marshal for not using FR approved cloth. I've never made stage curtains before, so it's kind of a new thing for me.

Ahh... well if you need FR approval then I say bite the bullet and just have Rosebrand do it. They can treat them for you.  They do sell the spray you can add to your own curtains but it can be a pain to do. Then again some of their fabric is FR rated I think. It has been some time since I had to deal with all that.

BTW: Why aren't you utilizing the old baptistry as a play space for puppets?  Seems like the perfect set up for that.  Could also be used as the space for a rear projection set up.   Just musing out loud.

Yes, I did check into the cloth they have available for sale. It looks like it'll come in around $200 for the fabric and we can get some skilled seamstresses to work on it. My sewing skills are quite limited.... At any rate, we're leaving the baptistry open for future use. I'd love to remove the wood around it and put in a garage door. I hadn't considered the rear projection idea, and that sounds like a great idea! I know at Church On The Move in Tulsa they used simple clear visqueen and chloroplast sheeting to make RP "Televisions" I saw inside of them when I was visiting a couple of year ago. You can see those here if you wish: http://seeds.churchonthemove.com/blog/post/153

Thanks for the link to the backstage peek!  That is awesome.  We discussed a rear projection for our set and that system seems doable.
And for the link to the rosebrand site also!

Okay, I'm just about fInished with everything, but I have some roller "streaks" on the floor from the clear coat. Should I just put down another coat of clear coat or get to sanding/buffing? I used the Minwax Polyurethane Water Clean Up as recommended.

How bad are they? Don't forget you are staring at a blank stage with nothing on it.   If they really are not that bad then leave them alone or try a second coat.  Also how long has it been drying?  At first when still not dry it is common to have roller streaks but they fade when it dries.

They're kind of bad so I'll try recording them Monday or so. We don't have time for a second coat before Sunday morning so it'll have to do for now. I'm thinking I'll just use a regular paintbrush for round 2 and see of that helps!

Ok just talked to the pros. A paintbrush most likely is not going to make it any better.  Sanding is the only thing that well get rid of them if they are too distracting. My housemate is actually a designer and has to deal with this often and said that you can use a paint sprayer to apply the clear coat and if not that there is a lambs wool paint pad that is kind of like mop size that sometimes lays the clear coat down a bit cleaner but it can even streak. It is just the nature of poly clear coats so it is not something you did wrong.