Create Roman Blinds For Any Room

To update the look of your windows, try Roman blinds. These blinds provide clean and sophisticated lines for your window treatment. Use curtains or top treatments if prefer or simply by themselves. These blinds can be attached to in or outside of your window. Choose a light to medium gauge fabric and a lining for your blinds.

The following supplies are a must have for this project: Fabric, lining, dowel strips, plastic or wooden, in 1. 25 inches less than the width of the blind, 0. 5 inch plastic rings, an acorn that is made of wood or brass, nylon cord, a wall cleat, Velcro that is as long as blind is wide, wooden Batten that is approximately 1 inch x 1 inch the width of the finished blind and 4 screw eyelets.

Decide where to hang the batten or track that you are using. Attach the track or batten to the outside or inside of the window frame depending on how you want the blinds to hang.

Attach the Velcro to the front of the wooden batten at the border.

Start from the top of the attachment and measure down to where you blind to hang to. Add enough fabric for the hem. The amount of lining is equal to the amount of fabric.

The blind will be the same width as the batten or track. Add another inch to this measurement for the seam.

When cutting your fabric and lining include another 2 inches to width and length.

Put the lining on top of the fabric, with the wrong side up. Get rid of any wrinkles or creases from both and pin together. Sew along the sides and the bottom 1 inch from the border.

Cut the fabric at the bottom corners. Sew a line of stitches 0. 25 inches from the edge. Place a dowel amid the sets of stitches.

Remove the pins and turn the blind right side out. Press the blind.

Pin the layers again with the lining facing up.

2 inches from the top, draw a pencil line. In 8 to 12 inch sections, place a mark on the throughout the length. Create half a section near the bottom. At the marks, draw line crossways.

Cut 3 inch strips of lining for the pockets. They need to be the same length as the blind. Try to use strips from the length in order to ensure better wear. Cut 1 strip for each pleat. Fold the strip in 1/2 width wise. 0. 5 inches from the border, attach one end. Turn right side out and iron.

0. 5 inches above the line marks, pin the folded side of the pocket. Attach at the marked lines.

Put a dowel in every pocket and sew closed.

Affix plastic rings to the pocket borders using hand stitches. Space them 2 inches from the border and 8 to 16 inches from each other. Turn down 1 inch to the wrong side at the top and iron.

Affix the other piece of Velcro, using pins, on the wrong side at the to the top. To close the fabric, fold it over. When sewing the sides, go in the same direction to prevent puckering of the fabric.

Put the Velcro pieces together.

Add an eyelet on top of each ring and another one near the bottom. The one on the bottom needs to go on the side where you will operate the blind from.

Cut 3 pieces of the nylon cord and knot each piece to the rings at the bottom. On the batten, take the cord through the lines of rings and eyes. Gather all three cords to one side.

Make the cords even by cutting them. Attach the cords to the acorn and knot them. Put a cleat on the side of the window with the strings. Haul the blind up, in a figure eight around the cleat.

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