No Sew Roman Shades From Mini Blinds
How to make faux roman.
No sew roman shades from mini blinds. I ve been looking all over for easy instructions on making a roman shade. Many times i ve considered making my own but every time i look at the directions i felt too intimidated to try. Thanks so much for taking the time to provide the instructions and all of the pictures.
There s lots of tutorials for this on the web if you do a search. Diy roman shades make a window shade from mini blinds with custom fabric. I d even seen a few posts using old mini blinds.
It is to transform mini blind into a beautiful roman shade and can you imagine the solution doesn t require any sewing. I used some really cute fabric that i ve had for years backed it with loose weave muslin. 2 large buttons these need not match they are just used in assembly.
Supplies needed for homemade diy window shades. It looks so much neater and more professional. I much prefer the rings to gluing the fabric to the mini blind slats.
I ve always loved the look of roman shades. Learn how to make this easy and affordable fabric roman shade from inexpensive mini blinds in this step by step tutorial. Today was the day.
Just inside the window to keep things neat and tidy and non fussy. The interior mechanics of the mini blind headrail are not designed to hold the weight of additional fabric and will either result in broken string or difficult to use once the window or fabric is too great. Both the mini blind romans and no sew romans are best for small windows.
No sew faux roman shade. Fabric see measuring notes below and in video mini blind that covers window we use cordless here and recommend that fabri tac fabric glue. 4 white 1 vinyl mini blinds with pull cord light filtering 23 88 6 yards of damask fabric 28 74 4 yards of 36 bleached white muslin for liner backing 3 96 4 yards of 44 bleached white muslin for wider windows 11 96 2 bottles of permanent fabric adhesive fabri tac 17 98 iron with steam setting ironing board sharp scissors pins pencil.
Your tutorial was excellent. What a great idea. I ve been wanting to make faux roman shades for my sewing room for ages.
Easy diy no sew roman shades out of mini blinds. But yours is the first one i ve seen that reallly makes sense to me. It s sort of in the style of a roman shade anyway i wanted something simple in here.
I recommend no larger than 36 across. I finally worked up the energy. And the fact that it s no sew is an added bonus.
And then the washer and dryer both broke within a month of moving in so that plan was put on hold. Read more about how to make no sew roman shades from recycled mini blinds. 1 b c you re tying the slats on instead of attaching with glue when the shade has a backing on it tying seems to work better than glue.
I did a quick search and found beth s homestories atoz here.
