![]() If you look closely you will see the little car buttons (because he likes cars and not trees). You can see some pics of the blinds in my son’s bedroom in the post talking about How to build a headboard with a few planks. For my kid’s bedroom, I made blinds lined with blackout fabric. For some reason, I couldn’t find them at my hardware store, so I made one in wood and paint it white.Īnd done! I hope it will help you to sew your own blind. To attach the rope, and leave the blind open, fix a rope cleat on the window side. Both ropes should be slightly tense so that the blind opens and closes right, finish with a knot. Pass the rope into the second eye screw and joint both rope pieces, adjust the length. Second rope (red line): make a knot with the lower ring, pass into each ring, and one eye screw. Cut the 1/2 wooden dowels, 1 inch smaller than the blind width, sand the edges and slide them into each fold.Īlmost done, to open and close the blinds, you have to pass 2 pieces of rope into the rings and eye screws.įirst rope (green line on the pic): start with a knot, pass the rope into each ring, and both eye screws (green line on the pic). Ensures that the shades are straight, the good thing is you can easily remove them if needed. No need to mess up with glue if you use strong velcro adhesive tape to hold the blind.Īttach you blinds on the plank, just put both velcro sides ( the blind one and the plank one) on top of each other and press. You can use adhesive velcro, or a glue gun to fix it. Glue velcro on the upper part of the plank. If you like too, you can paint the wood to match your wall color. I make 2 blinds, so in this case, I will need 4 eye screws (2 for each blind). Screw 2 eye screw (hook) on the lower part of the wooden trim. I place it at 7 inches above the window, but it will depend on your folds dimensions. Screw the 1×2 wood trim on top of the window. Hand stitches rings on each fold, at more or less 1 inch from the edge. When all the folds are made, iron your blind. To make the bottom fold, where you will slide the last dowel, you just need to fold the edge. The measures must fall just on the edge, if it is not, start again by modifying the distance between each dowel fold (= your measure)įold the blind through the inside following the lines, both lines must be on top of each other. (= your measure) and trace a line, and the second one at 2 in. Trace a line at 9 inches, and a second one, parallel, at 2 inches distance. Starting from the top (just under the velcro), take the measure + 3 inches. Take a ruler and trace the lines to make the fold where the dowels are gonna be slide in.įor this blind, we place a dowel every 6 inches ( = your measure on the pic). This will allow you to take off the blind if you want to wash it. Take the fabric, fold the vertical edges and sew them.įold the top edge and sew a piece of velcro all along. Calculate to place them in a uniform manner along the entire height. The number of dowels you will need will depend on the window dimension. So the fabric piece to cut is 52 inches x 54 inches. You need to add 2 inches for each dowel, in this case, 6 dowels: 2 inches x 6 = 12 inches to add on the height. ![]() Adding the seams, the fabric dimensions must be 52 inches x 42 inches. You need to add 1 inch on each side for the seams, and you need to add extra high for each dowel you will use in your blind (green lines).Įxample: the finished blind need to be 50 inches wide x 40 inches high. Definite the finish blind dimension (red square), think to leave more fabric on the top part, you need some space to fold the blind above the window. To make your DIY easier, you can use this DIY Roman shade hardware kit(plus pulleys look fancier than eyescrews:) RELATED: DIY curtain rods How to make roman blinds RELATED: How to make relaxed roman shades Don’t hesitate to leave a comment if you have any doubt. It a quite long tutorial, I hope to provide clear explanations. ![]() I will suggest you wash the fabric before starting cutting and sewing, so your blinds won’t shrink when you wash them. I make them removable, which means you can easily take them off to wash them. Today I will explain how you can sew your roman blinds. I found a great useful guide you can read before starting sewing curtains.įor a cost-friendly project, you can also make your own curtain rods, see some inspiration in my DIY curtain rods post. The two main reasons why I like to sew my curtains is that it’s definitely the best way to save money and still have a custom design by choosing the fabric and adding some funny details, for example in my son bedroom I glued some little car buttons on the edge of the blind. Sewing your own blinds is much easier than you may think. I like roman shades, they look modern and add a nice finished touch to any room. Times ago, I made blinds for the kid’s bedroom, and now I just hanged the kitchen ones. ![]()
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