Instructions for Making
Roman Blinds
With their clean, sophisticated lines, Roman blinds,
or Roman shades as they are sometimes known, are one of the most stylish ways
to dress up a window.
They can be used as a standalone window treatment
fitted outside the window or fitted inside the window recess and combined with
curtains and top treatments for a layered look.
Roman blinds are best made from light to medium
weight fabrics and are usually lined.
Requirements:
Fabric.
Lining.
Strips of wooden or plastic dowelling, 1.25" (3
cms) less than the blind's width.
Small plastic rings, approximately 0.5" (12mm)
in diameter.
Wooden or brass acorn.
Nylon cord, 3 x (twice the length of the blind + the
width of blind).
Wall cleat.
Stick and sew Velcro enough for the width of the
blind.
Wooden Batten approx 1” (2.5cms) x 1” (2.5 cms) x
the width of the finished blind.
4 screw eyelets.
How to Measure and Estimate Fabric
Quantities:
- Fix
the blind track or wooden batten in the chosen position. If the blind is
to hang inside the window recess, fix it to the underside of the window
frame. If the blind is to hang outside of the recess, fix it to the top of
the window frame or above it.
- Attach
the adhesive side of the Velcro to the front edge of the wooden batten.
- To
calculate the length of fabric required, measure from the top of the track
or batten to the chosen length. Add the relevant hem allowances for the
style of blind to be made. Allow extra length for pattern matching where
necessary.
- The
length of lining required will be the same as the fabric requirements
minus any extra for pattern matching.
- To
calculate the width of the fabric required, measure the length of the
track or batten and add the relevant amount of seam allowance for the
style of Roman blind to be made. Divide this number by the width of the
fabric to be used and round up to the next whole number. This will be the
number of widths of fabric required. Allow an extra 1" (2.5 cms) for
each seam when joining widths together and make sure a full width is
positioned in the centre with equal part widths added at each side.
- The
number of widths of lining required will be the same as the number of
widths of fabric.
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