Vinyl blinds will not be durable enough. The problem wasnt the cord the problem was all those tutorials ive seen online and splashed all over pinterest for how to make diy roman shades using mini blinds were for small windows heres a great one from jena at involving color if youre interested in checking out my original technique.
Measure fabric with blind extended over the fabric.
How to make roman shades out of mini blinds.
You will need enough extra fabric to have a 3 inch allowance on all sides of the mini blind.
Get a mini blind the same size as your window you can go one inch out if needed.
Extend the blind to its full length and cut the ladder cords.
Be sure not to cut the main cords that go vertically through the holes in each slat.
Faux wood blinds are the best choice for this project as roman shades will be made out of wood.
We laid out the mini blinds completely extended and cut all the strings to release the slats.
I much prefer the rings to gluing the fabric to the mini blind slats.
Your tutorial was excellent.
All you need to do is cut some string and remove the slats to make your roman shades.
It looks so much neater and more professional.
I used some really cute fabric that ive had for years backed it with loose weave muslin.
How to make a roman shade step one.
Pop off the little rubber stoppers at the very bottom snip off the knot at the end of the cords and pull off all the slats.
Ive been wanting to make faux roman shades for my sewing room for ages.
Lay flat and fold over 2 inches on each side and press.
Cut your fabric to size adding 4 inches to the width and 6 inches to the length for hems.
Find a nice large surface to work.
This is the easy part of how to turn mini blinds into roman shades.
Today was the day.
Mini blinds white or off white is best permanent fabric adhesive foam brush scissors iron pen or pencil ruler or yard stick pins sewing machine or hem tape.
I used our dining room table.
Pull the caps off the bottom bar of the blinds fish out the cords and cut the knots.
How to make roman shades with miniblinds.
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