Make pockets to hold the dowels at each of the pleats cut 8cm strips of lining fabric to the width of the blind for each of the marked pencil lines.
How to make decorative roman blinds.
Lay your two cut pieces of decorative fabric out right sides together wrong sides out and place your layer of lining over your decorative fabric layers.
This will allow the blind to fully close without actually touching the window sill.
Make up the lining.
A tutorial to help you build your own roman blind.
Basically roman blinds come from a variety of cloth.
For example if you wanted to make the shade with 8 inch pockets you would sew them so the rods were 10 inches apart then connect one rod to the next with 8 inch chords.
For blinds inside the recess.
Make up the fabric panel.
Join the lining to the fabric.
Calculate the lining qty.
They are folded to create a hobbled look.
Some use silk cotton linen and more.
Calculate the rod pocket positions.
Turn through and press.
Make pockets to hold the dowels at each of the pleats cut 8cm strips of lining fabric to the width of the blind for each of the marked pencil lines.
Fold each strip in half along the length and stitch the long raw edge and one end taking a 1cm seam.
The materials are held down by rods or metal support.
Fold each strip in half along the length and stitch the long raw edge and one end taking a 1cm seam.
Sew down the length of the side using a 1 2 inch seam allowance.
It looks more decorative that way.
To do it you need to add more levels and use a small piece of cord to prevent them from hanging all the way flat.
Our blind ended up being a combination of a couple of other excellent youtube tutorials.
It is operated by a chain and you can fold it or bring it down whenever you want.
Pin the three pieces of fabric together down one length of the blind.
Take several measurements within the window recess.
Turn through and press.
Calculate the fabric qty.
Make the length of the blind equal to the smallest length measurement inside the recess minus 1cm.