DIY Roman Blind Project

*Disclosure – We were gifted the featured products for the purpose of this project. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

In our dining room, we have a large window that overlooks the canal and also a small window on the other side of the room with a view of the weir garden. The small window has never had curtains because, at less than two feet wide, we simply couldn’t get anything suitable.

We decided that making our own roman blind would be best and we could make matching curtains for the other window.

We chose the material from Terrys Fabrics, along with the roman blind kit, lining and tape. We really liked the Trad Curtain Fabric in pastel which has quirky looking lollipop/popsicle shaped trees on it!

Obviously making your own is not for everybody. Terrys Fabrics have plenty of made to measure blinds for a reasonable price.

The roman blind kit comes with all of the parts that you will need to assemble and hang the blind, obviously less the fabric. Once you have the measurements for your blind you can cut the blind header if required and then fit the brackets that will eventually hang your blind.

I went on to cut out the material and the lining and hemmed the two sides, securing the lining to the fabric.

I made a hem across the top of the blind and at the same time, I sewed the velcro on which will hold the blind onto the mechanism.

I sewed a 2-inch pocket to the bottom of the blind for the bottom bar. The bar then just slides into the pocket.

You need to work out equal intervals for the rod pockets. My blind was 80cm deep which meant that I had to leave 13.3 cm between each pocket and the last pocket to the bottom of the blind. If they are not equal you will get uneven folds in the material when you pull the blind up.

Once I had slid all of the blind rods into the pockets, I fitted the blind to the header with the velcro fastening. Then I passed the cords down through the loops on the rod pockets. The two bottom rod pockets have plastic clips which the cords fasten to, allowing them to pull the blind up.

All I had to do then was clip the finished blind onto the brackets that we had fitted to the wall.

The blind kit comes with all of the fittings that you need to be able to keep the cord secured away from little hands. I always cut the cords down for any blind that I fit so that I only have the cord that I need to open and close the blind.

I absolutely love our DIY roman blind. I love the colours because they will pretty much go with any season. The fact that they match the curtains really sets off the room and makes them unique.

I will be popping the curtain tutorial up shortly.

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