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Kittenheels Kath
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Oh my goodness, I am teetering!
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Jenelopy
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Has anyone made their own roman blinds (or roller blinds for that matter)?

I'm planning to make a roman blind for our new bedroom, the window is 1.6m square.

I'm busy reading the internet for advice, but if anyone here has made them before I have lots of questions.
Meglet
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Yes I have. For a roller blind you need a fabric stiffener. For a Roman blind you just have to measure very precisely!
It’s been a while since I did it though so not sure if I can help too much, I think I followed it out of a book (before the time when everything was on YouTube)
Jenelopy
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Thanks Meglet!
For your roman blind, did you use rods fr each segment, or did you just sew the little rings on directly?

I have a suspicion that it will hang better with rods (and that is how most online tutorials do things), but my fabric is already really thick (https://www.spotlightstores.com/nz/sold-by-the-metre/florentine-triple-weave-curtain-fabric/BP80484273) so I wasn't going to add a lining. Most patterns use the lining to make the rod pockets. This means that if I use rods, I'll see the stitching for the rod pockets on the front. Or, worse, I use the fabric to make rod pockets and disturb the pattern.
Meglet
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Yes you need rod for each section or you won’t have straight edges, but only thin ones, and a proper rod at the bottom. I seem to remember I used some sort of tape vertically that had loops that you ran the cord through. I think you can use tape to make pockets. I’ve moved and left it at the old house so can’t check!
Meglet
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I don’t think mine was lined
sallykate
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I haven’t made my own but for my daughter’s room years ago I bought one from Ikea and covered it with a panel of blackout lining and some fabric of my choice. That might be an option for you but it made it an awful lot easier.
HellsBells
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Just arrived

I ordered them for my scrap blanket, but they’re too pretty to use as scraps!
Velociraptor
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Pretty colours :)

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