DIY No Sew Roman Shades

August 18, 2011

Last night, for my "Do One Thing a Day", I made no sew roman shades for my bathroom. I found a great tutorial a few weeks ago when I was browsing Pinterest.



Of course, in true "let's just wing it" fashion, I did make some mistakes by not following the directions. After reading the tutorial a few times I declared, "I got this!" and proceeded to get to work.

Things I didn't use, which would have made things better:
  • glue gun
  • no sew hemming tape
I don't own either of those things, and didn't feel like buying them.

I also made the hem in the wrong order. According to the tutorial, you should make your hems on the side nice and even before attaching your blinds. I did it after, and the back looks messy. I will eventually add some fabric to the back to hide the mess and make the whole thing look more finished.



I picked up 2 meters of on-sale fabric at Fabricland ($5/meter!). Again, this happened to be outdoor fabric which worked fine for this application.

I won't go into any details on how I did this, because the author at 365 Days to Simplicity deserves the credit for making a great tutorial.

I plan on eventually making these for my living room and kitchen as well.

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Pam · 680 weeks ago

Your shades look great. I followed you web address from 365 Days to Simplicity. I love your fabric choice, it looks as nice as expensive decor fabric that I see at sewing stores.
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Becky · 656 weeks ago

Yours came out lovely! Do you know if there's a way to wash these once they're up, and how great are they at keeping the heat out? I want to give these a try, but want to see if you have any suggestions on doing something differently or if it's perfect the way it is.

Thanks so much!
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Ashley 94p · 656 weeks ago

Hi Becky,

I used outdoor fabric, so all I've had to do is vacuum any dust off of them. There's nothing really to make them dirty, although when the dog got sprayed by a skunk a few weeks ago I did give them a spray down with skunk deodourizer.

As for keeping the heat out...they are basically useless. I would definitely recommend lining yours with a blackout material. Sure it adds to the cost, but it'd be totally worth it!
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Haberdashery 11p · 550 weeks ago

Seems interesting, a "Do One Thing a Day", well a no sew shades looks a perfect project for it, thanks for sharing, well now a day I've been trying some new projects, a no sew one.
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