DIY Roman Shades Pattern

Home improvement is a hot topic right now as consumers look for ways to beautify instead of selling and moving. To keep costs down, instead of adding a conservatory or an attic bedroom, home owners opt to add and change features like carpets and furnishings, or with a simple coat of paint in each room. You could even improve the look of your house with a homemade Roman shades pattern created from your own imagination, instead of going with ready made Roman blinds.

You can hire an interior decorator, but that would cost a lot of money. Many home owners are more competent than they realize and can easily make decisions about interior décor, or make items themselves without buying them ready made. Furthermore, consumers select the features they like anyway, so it is their preferences that count. Who else do they need to satisfy?

To create a Roman shades pattern, pull together the necessary materials and lots of newspaper. You need clear adhesive tape, crayons or markers, a notepad, tape measure, and roller blind.

You are going to take measurements of the window that is about to get a new treatment, or measure several for multiple blinds. To take accurate measurements, decide if the blind should sit inside the frame of the window or outside of it. Length will also be affected by where the top is positioned.

Allow for the addition of frills or other edging features when you measure for the blind you want. Then discover the size of the blind you have from top to bottom as well as the width. You might need to join shades – which is when the adhesive comes in handy – or cut them.

Now create a Roman shades pattern that is all your own, making marks around the shade or shades to show where seams will be created in the middle and at the edges. Choose a color for every part of the pattern. Cut some newspaper to go against the shade and begin drawing.