As promised here is a step by step guide to creating your own no-sew faux Roman blinds.
Mine are made with canvas dropcloth I had left over from my DIY Sink Skirt. I measure the window and cut the drop cloth 1″ wider than I wanted the blinds to allow for “hemming” the sides, and left a lot of extra length so I could play with the folds of the blinds. After I created the folding I trimmed it to allow for some extra length at the top to secure it to the window.
On the folds I glued both sides as well as the middle so it wasn’t droopy. My window is pretty narrow-if you are doing a wide window you may need to glue along the entire fold. Be sure not to glue too close to the bottom of the fold as well-you want it to balloon slightly to give the impressions of real Roman Blinds.
Now I tried to take a short cut and cut my blind fabric from a corner of the already hemmed dropcloth. This is a NO-NO! Don’t do it! The drop cloth is not hemmed evenly, please learn from my mistake or you will get a crooked blind like mine!
Other than the crooked side I love the way it looks. I never need functioning blinds in the laundry room because as you can see we back up to a natural area but leaving the window “naked” just felt a little sad. I’ll need to remake my blinds so they aren’t crooked but that’s about #20 on my mile-long to-do list! I hope you like the tutorial! Be sure to follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, and sign up for my RSS feed so you don’t miss the fun!
Thanks for stopping by!
Follow along with The Happier Homemaker on
I love that you share your boo-boo’s so we know you’re human!