Blinds, Shades and Shutters - relaxed roman shades
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jakes mom
08-21-08, 11:08 AM
[COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]hello i was on the net looking for some help on making roman shades and found this forum i already love it and see that its going to help me greatly on my projects so with that being said i found a thread on the topic and i was wondering if i could get some additional ?s answered i saw where their was a posting from laralexk i hope that i have that right she says you need to add an additonal 21 inches but i did not do that i allowed for the board and for the hem the lady i am making these for wants them to come just to the bottom of the window with no pleats just straight when down and a relaxed swoop in the middle when pulled up i beleive that this was posted way back in october of 05 so i hope that she is still around or someone else that can tell me wether this is going to still work i would hate to find out i did this wrong i usually use a patern to help guide me but could not find one this time any help would greatly be apprecated thank you and sorry this is so long:o
Shadeladie
08-21-08, 07:25 PM
Hi and welcome to the forum! What she wants is not possible. The swoop is created because you only sew rings at the sides and the center will then swag down farther whether up or down, so there's no way to keep the center part straight just because it's down. A law of physics! :D
Extra, stationary pleats are added to relaxed romans because they don't look good without them when down.
Extra, stationary pleats are added to relaxed romans because they don't look good without them when down.
jakes mom
08-22-08, 08:05 AM
Hi and welcome to the forum! What she wants is not possible. The swoop is created because you only sew rings at the sides and the center will then swag down farther whether up or down, so there's no way to keep the center part straight just because it's down. A law of physics! :D
Extra, stationary pleats are added to relaxed romans because they don't look good without them when down.
thank you for your response im in a quandry:eek: now im not sure what to do i have already cut the fabric the women who im doing this for isnt making this easy on me when i laid the fabric out it was already 4 inches to short from what she wanted initially and the fabric was 12 inches to narrow wich ment we had to shorten the finished product from origanal measurment to peice in on to the sides so im not sure what to do to make these work with the fabric ive got any input will be greatly apprecated thanks for your help:)
Extra, stationary pleats are added to relaxed romans because they don't look good without them when down.
thank you for your response im in a quandry:eek: now im not sure what to do i have already cut the fabric the women who im doing this for isnt making this easy on me when i laid the fabric out it was already 4 inches to short from what she wanted initially and the fabric was 12 inches to narrow wich ment we had to shorten the finished product from origanal measurment to peice in on to the sides so im not sure what to do to make these work with the fabric ive got any input will be greatly apprecated thanks for your help:)
Shadeladie
08-22-08, 08:52 AM
First of all, when she gave you fabric that was too short and too narrow, you probably should have not accepted it from the start. Some people think we're magicians! :D
What size is the window?
OK, I thought of an idea that should work. Sew extra rings along the very bottom as if you were making a roman, about every 10 - 12 inches apart, and sew another line of rings above that one. Now, when she lowers the shade and wants it straight across, either give her split rings or small fishing hooks work well, too (they look like little clippy things) and she can hook the two lines of rings together to give her that straight line (yes, she'll need to do this manually each time and remove them when she pulls it up). You'll probably need to try it on a scrap or play around with it first before you sew the rings on to determine the right place to sew on the upper row so that it comes together correctly and looks flat. Hope this is understandable. I see it in my mind but its hard to put into words. I really can't quite think of another way to do this.
If this doesnt work, you just need to tell her that this just doesn't work and she's going to have to choose between a relaxed or flat roman because she can't have both.
FIO
What size is the window?
OK, I thought of an idea that should work. Sew extra rings along the very bottom as if you were making a roman, about every 10 - 12 inches apart, and sew another line of rings above that one. Now, when she lowers the shade and wants it straight across, either give her split rings or small fishing hooks work well, too (they look like little clippy things) and she can hook the two lines of rings together to give her that straight line (yes, she'll need to do this manually each time and remove them when she pulls it up). You'll probably need to try it on a scrap or play around with it first before you sew the rings on to determine the right place to sew on the upper row so that it comes together correctly and looks flat. Hope this is understandable. I see it in my mind but its hard to put into words. I really can't quite think of another way to do this.
If this doesnt work, you just need to tell her that this just doesn't work and she's going to have to choose between a relaxed or flat roman because she can't have both.
FIO