Scalloped Bottom Shades
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Copyright 2009 - Karen Malvese, Garden City, New York, USA
Karen sent these photographs along with this message: "I want to thank you for your WONDERFUL instructions for making Roman Shades. Gluing the battens worked great. Your directions left nothing out! I was particularly pleased with your idea of using a floss threader to thread the lift cord through the cord lock pulley. Although a very time-consuming project, the four shades came out really well. Kudos to you for making this project a success. Thanks again."
I asked Karen how she attached the decorative trim and she replied: “I sewed the trim on before I inserted the weight rod into the lining hem. It probably could have been glued, but being in the kitchen, I felt sewing was the way to go.”
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This photograph shows the fourth shade, which is mounted over the kitchen sink. I’m not sure whether this is an outside mount or a hybrid mount. The width of the shade is the same as the outside width of the window trim. Karen may have attached the mounting board to the top of the window trim (a hybrid mount), or she may have mounted it above the window trim (an outside mount). Given the choice, I would use an outside mount so that more of the glass is exposed when the shade is raised.
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These two photographs show Karen’s shades turned inside out with the internal plastic battens glued in place. Karen weighted the battens down with books to keep them from shifting. You can use a work table, or the floor for this step. Karen used both.
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