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Oriental Silk Shade
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Copyright 2002 - Carlene Bratach, Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Carlene tackled a huge window for her first pieced Roman shade. The 85" wide and 72" long shade was created to give the feel of a Japanese Shoji screen. Carlene used silk fabrics and a simple design for the shade, which is hanging in her Asian-styled dining room.
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Carlene writes "My choice of fabrics (silk) definitely made the project much more difficult. Once I finally had the front completed, the remaining construction was incredibly smooth. My next pieced Roman shade will be for a bathroom. I am so looking forward to using cotton fabrics."
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Carlene cut strips of the contrasting silk fabric for the internal design and sewed them onto the background fabric. That was much easier than piecing the front of the shade. She did band the shade with wide strips. (I have directions on how to determine the size of your contrasting banding in the FAQs Section.) Since the contrasting fabric would have shown through the lighter background fabric, she used a double 1-1/2" hem for the front fabric. Since she had the normal 3" double hem for the lining, the shade still hung correctly. |
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