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Measure and Sketch Your Pattern

Begin planning your project by reading this section. After reading about how Roman shades fold and recommended fabric and linings, you will decide how to mount your shade and measure your window. You will use the Pattern Form to sketch your own window blind template. The best way to navigate is to click on a Topic below. Then use the left-hand navigation column to work your way through the topics.
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How a Roman Shade Folds

You will most likely be using the Hardware Calculator to determine your fold depth and the number of folds. But you should still understand how your shade operates.

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Measuring Your Window

Before measuring your window you need to decide how to mount your shade. Detailed instructions then follow for how to measure for each mounting option, including French doors.
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Using the Hardware (Folding) Calculator

First specify information about your Roman shade: type (Classic, Top-Down/Bottom-Up, Safety Compliant, etc), installation configuration (Inside Mount or Outside Mount) and hardware choices (internal battens yes or no, cord lock pulley yes or no). Then input your Finished Width and Finished Length as well as an Ideal Stackage. Folding information along with hardware requirements for your shade are generated. This page give a number of examples which show you exactly how the calculator works.
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Calculator Tips for Top-Down Shade

Unlike a Classic Roman shade, your Top-Down shade does not cover the lifting hardware. It can only be raised to the bottom of the mounting hardware. The hardware is covered with a small valance. The "treatment" is the entire system: shade, mounting board and valance. You input the shade length and width measurements - not the treatment measurements - when using the Hardware Calculator for a Top-Down shade.
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Calculator Tips for Safety-Compliant Shade

In order for your Roman shade to be safety-compliant, the lift cords (the cords on the back of the shade) must be enclosed in a cord shroud. Furthermore, the spacing between the lift rings has to be less than or equal to 8-inches. We'll discuss how this affects the Hardware Calculator Results
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Sketch Your Pattern

Use the results from the Hardware (Folding) Calculator to sketch a pattern for your shade.

Pattern Template

Print out this page and sketch a pattern for your Roman shade.
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Fabric, Hardware and Tools

This is a discussion on appropriate fabrics, Roman shade hardware and a few helpful tools used to make your shade and your mounting board.
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