Making Roman Shades: Your Questions

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Designing Pieced Roman Shades
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Living with Roman Shades
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Variations on Classic Shades
 Tab-Top Shades
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  Trapezoid Windows

Installation Tips
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Summary of FAQs 

Getting Started
A1. How do I get started making a Roman shade?
A2. How do I decide on fabric and where do I purchase it?
A3. Where do I get the necessary hardware and supplies to make my shades?
A4. What skills do I need to make a Roman shade?
A5. What equipment and tools do I need to make a Roman shade?
A6. How do I measure my windows?
A7. How do I determine the Stackage (the length of my shade when fully raised)?
A8. Can you sell me a pattern for my shade?
A9. I don't sew! Will you make a Roman shade for me?
A10. Can I print out your directions and give them to a local seamstress to make my shades?
A11. I have a small drapery workroom. Can I use your directions to make shades?

Professional Methods for Making Roman Shades
B1. Why do you recommend using battens (stiffeners) in the folds of a Roman shade?
B2. Why do you recommend using pulleys instead of the standard screw eyes on the headrail?
B3. Why do you recommend using Velcro to attach the shade to the mounting board instead of simply stapling it to the top of the board?
B4. How Large Can I Make a Roman shade?

Designing Pieced Roman Shades
C1. How do I get started making a pieced Roman shade?
C2. Will you make a pieced Roman shade for me?
C3. Can I make the pieced front and then you make it into a shade?
C4. Will you lay out my blocks for my pieced Roman shade? 
C5. How do I determine the Stackage of a pieced Roman shade?
C6. Do you have an aide to help me lay out my blocks for my pieced Roman shade?
C7. How do I make the Four Diamond Pattern?
C8. How do I make the OceanView Pattern?
C9. Can I use appliqué techniques on my shades?
C10. How do I lay out a Full-Block Fold shade?
C11. Can I use the Warm Window Products with pieced Roman shades?

Living with Roman Shades
D1. How do I prevent the sunlight from fading my fabrics?
D2. How do I make room-darkening shades?
D3. How do I hang a shade on a steel door or window?
D4. How do I hide the lifting hardware so I can't see it on the outside of the window.
D5. How can I clean my Roman shades?

Variations on Classic Roman Shades
E1. How do I make Top-Down shades?
E2. Can I make a Roman shade for a Trapezoid window?
E3. How do I make a Tab-Top (or Decorative Rod) Roman shade?
E4. How do I make a "Hobbled" Roman shade?
E5. How do I make a "Relaxed" Roman shade?

Installation Tips
F1. How do I mount a shade on a metal window or a vinyl-clad metal window?
F2. How do I mount a Roman shade on an arched window?
F3. How do I mount shades on windows in the corner of my room?
F4. How do I install shades on a multiple window?

Questions about Top-Down Shades
G1. Do the cords show in the window when the top-down shade is open from the top down?
G2. My window is only 3/4" deep. Can I still make an inside-mount top-down shade?
G3. My top-down cord lock doesn't work very well. What can I do?

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