Ellen sent me photographs of three shades she made. The photograph above was the first one she did. It was for her older son's bedroom. She made decorative tucks in the front of the shade. Then she went to Home Depot and looked for something to put into the tucks. She ended up using screen molding, which is exactly what I use in the top of my Top-Down shade (and which I sell on-line in the Top-Down Hardware Shopping section). When a little sister arrived and took over the bedroom, Ellen changed the top header to a floral print to make it more "girly". It is shown below.

Ellen says of the blue shade shown below: "The blue shade is rather plain, but I was just happy to get that one done since I had two little boys and was pregnant with Number 3."

As the photograph below shows, Ellen has really gotten into Roman shades. Her third shade is shown below. "The one with the ocean animals was done using batik material and then I designed and painted the ocean animals on -- also put on a ribbon kept for some 3-D effect. The little boy in the pic is on of my sons -- the shade is in his room."

Ellen is now working on a top-down/bottom-up Hobbled shade. I'm hoping she will send photos when she is done with her latest creation. 

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