Recovering Your Roman Shade DIY

Have a roman shade but fell out of love with it?

I did.

It just didn't match.

You may remember the before here below.

It was ok.

It was just khaki brown and didn't go well.

I didn't want to spend a bank to buy a new one so..

I took it down and brushed the 7 layers of dust off.

And you know what I found?

My dream fabric at Kmart!!!

It's a set of sheets but I can so work with that.

I cut a piece to fit on top of the existing shade.

I then turned the edge over and pinned it down.

I did not overlap to the back because I didn't want to mess with the pull string.

I then pleated over the original pleats and pinned them down.

After I had it all pinned, I sewed the edges on my machine.

I tacked down the pleats to help hold them in place.

I did not iron it and have no intentions on doing so...LOL.

The heat from the outside will do that for me  ;)

From the outside it looks like the real deal.

I overlapped the bottom edge.

Here is what the edges look like.

Not bad.

The picture shows more than the naked eye ;)

Ahhh so much better than the brown.

For those that are wondering, the shade still works.

 I didn't mess with the back so the draw string still works just fine.

Now I have big plans for the other sheets.

Can't wait to share more!

xoxox Susie