DIY Roman Shades

I’ve been slowly entering into the world of making my own blinds and curtains. For the longest time I thought that I just didn’t have enough knowledge to make decent window treatments. Then one day I got brave and tried my hand at window toppers for my family room. That was it. I fell in love! I love that I got to choose my own fabrics. I love how the toppers turned out. It’s been 2 years and I still smile every time I see them. Now I’m starting to research DIY Roman Shades. Once again I was so intimidated by the idea of making my own. But then I found some amazing tutorials. WOW! I mean seriously WOW! Did you know you could make roman shades without sewing a single stitch? Or that you could take apart a miniblind to create a custom roman shade?!?! I can’t wait to get started! Here are some of my favorite tutorials that I found in my search:

DIY tutorial roman shades using mini blinds by Homemade Ginger. Ginger says it took her forever to start the project, but once she did it was so fast and easy! (It’s like she’s talking to ME!)

diy roman shades- instructions for sewing your own shades with linings

Complete instructions for sewing your own roman shades with lining.

Already have roman shades but you don’t completely love them? Recover them with this no-sew method.

Here’s another picture of the recovered roman shades. The picture above doesn’t do the adorable shared boys room justice. You can see the re-covered roman shade off on the left. It was originally a chocolate brown.