How to make roller blinds?

So that in the morning and afternoon hours the sun does not bother you with bright light, but the house looks cozy, but not a relic of the past, it's best to decide how to make roller blinds and decorate them with windows. To make such a piece of interior can be original and at the same time practical. The design possibilities are practically unlimited, but depend on the style of this or that room chosen by you, the frenzy of imagination and the available amount of money. How to quickly and easily make a simple design of roller blinds, you will learn in this article.

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Where to start?

Before you make a roller blind, you need to prepare all the necessary materials and tools.

Basic materials

For curtains base choose:

• 2 cut fabric;
• decorative elements - tapes and garters for otturochki textiles and so that you can add it.

To choose the material that seamlessly integrates with the overall interior, consider the secrets of professional designers:

1. For combining with monophonic walls, the variegated colors of the canvas in the tone of the furniture are perfect.
2. To visually expand the space, use a fabric with horizontal stripes to increase the height of the ceilings - vertical.
3. To make roller blinds, take a cloth of the same texture as the covers, pillows, upholstery on the furniture. This will be viewed as a single design line.
4. Do not buy a canvas exactly in the tone of the wall covering or with the same pattern - there the curtains merge with the rest of the surfaces and the room will look uninteresting.

Important! Directly in terms of the type of fabric - it all depends on your preferences for price and tactile sensations. Take that material that is pleasant to you by touch and is accessible. For example, many people prefer polyester or fabrics with protective impregnations to make roller blinds with their own hands. In this case, the practical side is also pursued, since care of such textiles is much simpler, more convenient, does not take much time, and these curtains will last longer.

Fixing materials

To make the structure reliable and easy to handle, prepare:

• a wooden rail with a length slightly larger than the window and 2 cm wide;
• one more bar with dimensions 2.5 * 2.5 cm;
• screws.

Tools

To be able to assemble the structure correctly, it was sturdy, smoothly aligned with the window space, prepare all the tools for work:

• centimeter;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• screwdriver;
• needles, threads, scissors;
• stapler with staples.

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How to make roller blinds with your own hands?

After you have prepared all the necessary materials and tools, they are at your fingertips and you do not have to be distracted by the search for the necessary device during the shroud sewing, perform work in 2 stages:

1. Make the correct measurements.
2. Sew the curtain itself.

Taking measurements

Take this process with all responsibility, take your time, act clearly. From how correctly you measure all the necessary parameters and correctly disclose the dense, depends on how successful the result of your needlework will be.

Before you create a roller blind, proceed as follows:

1. Measure the width and length of the window.
2. Determine the length of the canvas according to this rule: window height + 15 cm + 2 cm.
3. Calculate the width of the curtain in this way: the window width + 2 cm.

Important! Depending on what shape you are going to make the decoration for your window, the dimensions can increase. The main thing is that the initial parameters of the tissue should not be less than the indicated dimensions. Then you will be able to correctly make a roller blind.

Curtains sewing

1. Cut 2 pieces of fabric according to your parameters.
2. Sweep them with wide stitches outwards.
3. Stitch the 3 sides from the wrong side.
4. Remove the blade to the front.
5. Gently stretch the last line,
6. Well iron the cloth, periodically sprinkling it with water from the atomizer or by using the steam function.
7. Turn the bottom edge so that the prepared wooden rake can fit inside.
8. Staple this pocket.
9. Insert the rail.
10. With the opposite edge of the cloth, wrap the second bar, secure with staples from the stapler.
11. If you plan to change the cloth, sew a zipper instead of a stapler.
12. Decorate the curtain with ribbons or garters.
13. Fasten to the window using screws.

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Useful advices:

1. Periodically clean the roller blinds with a vacuum cleaner or with a regular cleaning sponge.
2. Dry such cloths in expanded form.

Now you know how quickly and without much effort to make roller blinds. Slightly fantasize and you will definitely be able to decorate a beautiful, cozy and original interior, which will not get bored for a long time.