Just inside the window to keep things neat and tidy and non fussy.
How to make faux roman shade valance.
Valances that look like roman shades the types of faux roman shades available.
Our step by step demo is easy to follow.
Cut a piece of fabric for the lining of your faux roman shade the width of your window by 21 inches.
I did a quick search and found beth s homestories atoz here.
Determine how wide to make your valance by measuring the window width.
That s the best of both worlds if you don t know how or want to sew and don t want to spend a lot of money on fabric.
Typically the folds in a mock roman valance are 4 to 6 inches long.
Watch as rowley company demonstrates how to make a stationary roman shade.
If the top of your window is really close to the ceiling you may want to make a shorter faux roman.
No sew faux roman shade.
Cut your lining fabric.
The red faux shade above is just one way to do a faux roman shade but it isn t the only one.
There are many types of roman shades out there yet each time it s shown as a faux shade somehow it seems to always be just one or two styles.
For example for a 3 fold valance a length of 12 15 or 18 inches is preferable.
There s lots of tutorials for this on the web if you do a search.
Decide on the length of the valance.
I settled on sewing a faux aka stationary roman shade for the top third of the window.
I have always liked the look of roman shades but i was too intimidated to try sewing a functional roman shade myself.
Just a little bit of fabric at a window makes such a huge difference in a room.
For a sleek shallow valance use a fabric piece 1 1 2 times the width of the window.
This will make a faux roman that s 18 inches long.
It s sort of in the style of a roman shade anyway i wanted something simple in here.
My shade is actually a faux roman plus it s no sew.
Since i had applied a privacy film to the window glass the window treatment didn t need to cover the whole window.
First i measured the window and realized that i wanted a finished shade that was about 47 wide by x 18 long so i cut a rectangle of fabric that was 49 wide to account for an inch of hemming at the sides and 30 long to account for the looping i was going to do with the fabric to make it look like a roman shade.
For a wide valance with many pleats cut your fabric 2 to 3.
How to sew a faux roman shade.