Press with your fingers to make sure it sticks.
How to make a faux relaxed roman shade valance.
Black banding on a solid white relaxed roman faux shade.
Watch as rowley company demonstrates how to make a stationary roman shade.
No sew faux roman shade.
Measure from the top of your board where your valance is going to end in your window and put a pin to mark it.
If the top of your window is really close to the ceiling you may want to make a shorter faux roman.
How to make faux roman.
April 6 2016 at 9 18 am so glad you found it helpful.
The bathroom just said relaxed roman to me and a faux shade was just the thing.
Decide on the length of the valance.
A roller shade behind will b for more privacy.
Just inside the window to keep things neat and tidy and non fussy.
Reach up under the shade to drill the holes make sure you do not drill through the face of the fabric.
It s sort of in the style of a roman shade anyway i wanted something simple in here.
This will make a faux roman that s 18 inches long.
Making sure to put a couple of staples going down the sides and also in the center pleat.
So they can handle a valance like this without blocking too much light.
To mount the shade to the wall turn it so that the face of main fabric is facing toward you.
Our step by step demo is easy to follow.
Typically the folds in a mock roman valance are 4 to 6 inches long.
There s lots of tutorials for this on the web if you do a search.
We had no choice but to call ours a relaxed roman balloon valance.
Once a generous amount of fabric starts being added to the overall design the window treatment becomes an interesting hybrid between a relaxed roman shade and balloon valance.
For example for a 3 fold valance a length of 12 15 or 18 inches is preferable.
Cut a piece of fabric for the lining of your faux roman shade the width of your window by 21 inches.
Fold the 5 inches below that to meet the edge of the shade but not around to the back.
Pre drill holes through the board in preparation for attaching it to the wall.
I did a quick search and found beth s homestories atoz here.
Staple the fabric to the board.
Your valance should look like this at this point.
Run a glue stick along the excess fabric along the side of the shade and the edge of the shade.