shrunk roman shades :o(

finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a
stripe on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and
might look like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of
course, these were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will
post pics if it ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am
thanking the trees in the front yard for the privacy, since we took down
the old window treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish
it.. and there is quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and
foot... and I am not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the
house, any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?
--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)

Might want to think about putting 2 narrow sheers with a top and bottom rod
on either side of your shades to narrow the amount of window needing a
shade. It would make it a "fashion statement:."
Barbara in SC
"DrQuilter" wrote in message
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finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a stripe
on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and might look
like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of course, these
were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will post pics if it
ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am thanking the trees in
the front yard for the privacy, since we took down the old window
treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish it.. and there is
quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and foot... and I am
not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the house,
any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?
--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)

I made Roman shades for my son's townhouse. What I didn't take into
consideration was after they had hung in place a few weeks they began
to take creases from being in the open position. This caused them to
be two inches shorter than planned. The crease doesn't look bad, in
fact it looks natural. The problem is the thin line of bright sunlight
that comes in at the bottom window. These are in his media room which
he wants absolutely dark. Fortunately I have some leftover fabric and
plan to add a folded piece along the bottom. Hopefully I will just be
able to staple it into the wood slat that runs along the bottom.

Susan

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:58:56 -0700, DrQuilter
wrote:

finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a
stripe on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and
might look like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of
course, these were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will
post pics if it ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am
thanking the trees in the front yard for the privacy, since we took down
the old window treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish
it.. and there is quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and
foot... and I am not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the
house, any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?

That happened to me years ago too. I'd had draperies made for 3 windows
and they were lined and
weren't cheap. I thought I'd wash one pair carefully.... Cold
water...gentle wash....and draped them in the
shade to dry. They did shrink quite a bit in length. The slip cover I'd
had made to match also
shrunk....Fortunately I put that on while a bit damp but it was never the
same.
Kind of a chancy thing whether to wash or not I guess...but didn't really
care to send to
the dry cleaners either....hate those chemicals. Mary


"DrQuilter" wrote in message
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finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a
stripe on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and
might look like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of
course, these were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will
post pics if it ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am
thanking the trees in the front yard for the privacy, since we took down
the old window treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish
it.. and there is quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and
foot... and I am not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the
house, any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?
--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)

DrQuilter wrote:
it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for the window now..... (

thought of adding a stripe on both sides and the bottom. will give it
a finished look and might look like we always intended it to be there
if we do it right.

should look OK - don't forget to prewash the new fabric!

liz young in sunny california

Can you hang a "frame" around the shades in a co-ordinate fabric - straight
side panels and top valance, so the shade would be behind them? Then the
gaps would be hidden.

Otherwise - whenever I moved (25 times in all) I always ended up with
curtains or blinds that didn't fit somewhere. I shortened the curtains
(some three times) for other windows, and appliqued onto the blinds to use
them as screens. My motto - when in doubt . . . . . applique over it!!
LOL

Cheryl

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
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finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a stripe
on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and might look
like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of course, these
were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will post pics if it
ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am thanking the trees in
the front yard for the privacy, since we took down the old window
treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish it.. and there is
quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and foot... and I am
not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the house,
any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?
--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)

problem is that we were going for a clean uncluttered japanese feel...
hence the roman shades in ecru. I think the culprit is the lining fabric!

Cheryl wrote:

Can you hang a "frame" around the shades in a co-ordinate fabric - straight
side panels and top valance, so the shade would be behind them? Then the
gaps would be hidden.

Otherwise - whenever I moved (25 times in all) I always ended up with
curtains or blinds that didn't fit somewhere. I shortened the curtains
(some three times) for other windows, and appliqued onto the blinds to use
them as screens. My motto - when in doubt . . . . . applique over it!!
LOL

Cheryl

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...

finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a stripe
on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and might look
like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of course, these
were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will post pics if it
ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am thanking the trees in
the front yard for the privacy, since we took down the old window
treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish it.. and there is
quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and foot... and I am
not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the house,
any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?
--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)




--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)

So applique ecru on ecru and add a matching folded hem in the new fabric for
more length!

--

Cheryl
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
cawaites@netconnectDOTcomDOTau


"DrQuilter" wrote in message
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problem is that we were going for a clean uncluttered japanese feel...
hence the roman shades in ecru. I think the culprit is the lining fabric!

Cheryl wrote:

Can you hang a "frame" around the shades in a co-ordinate fabric -
straight side panels and top valance, so the shade would be behind them?
Then the gaps would be hidden.

Otherwise - whenever I moved (25 times in all) I always ended up with
curtains or blinds that didn't fit somewhere. I shortened the curtains
(some three times) for other windows, and appliqued onto the blinds to
use them as screens. My motto - when in doubt . . . . . applique over
it!! LOL

Cheryl

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...

finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a stripe
on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and might look
like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of course,
these were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will post pics
if it ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am thanking the
trees in the front yard for the privacy, since we took down the old
window treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish it.. and
there is quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and foot...
and I am not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the
house, any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?
--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)




--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)

Not much experience with this type of curtain, but instead of adding to the
sides, would it work to split right down the middle and insert a subtly
contrasting strip?
Roberta in D

"DrQuilter" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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problem is that we were going for a clean uncluttered japanese feel...
hence the roman shades in ecru. I think the culprit is the lining fabric!

Cheryl wrote:

Can you hang a "frame" around the shades in a co-ordinate fabric -
straight side panels and top valance, so the shade would be behind them?
Then the gaps would be hidden.

Otherwise - whenever I moved (25 times in all) I always ended up with
curtains or blinds that didn't fit somewhere. I shortened the curtains
(some three times) for other windows, and appliqued onto the blinds to
use them as screens. My motto - when in doubt . . . . . applique over
it!! LOL

Cheryl

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...

finished first cream coloured roman shade for our bedroom yesterday. saw
it had a couple of odd stains from being dragged around that I thought
would show with the light coming through (probably water marks). decided
to wash it before hanging it. it shrunk! a lot! its not wide enough for
the window now..... (

we tried to take a positive attitude. better to know it now than a year
from now when I decide to wash them... anyway, thought of adding a stripe
on both sides and the bottom. will give it a finished look and might look
like we always intended it to be there if we do it right. of course,
these were finished, so we are unsure how to attach it.. will post pics
if it ever makes it to the window. in the meantime, I am thanking the
trees in the front yard for the privacy, since we took down the old
window treatments a week ago when we thought we would finish it.. and
there is quite a bit of traffic on my new street, both cars and foot...
and I am not known for being too modest... )

so i will have 4 hunter green blinds seventy inches wide, with all their
hardware, newish but totally not matching our decor anywhere in the
house, any suggestions what to do with them besides freecycle them?
--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)




--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)

probably not... they have a 3D pattern - that is, the fabric was folded
and little pockets sewn so that they create diamond shapes. i think
adding strips to 3 sides might give it a more finished look. cut the
first stripe but that is how far I got, and I am leaving for 4 days in
mexico, so it'll have to wait one more week...thanks for the suggestion
though.

Roberta Zollner wrote:
Not much experience with this type of curtain, but instead of adding to the
sides, would it work to split right down the middle and insert a subtly
contrasting strip?
Roberta in D

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Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out for a walk)