Comments on: Tutorial: Cordless Classic Roman Shade

By: heather

heather — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:05:03 +0000

Yep! It’s a manual process, but it eliminates the need for a cord.

By: Shanon Thatcher

Shanon Thatcher — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:34:35 +0000

Ah ….maze……ing!!!!
Thank you sooooo much for taking the time to do this.
You soooo made my day!!

I’m so excited to begin my shades I need 4 huge ones and your photos and commentary gave me the confidence. We intend on putting up some wide decorative wooden trim around the window frames our shades will fit in.

Here’s a site with what we’ll have: http://www.randallbrothers.com/interior-window-trim.html

Happy sewing
Shanon

By: heather

heather — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:58:41 +0000

Jen – I’m so glad this was helpful for you! There area few things I would do differently the next time around to eliminate so much hand stitching. But, I agree that the original MS tutorial was lacking in details.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:09:07 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I can’t thank you enough. I have been working on some classic roman shades from Martha Stewart’s website for two weeks and was about to throw everything in the trash when I came across your expanded tutorial. Bless you for taking the time to do this! I’ve been sewing the dowel pockets all wrong. I get it now! You are a lifesaver. (Oh, and I did my mitered corners wrong too. Could Martha’s crew have taken the time to write just one or two more paragraphs and taken at least one or two more pictures?)

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:40:15 +0000

This would be perfect for my toddler’s room. No cords to cause a strangulation risk! Thank, you!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:18:50 +0000

No, but they are pretty much the same thing.

By: christine

christine — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:15:58 +0000

The safety rings are a form of shower curtain ring, right?

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:59:22 +0000

Thanks for your detailed descriptions and especially your photos. I started with the MS tutorial, but I got stuck on the 3/8 inch double fold hem. This was very helpful!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:34:46 +0000

Hmm…not sure how to make magnets work, but that’s a great solution for an easier up and down method. I’m sure there’s something out there in a craft or hobby store that will work.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:39:15 +0000

Thanks for explaining so clearly! I’m going to use this for our newly redone bedroom. Any thoughts on how to add magnets to the back instead of clips? Plan to raise and lower shades pretty often… Thanks!