Me & Mimi's Crafting Nook

In the kids rooms I wanted to do something different with their curtains. I have been thinking about it for a while when me and Mimi went to a shop that was going out of business.  I found the cutest upholstery fabric for the kids room.  Then I was looking on Pinterest ( one of my favorite things to do) and found diy roman blinds.   I went to walmart and found  the wood faux blinds.  The set I got was the cordless blinds, to let up the blind just push up and to let it down just pull.  I was a little nervous because the blinds were $29.99 and I was afraid that I would mess them up.  However, I took a deep deep breathe and jumped right in.

The following is how I made them

Lay out the blinds and cut all the strings EXCEPT the string that lifts and lowers the blind

This is what it will look like after you finish cutting the strings

Now what you do is take the length of the window and divide it by 7 (the 7 comes in because you are going to leave 7 inches between the slats).  Now is the fun part, break off the slats that you don’t need leaving only the slats needed to make the folds.

below is what the blind will look like after taking out the extra slats.

After picking out the upholstery fabric you want to use. Cut the fabric 4 inches more than the length of the window.

Measure 7 inches apart and glue the slats, top and bottom to the fabric.

           

 

 

I was very please at how they looked afterwards.