anybody with fabric application to roller shade experience???
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My DD and I are re-doing my DGD (8yrs old) in retro 30's fabric. A little research came up with either venetian blinds (have and don't like) or roller shades from that era. Want to take 1 or 2 fabrics from the quilt I am making to glue to the roller shade. Any of you creative minds out there have any idea what glue to use or other way to attach the fabric? Thanks in advance!
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Don't remember exactly how I did it, but years ago I had a shade that got torn up by the kiddos and replaced the vinyl with fabric. As long as the inside mechanism still works, you don't have to have the vinyl part. If you make it long enough you are going to hide the area where it is attached anyway, so you could even use duct tape!
#6
Has anyone tried to use a roller shade with a layer of flannel or ? on it to use as a design wall? You can just roll it up with your block on it. I saw something like this in a Qmag ad, and thought I could make one--maybe!
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Originally Posted by borntoquilt
My DD and I are re-doing my DGD (8yrs old) in retro 30's fabric. A little research came up with either venetian blinds (have and don't like) or roller shades from that era. Want to take 1 or 2 fabrics from the quilt I am making to glue to the roller shade. Any of you creative minds out there have any idea what glue to use or other way to attach the fabric? Thanks in advance!
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I will add that you do have to watch the weight of the fabric or the spring won't roll it up. You can adjust them to a certain extent, but found that if the fabric was to heavy the spring would go "Boing" and then you have to rewind it.
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