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Hi everyone!
Just wanted to say what a great site this is - Full of invaluable information.
I have made a few curtains and Roman blinds in the past with varying degrees of success, though not to the immaculate finish that most of you are acieving. I would really like to improve my skills at making blinds as I am due to have a sun room built at the end of summer and am thinking about about making blinds myself. As an all-year round room, I think roller blinds wont be warm enough.
I found my way here after buying an M and D book on curtains and blinds. It has really opened my eyes!! - prior to this the track systems I boughtfor my two 120cm wide windows cost me over £100 each!!! - Oh how the sellers must have been laughing. They are exactly as you would find on M and D's site. Trouble is, when you don't know where to buy such stuff Google can take you to all the wrong places!!
Anyway, I am planning to update both the blinds I have made ( for practice), and perhaps also the proffesionally done one I have in my bedroom. I seem to get a bit muddled with the rod spacings, so no doubt I may yet shout for help!! I would love to go on a course, but I am based in Aberdeen, so too far from any I have found listed (so far).
Look forward to being part of this site.
ang x
Just wanted to say what a great site this is - Full of invaluable information.
I have made a few curtains and Roman blinds in the past with varying degrees of success, though not to the immaculate finish that most of you are acieving. I would really like to improve my skills at making blinds as I am due to have a sun room built at the end of summer and am thinking about about making blinds myself. As an all-year round room, I think roller blinds wont be warm enough.
I found my way here after buying an M and D book on curtains and blinds. It has really opened my eyes!! - prior to this the track systems I boughtfor my two 120cm wide windows cost me over £100 each!!! - Oh how the sellers must have been laughing. They are exactly as you would find on M and D's site. Trouble is, when you don't know where to buy such stuff Google can take you to all the wrong places!!
Anyway, I am planning to update both the blinds I have made ( for practice), and perhaps also the proffesionally done one I have in my bedroom. I seem to get a bit muddled with the rod spacings, so no doubt I may yet shout for help!! I would love to go on a course, but I am based in Aberdeen, so too far from any I have found listed (so far).
Look forward to being part of this site.
ang x
. I did study your article, and I will look at it in more depth later. I am ashamed to say that the last Romans I made had a sort of iron-on type lining (
. If ever the adage measure twice cut once, was made for someone, then it must be me!!. 
- Bought a JL300C (I think), from John Lewis - they are basically janome machines and a vast improvement on the basic Brother model I bought 16 years ago ( when coincidentally, I was working in JL dress fabrics as part of my Graduate training scheme). I then went to Waterstones to buy my own copy of 'The Bible'. Of course, now I have to wait for Hamish to have an afternoon nap, so I can have a play about with it.
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