Comments on: 1959 instructions to make your own fabric roller shades

By: Char

Char — Sat, 28 May 2011 14:24:36 +0000

I tried fusing the fabric to the vinyl shade with an iron and the fabric shrank due to steaming and buckled the vinyl. I tried gluing to the vinyl and it worked better but still was too thick and buckled some. I’m going to try just using fabric starch but was going to try to make the shades sun blocking. I think I’m going to give up on that and go for shades that work instead. I MIGHT try to fuse heavier pellon, but just keep in mind that steam shrinks the fabric to cut it AFTER you fuse it and measure it to see how much it changed. I didn’t shrink it first because most home dec. fabric is not meant to be washed.

By: Nil

Nil — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:52:46 +0000

I have a couple of standard roller shades from Home Depot. I would like to fuse some fabric on it. Can that be done? If so, how?
Thanks.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:49:29 +0000

M.A., sometimes you have to take the roller off and tighten the spring by turning the flat end until it’s wound. But I wasn’t very pleased with the long-term durability of the JoAnne roller. The kit was handy, but you could easily buy the fusing separately and the buy a plain roller at the hardware store.