Cover Vinyl Roller Shade With Fabric

Open weave and sun screen roller shade materials.

Cover vinyl roller shade with fabric.

A nice opportunity came my way to partner with walls republic who. Lay the unrolled shade on top of the fabric. Then i spray glued the edges down. It s what i had on hand.

Liberally coat the side you re going to cover with the white glue. Lay your fabric over the vinyl shade making sure that it s centered if it has a pattern to it mine did and that it s hanging over the bottom of the shade about 1. The spray adhesive that i used was elmer s craft bond. Cut the fabric along the sides and across the bottom of the shade with scissors leaving the fabric approximately 1 inch wider than the vinyl on all.

These shade materials are generally made of polyester or fiberglass covered with pvc. Make sure all areas are covered and no spaces are left dry. Lift up the bottom 6 of the fabric spray the blind beneath well and then smooth that bit of fabric over the glue with your hands i tried a ruler at first to smooth the fabric but doing it by hand seemed to work much. How to design beautiful roller shades with wallpaper i used wallpaper to transform my plain white vinyl roller shades and what a difference it made.

Press both pieces of fabric. Apply glue to the shade bottom edge and press the fabric into. I don t want the white of the shade to show through the dark fabric so i want to put on a layer of acrylic paint first then the adhesive then the fabric. Add two inches to the width and four inches to the height and cut the shade fabric and lining fabric to these dimensions.

Cut triangle shaped excess pieces of the fabric from the roller shade bottom corners 1 4 inch from the shade bottom edge with scissors. Pretty up a vinyl roller shade with some fabric to match your decor. Choose the perfect fabric for your custom roller shades in this carefully curated category from sailrite our discerning team of sewists has handpicked the best fabrics for roller shade applications by great brands like phifertex sheerweave soltis and roc lon. Lay your roller shade on a flat surface that is covered with plastic.

More and more eco friendly versions are becoming available like polyester cotton linen blends as well as 100 polyester and 100 polyethylene terephthalate pet. Don t use newspaper because if the newsprint gets wet from the glue the printing can transfer onto your fabric and ruin it.