No-Sew Roller Shade

From our online exclusive Ask Alice: Window Treatment Ideas with Alice Fakier of HGTV Design Star.

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A simple no-sew roller shade
Alice's Tips:

  • The spray adhesive works fast. Be sure to get all your wrinkles out immediately, or you’ll be stuck with a wrinkly shade.

Materials:

roller shade (Magic Fit) - Amazon.com
2 yards of fabric (yellow background rich floral, item #3332) - Milling Around
decorator trim (red, green, gold acorn fringe, item #2381) - Milling Around
spray adhesive - Hobby Lobby
adhesive tape (Tesa clear double sided emblem adhesive tape) - Caddo Paint
shade hardware (Newell Wind) - Lowe's
A painter’s mask
A pair of scissors

Steps:

1. Go to a highly ventilated area for this first step. Lay your fabric out and spray with your adhesive. Spray about 6– 8 inches away. Be sure to use your painter's mask for this step.

2. Carefully lay your fabric on top of the roller. Crease any wrinkles out.

3. Back at your workspace, grab your scissors and cut the fabric along the edge of the shade.

4. Roll your shade back up.

5. Measure your trim along the bottom edge of the shade, leaving a little room on both sides.

6. Measure out the appropriate length for your double sided adhesive tape.

7. Press your tape into place and peel off the top layer.

8. Carefully press your trim onto the tape.

9. Tuck the trim on each side to hide the seam.

Resources

roller shade
style: Magic Fit
website: www.amazon.com

yellow background rich multi-floral fabric
item #3332
red, green and gold acorn fringe
item #2381
website: www.millingaroundfabrics.com

spray adhesive
website: www.hobbylobby.com

Tesa clear double sided emblem adhesive tape
website: www.caddopaint.com