Gaye sent this nice message with photographs of her shades. 

"Well, I finished them. The top-down-bottom-up weren't nearly as difficult to make (thanks to all your WONDERFUL instructions). I worried more about making them than necessary. Just LOOK how gorgeous they are! I was going to make a fancy valance, but I loved my friend's suggestion and just made another "loop" of fabric.

Gaye placed both cords on the same side of the shade. You can see both cords at the left of the shade. She used cord lock pulleys and sent photographs of the shades without the valances, which are shown below.

Gaye continues her message: Terrell, your website is awesome, your instructions are clear and precise. I truly believe that I couldn't have done these without you. (I haven't sewn in almost 20 years! I wasn't even sure I could thread the machine ... but, it's like riding a bike). I glued battens, like you suggested, against my better judgment, like you mentioned, and they are perfect! (I did test the fabric first). A novice seamstress could make these ... WITH your instructions! Measure, measure, measure! Cut once, sew once. Yippee, I'm going to go sit and enjoy my study!!!  I love my new shades!!!"  Steve & Gaye

In the photograph just below, you can see that Gaye placed both the top-down cord lock (at the front of the board) and the bottom-up cord lock (at the back of the board) on the left-hand side of the shade. This is an inside mount installation. Gaye screwed the board directly into the top of the window frame.

Below is one more photograph of both shades without the valances. I think that Gaye did a great job with the striped fabric. I wish this were MY study. 

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