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Terrell has over fifteen years experience in designing and making unique Roman shades, lecturing and teaching. She is the nationally recognized expert for classic Roman shades and top down bottom up fabric shades.

We are your specialists for making Roman shades, buying Roman shade hardware and learning how to make Roman shades, whether Classic flat shades or top down bottom up shades.

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Mounting Board Hardware
    Angle Iron
    Cord Lock
    Cord Lock - How to String
    Cord Lock - With Grommets
    Flat Pulley
    Hook & Loop Fastener
    Mounting Board
    Screw Eyes
    Velcro

Internal Parts
    Aluminum Weight Rod
    Clear Plastic Battens
    Plastic Battens - off-white
    Plastic Batten Splint
    Rod Splice
    Steel Weight Rod

Lifting Hardware
    Cord Cleats - overview
    Cord Cleat, Cast Antique Bronze
    Cord Cleat, Stamped Antique Bronze
    Cord Cleat, Nickel
    Cord Cleat, Plastic
    Cord Cleat, Solid Brass
    Cord Drop - overview
  Cord Drop, Large Weighted
    Cord Drop, Metal Fluted
    Cord Drop, Small Weighted
    Cord Drop, Wood
    Lift Cord - White
    Lift Cord - Tan
    Lift Cord - Brown
    Lift Cord - Alabaster
    Lift Rings

Top-Down Hardware
    Stiffener Board
    Knot Screw Eyes

Fabric Linings & Supplies
    Adding Machine Paper
    Aleene's Jewel-It
    Blackout Lining
    Button & Craft Thread
    Overseas Shipping
    Paint Marker
  Rain-No-Stain Lining
    Scotchgard Fabric Spray
    Thermalsuede Lining

Books and Kits
    Four Diamond Project
    Garden View Project
    Pieced Roman Shades
    One Fabric Sample Roman Shade Kit
    Sample Pieced Shade Kit with Fabric
    Sample Pieced Shade Kit without Fabric

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Item AJI	Item AMP
Item B1	Item BLC
Item BOW	Item CCABC
Item CCABS	Item CCN
Item CCP	Item CCSB
Item CDF	Item CDL
Item CDS	Item CDW
Item CLP	Item GVP
Item KS	Item LC
Item LCC	Item LR
Item LRM	Item MB12
Item PB	Item PBC
Item PBSP	Item PF
Item PM
Item OFSK	Item OS
Item RA	Item RNS
Item RS	Item RSP
Item SB	Item SEM
Item SG	Item SKI
Item SKIF	Item TBC
Item TS	Item V34

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Terrell's Simple Designs
  Tiles & Molding Kitchen Shades
  Checkered Studio Valance
  Four Diamonds in Rust Bedroom Shade
  Butternut & Rust Hearth Room Shades
  Churn Dash Top Design Bedroom Shades
  Forest Quad Living Room Shades

Terrell's Geometric Designs
  Stained Glass French Door Shades
  Chevron Wall Hanging
  Arts & Crafts Bathroom Top-Down Shades
  Teen's Bedroom Top-Down Shades
  Bricks & Mortar Lobby Wall Hanging
  Southwest Family Room Shades
  Like Klimt Wall Hanging
  Chevron Studio Valance
  Buttercup Art's & Crafts Shade
  Ribbon Studio Valance

Terrell's Quilt Block Designs

Log Cabi n Quilt Block Designs
  Log Cabin Sleeping Room Shade
  Farber Breakfast Nook Shade
  Dewey Road Dining Room Shades
  Crazy Logs Wall Hanging
  People & Trees Sample Shade
  Farber Living Room Shades

Diamonds & Stars

Terrell's Watercolor Designs

Terrell's PhotoView Designs
French Doors
Valances
Readers' Galleries
Simple
Quilt Blocks
Truly Art

How To Make Roman Shades

Understand Roman Shades
  Folding
  Internal Battens
  Ideal Stackage
  Lifting Mechanisms
  Appropriate Fabrics
     Front Fabrics
      Thermalsuede
      Blackout Lining
      How to Sew Thermalsuede

Measure and Design
    Mounting Options
    Multiple Windows
    Measure Window
    Operating the Hardware Calculator
    Sketch Your "Pattern"
         Pattern Template
         Example Pattern
    Gather Fabric and Hardware
    Required Tools

Common Techniques
Cut Fabrics
Hem Bottoms
Sew Side Seams
Glue Battens
Alternate Methods to Attach Battens
Sew Lift Rings
String Shade
Mount Shade

Make Classic Roman Shades
Close Top with Velcro
Make Headrail
Make Side Tabs

Make Top-Down and Bottom-Up Shades
How Cords Operate
Finished Dimensions
Folding TDBU Shade
Design Plan
Make TDBU Headrail
Cord Lock on TDBU
Make TDBU Shade
Mount TDBU Shade

Make Top-Down Only Shade

Make Valance
Inside Mount Valance
Outside Mount Valance

Finishing Touches

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Getting Started
A1. How do I get started making a shade?
A 2. How do I decide on fabric for my shade?
A3. Where do I get the hardware and supplies for my shades?
A4. What skills do I need to make a shade?
A5. What equipment and tools do I need to make a shade?
A6. How do I measure my windows?
A7. How do I determine the Stackage (the length of my shade when fully raised)?
A8. Can you sell me a pattern for my shade?
A9. I don't sew! Will you make a Roman shade for me?
A10. Can I print out your directions and give them to a local seamstress to make my shades?
A11. I have a small drapery workroom. Can I use your directions to make shades?

Professional Methods
B1. Why do you recommend using battens (stiffeners) in the folds of a shade?
B2. Why do you recommend using pulleys instead of screw eyes on the headrail?
B3. Why do you recommend using Velcro to attach the shade to the mounting board?
B4. How Large Can I Make a Roman shade?

Designing Pieced Roman Shades
C1. How do I get started making a pieced Roman shade?
C2. Will you make a pieced Roman shade for me?
C3. Can I make the pieced front and then you make it into a shade?
C4. Will you lay out my blocks for my pieced Roman shade?
C5. How do I determine the Stackage of a pieced Roman shade?
C6. Do you have an aide to help me lay out my blocks for my pieced Roman shade?
C7. How do I make the Four Diamond Pattern?
C8. How do I make the OceanView Pattern?
C9. Can I use appliqué techniques on my shades?
C10. How do I lay out a Full-Block Fold shade?
C11. Can I use the Warm Window Products with pieced Roman shades?
Terrell's Book

Living with Roman Shades
D1. How do I prevent the sunlight from fading my fabrics?
D2. How do I make room-darkening shades?
D3. How do I hang a shade on a steel door or window?
D4. How do I hide the lifting hardware so I can't see it on the outside of the window.
D5. How can I clean my Roman shades?

Variations on Classic Shades
E1. How do I make Top-Down shades?
E2. Can I make a Roman shade for a Trapezoid window?
E3. How do I make a Tab-Top (or Decorative Rod) Roman shade?
E4. How do I make a "Hobbled" Roman shade?
E5. How do I make a "Relaxed" Roman shade?
E6. SewNews Mock-Valance Shade.

Installation Tips
F1. How do I mount a shade on a metal window or a vinyl-clad metal window?
F2. How do I mount a Roman shade on an arched window?
F3. How do I mount shades on windows in the corner of my room?
F4. How do I install shades on a multiple window?

Questions about Top-Down Shades
G1. Do the cords show in the window when the top-down shade is open from the top down?
G2. My window is only 3/4" deep. Can I still make an inside-mount top-down shade?
G3. My top-down cord lock doesn't work very well. What can I do?

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Contact Information:
Terrell Designs, owned by Terrell Sundermann
5325 Sanford Cir. E. Englewood, Colorado 80113
Phone: (303) 758-0188 Email:

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