A great big thanks to all of you for your advice and the encouragement. I have been wrestling with a roman shade made of silk dupioni, lined with self-healing blackout lining. The problem was that any stitching line would give a light strike when on the window. Today I took another piece of lining, pressed the edges under and glued it in place all around. I only had to remove one row of rings, and I used a very loose slipstitch to secure the lining to the shade. The rings I sewed back on held the layers in the center together. The glue kept me from ripping yards of stitching from a fabric that really wouldn’t hold up to it. Thanks to all. Galey
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you know the other thingto do is to make a shade which just has the loops and not the batons. This makes a quick and very nice soft Roman shade
Thank you, Mem for reminding me of that. This time, however, I was trying to help my friend the decorator "salvage" a project that had gone wrong--neither the original design nor the fabrication began with me. Tonight the shade is installed and three out of three people are happy: The customer, my friend, and me!
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