Cover Vinyl Roller Shade With Fabric

Cut triangle shaped excess pieces of the fabric from the roller shade bottom corners 1 4 inch from the shade bottom edge with scissors.

Cover vinyl roller shade with fabric.

Lay the unrolled shade on top of the fabric. 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. A nice opportunity came my way to partner with walls republic who.

These shade materials are generally made of polyester or fiberglass covered with pvc. This is what will be facing the street. Press both pieces of fabric. Pretty up a vinyl roller shade with some fabric to match your decor.

I am going to use spray adhesive on a vinyl roller shade and cover it with some thin fabric. The spray adhesive that i used was elmer s craft bond. 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. Lay your roller shade on a flat surface that is covered with plastic.

Make sure all areas are covered and no spaces are left dry. 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. Measure the piece of fabric or vinyl removed from the shade.

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. It s what i had on hand. 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. Add two inches to the width and four inches to the height and cut the shade fabric and lining fabric to these dimensions.

Apply glue to the shade bottom edge and press the fabric into. Then i spray glued the edges down.