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Neil McLachlan is a designer that has appeared on many of our Changing Rooms shows. Here he shows us how to make some blinds from brightly coloured hessian.
What You'll Need
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Black cotton drill |
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Brightly coloured hessian |
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Timber doweling and battens |
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Staple gun and staples |
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Hot glue gun |
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Eyelets and cord |
Measuring & Cutting Blinds
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Measure your windows and add about 500mm to the length measurement. Cut your hessian to suit, taking care not to pull out of shape. Cut cotton drill into long, 200mm-wide strips. Iron each strip in half and then iron the edges so that they are tucked under. Position the long edge of a piece of hessian so that it is between the folds of the drill. Sew down the length of the cotton drill on its tucked-under side. Repeat on the other side of the hessian. |
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Attaching with a Glue Gun
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Cut a piece of doweling to suit the width of the hessian. Using a hot glue gun, attach it to one end of the hessian, rolling the fabric so that the timber isn`t visible. This will now be the bottom of the blind. |
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Stapling Blinds
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At the other end, use the staple gun to attach the hessian to a batten, which has been cut to suit the width of the blind. Screw in eyelets at each end of the batten and screw in a third eyelet about 175mm in from one end. |
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Attaching Cords
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Cut a piece of cord six times the length of the blind. Knot one end of the cord and staple it to the batten near one end. Then loop the cord down the length of the blind and up the other side, inserting the end through the eyelet. Run the cord along the top of the batten and loop around the other edge of the blind. Use the third eyelet to provide tension. |
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Hanging Window Blinds
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Hang your blind by screwing the batten-end to the window frame. Screw in a hook on the side of the window frame to hook the excess cord around when the blind is pulled up.
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