Roman Shades

This is just a quickie, but I had mentioned back in the fall that I would post a picture of the roman shade I was making for Vander's room. Drum roll please:

So, that's it. I learned a few tidbits of wisdom making this one that I will pass on should you decide to try your own hand at the roman shade.

1. Make the shade to hang on the outside of the window frame. I can sew, but I am not a very pacient sewer and sometimes my lines aren't perfect. It's much easier to hang fabric over a window than to fit it perfectly into a window frame.

2. Before you sew the bottom hem, trial hang it in the window to make sure that you have made it long enough. You can't tell from this picture, but there is additional dark brown fabric I had to add to the bottom of my shade.

Anyway, I would say it was worth it to make my own and not pay Pottery Barn an arm and a leg.