Cover Vinyl Roller Shade With Fabric

These shade materials are generally made of polyester or fiberglass covered with pvc.

Cover vinyl roller shade with fabric.

I am going to use spray adhesive on a vinyl roller shade and cover it with some thin fabric. Lay the unrolled shade on top of the fabric. Choose the perfect fabric for your custom roller shades in this carefully curated category from sailrite our discerning team of sewists has handpicked the best fabrics for roller shade applications by great brands like phifertex sheerweave soltis and roc lon. Pretty up a vinyl roller shade with some fabric to match your decor.

Add two inches to the width and four inches to the height and cut the shade fabric and lining fabric to these dimensions. A nice opportunity came my way to partner with walls republic who. Then i spray glued the edges down. Lay your roller shade on a flat surface that is covered with plastic.

Liberally coat the side you re going to cover with the white glue. The spray adhesive that i used was elmer s craft bond. More and more eco friendly versions are becoming available like polyester cotton linen blends as well as 100 polyester and 100 polyethylene terephthalate pet. Open weave and sun screen roller shade materials.

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. Cut triangle shaped excess pieces of the fabric from the roller shade bottom corners 1 4 inch from the shade bottom edge with scissors. Measure the piece of fabric or vinyl removed from the shade. Don t use newspaper because if the newsprint gets wet from the glue the printing can transfer onto your fabric and ruin it.

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. 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. I don t want the white of the shade to show through the dark fabric so i want to put on a layer of acrylic paint first then the adhesive then the fabric. It s what i had on hand.

This is what will be facing the street. Make sure all areas are covered and no spaces are left dry.