Leatherwood Design Co

Upholstery fabrics make stunning shades, and I have a few techniques for working with the extra bulk. These shades are extra bulky beca...

These are the widest I've ever made this hybrid shade, a cross between a London and a relaxed shade..  London shades droop too much in t...

Four rows of grosgrain ribbon: this is why I got a Dofix!  Well, one of many reasons.  But grosgrain ribbon application was near the top of ...

Every time I make a shade, I tweak my method a little bit.  I was concerned about making certain the contrast band on this shade to stays ni...

Following up from my last post, I want to share how I speed-produced the three cute French blackout shades with the pleated grosgrain ribbon...

I have another way to eliminate pinholes of light in blackout shades. These are French blackout lined. As most of you know, French black...

I hadn't made a French blackout shade in awhile.... now I have a little surge of them coming up. French blackout consists of four layer...

Is it Friday yet???  If it's not, it should be! I'm running so behind on blog posts that I think I'll bump Friday up a day. T...