MIA no more!

You may have noticed that sometimes I'm really meticulous about documenting the projects we work on, both process and completed product; others just slip through the workroom with a cursory workroom shot.  I hate to say it, but, there are also plenty more that you never even hear about, neither a word nor a photograph.

For the past few weeks I've found it difficult to keep up with the documentation and completely unable to set aside time for the blog.  I haven't even had time to keep up with reading blogs I love, or post on the D&D Pro Network Forum. 
Fortunately,  my iPhoto is cluttered with a collection of pics from some of our recent projecst, and I'm going to begin trying to catch up, one post at a time.

These shades are in the family living area of a large home.  The family room has two triple windows, a double, and a single; and the kitchen area has five single windows and a door.
This fabric by Sea Grass replaces dark brown woven woods and instantly made the area warm and inviting. 
This was a perfect setting for center-pleat relaxed roman shades.  By the sheerest good fortune, the pattern could be matched where we seamed together the cut-down widths comprising the individual sections of the multiple-section shades.
We used the newly available ladder shroud tape for these.
For this house I'm posting only photos that include little beyond the actual window treatment, or I have cropped out most of everything other than the window treatments.

Double Center Pleat Relaxed Roman

A double relaxed Roman tends to be pretty flat at the bottom, so center pleats are sometimes added to give more fullness and create a more graceful droop.

The fabric should look familiar- we made cafe curtains out of it in the spring.

The double center pleat relaxed Roman that this client liked

I love how the a new pattern was created out of the larger pattern when the fabric was pin-tucked

The chenille flowers are bulky, making it tricky to join the widths.

The center pleats are pretty cool!

Pattern Layout Challenge

Here is a beautiful Brunschwig & Fils print that is intended to become shades of some sort.
The decorator's first intention was to make London shades, but it doesn't seem like the best way to use this pattern.

There are two windows, of two different sizes- one is 40-something, and one is 60-something.  We can play with the finished sizes a bit to accommodate the pattern somewhat.

Here are 3 styles we're considering for this fabric- or yet another hybrid version, as yet not dreamed up.  All three of these shades were made in the past year or two for our clients.