Scalloped bottom with grosgrain ribbon

It sure is taking me a long time to get back into the blog groove.  I think I know what it is: my desk is REALLY messy and I don't like sitting here feeling guilty about it.  So this week is Desk Week.
Meantime, before I start cleaning (ha!), I want to continue showing some of the display shades I featured two posts ago, for my friend Liz's new store.

For this shaped-bottom flat Roman, Liz chose an adorable grosgrain ribbon with little buttons.

I didn't think I could get the ribbon to go around the curves of the scallops, but by hand-sewing with teeny-tiny stitches and easing the fullness around the curves, it worked.   This is time-consuming!

After the shade was on the board it clearly needed something to define the top and balance the ribbon.  I rummaged around and found a gorgeous pink velvet that I bought at a Couton & Tout warehouse sale.  Perfect!

Hobbled shades with shaped bottom contrast fabric banding

These were fun!  For me it's always a huge challenge to figure out how to do the math for hobbled shades with any kind of trim at the bottom.  The key is to space everything so that when the shade is raised, the folds don't cover the trim. 

The very first time I did something like this, I was horrified when I raised the shade and the beautiful trim just disappeared!  I sort of have the hang of it now.   I do a mockup to double-check my numbers. 
For outside mount hobbled shades, I make a valance instead of a top fold.

Here is the big one.   The floral is an embroidered linen, the banding is a coarse-weave cotton.  I cut the shaped band and top-stitched it to the shade, then made a facing in the rose and hand-sewed it to the back.  Totally forgot about taking pictures of the fabrication.