Our new dig: front pull tab for spring roller romans

We are diggin' this front pull tab, hidden under the permanent bottom fold.

This is an outgrowth of the back pull tab, which I've been using all year instead of a pull ring.

Spring roller shades do not strictly require, but work much better with, a permanent fold at the bottom, to make it easier to engage the spring mechanism and not over-pull the shade.
We used that permanent fold to hide a pull tab, made of self-fabric with a bit of flat bar inside so there'd be something rigid to grab hold of.

We made the shade our usual way, adding 6" for the permanent bottom fold.  This shade is interlined and has ribs sewn in.

We turn the hem into a machine-sewn weight bar pocket which provides security and stability, and that is where the pull tab is sewn in.  Here, the shade bottom is folded back so you can see where we pinned the tab.

The bottom row of rings are held by tiny twill tape tabs for even more security.

The raw edges of the tab are trimmed after it's attached.

The hem is folded back to encase the tab.

The second stitch line is sewn to complete the weight bar pocket.

The weight bar is slipped into the pocket, and I also added a rib to keep the bottom hem perfectly straight since this fabric is a little loosey-goosey.

When the shade is strung, the bottom two rings will be pulled up close to each other with an orb and then tied.

Ta-da!