French Door Shades Tutorial

Tie in your home decor with your french doors (or other room windows), with our French Door Shades tutorial. Select the fabric, and within an afternoon you can have beautiful shades from the inside out!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS: 
Length of fabric may vary depending on glass dimensions in door.
• 2 yds 45" home decor print Fabric A
• 2 yds 45" 45" home decor print Fabric B
• 2 yds 45" home decor solid Fabric C: for ties
• 1x1 wood board for top mounting: one for each door: cut 3" wider than glass
• 3/8" dowel: for bottom hem length of each door: cut 3" wider than glass
• Staple gun, staples
• Basic sewing supplies
• Sewing machine
• Iron, pressing surface

DIRECTIONS: 
All seam allowances 1/2".
1. Measure glass opening in door. Add 4" to the width and length.
Fabrics A & B: Cut one each with the new dimension for each door.
The pictured door had a glass opening of 15"x67"; fabric was cut to 19"x71".
2. With RS together, sew both sides and bottom of each shade. Turn RS out and press. Sew top closed.
3. Turn bottom up 1½" toward the lining; topstitch to form a casing.
4. TIES: For each door cut four 4"xLOS pieces of Fabric C. Pictured ties were cut to 4"x71".
5. Fold each strap, RS together; sew along open length and one end. Turn RS out; press.
6. Staple top of shade to the 1x1; add two ties to the bottom & two ties on the top, 3" from each side.
Mount to door frame above glass.
7. Slide the dowel into the bottom casing.

ABBREVIATIONS: RS = Right side(s), WS = Wrong side(s), LOS = Length of shade