One day I'm going to make roman shades.

Materials:
Fabric; Lining.

Strips of wooden or plastic dowelling, 1.25" (3 cms) less than the blind's width.

Small plastic rings, approximately 0.5" (12mm) in diameter.
Wooden or brass acorn.

Nylon cord, 3 x (twice the length of the blind + the width of blind).
Wall cleat.

Stick and sew Velcro enough for the width of the blind.

Wooden Batten approx 1” (2.5cms) x 1” (2.5 cms) x the width of the finished blind.

4 screw eyelets.



from http://www.alternative-windows.com/roman-blind.htm