This
beautiful new range of throws made from lambswool and
cashmere/wool blend offers superb value for money. With
a wide range of designs and colours to choose from including
contemporary, geometric patterns and spots, traditional
checks and stripes, together with a range of plains
means there is something for everyone.
Shutters
offer longevity & lasting beauty, making
them great value for money. They outlast changes
in fashion and provide the ability to control the ambience
of a room to suit any mood. Please click here
to view information about this new service
we are offering.
FREE
Technical Download
We
have a six page, FREE technical download that shows
you how to make a beautiful lined (and interlined if
you want to) throw with a mitred border.
Please
click
here to directly access the downloads page and follow
the directions to receive your copy immediately, with
our compliments.
Ideas
We
thought you may be interested in seeing some of the work we
have done here, particularly with unusual or difficult windows.
If you are really pleased with a tricky window you have dealt
with, let us have a picture and a short description and we
can put those on our web pages too. Come on don't be
modest!
This
arched window was a bit of a challenge as the customer
didn't want to lose the shape of the arch or architrave
yet at the same time did not want to cut out light.
I have to admit with this solution you do lose, from
inside, the top of the window itself but it is a good
method of making the most of the shape. At the same
time it offers a practical and attractive way of excluding
the draughts at night especially if you are on a tight
budget as it does not use too much fabric.
To
give our client an idea of how the finished blind
would look we used a diagram over the top of a digital
photograph to give her an indication.
The
top of the blind was attached with velcro to a specially
bent Silent Gliss track, complete with cord guides,
as shown in the straight version on the left.
If you would like us to quote for a track for your window
please let us know the aproximate dimensions. To
actually place an order we require a template of your
window in stiff paper.
You
could also use a wooden top piece (an alternative to
a wooden batten on a straight window). You will
need to cut this out of a sheet of 2.5cm (1inch) plywood
and attach china cord guides. These are an alternative
method to brass screw eyes which don't work too effectively
particularly with heavy fabrics and can wear the cord.
The
batten can be fitted in any position within the recess
and can be screwed through the batten itself into the
walls of the recess.
A
china cord guide, available through our shop online.
The
completed window.
Our
client was very happy with the end result. We used a
heavy woven fabric with an insulated lining as the window
faces into the infamous Helm winds, notorious in the
fellside villages of the Pennines.
I
really don't like to see stitching tram lines at the
top of the blind so we tend to machine the top row very
close to the edge of the blind and hand stitch the bottom
row.
Don't
forget you will need to cut the velcro in sections to
enable you to place it around such a tight curve.
