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How to make a
Roman Blind with a Wooden Batten
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TRADITIONAL WOODEN BATTEN - PULL CORD

Roman blinds can be made with a headrail mechanism to pull the blind up or a traditional wooden batten with pull cords, an acorn and cleat.

Since the advent of child safety legislation in the UK to reduce the risk of strangulation to young children from blind cords, we have switched from wooden battens to headrail kits as we feel they are a more robust and safer solution to comply with the regulations.

That said there are some kits on the market, with breakouts and cord stringing designed to comply with the rules when using a wooden batten.

The following EXTRA instructions show you how to make a wooden batten and how it was traditionally strung. You will need to adjust the instructions to comply with a child safety kit.

Includes

  • 1 video
  • 11 min of video instruction

(This EXTRA tutorial is included as part of all our BLIND COURSES.)

(This EXTRA tutorial is included as part of all our BLIND COURSES.)



Battens for blinds outside the recess are generally covered in fabric (as they can be seen), battens for blinds inside the recess are hidden so are usually covered in lining.

If you are covering a batten in fabric there may be enough excess fabric from offcuts if the blind is narrow. Otherwise you will need 30cm of fabric per width used for each batten.








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