How to Use a Vertical Blind Rod for Drapes

• 1). Use the screwdriver to remove the vertical blind from the mounting hardware. Remove the hardware also. Look at the baton on the head rail and determine if it is still of use.
  
  
• 2). Use the needle-nose pliers to remove the baton from the blind system. Avoid using batons that are cracked due to sun rot or discolored due to age.
  
  
• 3). Select a proper decorative rod for use with the sheer panels. Install the decorative rod system at the correct height and width over the window to be covered.
  
  
• 4). Place the panels on the work surface and decide which one will move from right to left and from left to right. Mark each corresponding corner with a spot of tailor's chalk at the point where the circle will be attached to the panel.
  
  
• 5). Thread the needle with a double strand of monofilament.
  
  
• 6). Grasp the plastic circle and place it on the marked spot. Secure it there with a bit of fabric glue. Permit the glue to dry.
  
  
• 7). Sew the ring to the corner of the panel near the top edge. Use secure stitches and knot the loop each time. Loop the monofilament six times.
  
  
• 8). Insert the needle into the innermost part of the header and stitch away from the initial point of the ring's placement. Bring the needle back up through the backside of the corner and make a knotted stitch. Inspect the knot and make certain that it is secure.
  
  
• 9). Put the needle point back into the middle layer of the header fabric and again stitch away from the point that was last knotted. Bring the needle once more to the back side of the header and cut the monofilament close to the fabric.
  
  
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  Take the baton in hand and inspect the loop at the top end. Make certain that the loop is in good condition. Thread the needle with the DMC thread and insert the needle into the loop at the baton's top end.
  
  
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  Run the needle through the middle of the knotted DMC strands so that the cord is secured to the loop. Inspect the knot made in the cord and determine that it is very secure.
  
  
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  Attach the baton to the plastic ring at the corner of the panel. Loop the needle through both the plastic ring and the baton's end ring several times with tight locked stitches.
  
  
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  Hang each panel on the decorative rings provided for the carriage system. Use the baton to slide its panel as initially planned.