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You are here: Home / Naturally Frugal Living / How to Make a Fabric Strip Valance – A DIY, No-Sew Window Treatment

How to Make a Fabric Strip Valance – A DIY, No-Sew Window Treatment

March 2, 2014 by Editor 9 Comments

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Racquel is sharing how to make a DIY, no-sew window treatment by using fabric strips to create a valance.How to Make a Fabric Strip Valance

Window treatments can be a difficult item to purchase or make yourself.  There tons of options out there but often they are very expensive to purchase or very complicated to make.  If you are lucky enough to have the talent to make them, finding great fabric at a reasonable price can really be a challenge.

How to Make a Fabric Strip Valance

This is a great option for a window treatment that doesn’t require a lot of money, time, or skill to create.  In fact, this valance which hangs above a 36” window, took less than an hour to make and the supplies were purchased for less than $15 (which bought enough to do two windows of the same size).

About the supplies: With quilting becoming such a popular craft, many stores now sell fabric pre-cut and packaged in coordinating patterns and colors.  The fabric shown here was purchased as a pre-cut package.  There were several patterns and colors and all were cut to 42” long by 2 ½” wide.  To give the valance some extra texture, a spool of ribbon was purchased as well.  The only cutting that was required was to cut the 42” strip in half.

Supplies:

  • Fabric strips of varying colors and prints cut to 2 ½” wide x 21” long
  • Scissors
  • curtain rod

 Directions:

Step 1. Lay out the fabric strips alternating colors and patterns to create the overall pattern you desire.

Alternate several different fabrics to make the scrap fabric valance

Step 2. Carefully lay a single piece of fabric over the curtain rod.  This should be offset rather than evenly laid over.

How to make a valance with fabric scraps

Step 3. Draw the ends of the fabric through the loop you’ve created and pull tightly to create a knot.

Step 4. Repeat with remaining fabric, creating the pattern you choose.

Keep attaching strips of fabric until you have covered the curtain rod

Step 5. After knotting all fabric to the curtain rod and mounting the hardware to the window trim or window wall, hang the finished fabric valance and step back to enjoy your DIY, no sew valance!

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  1. Beverly says

    June 18, 2021 at 8:46 am

    How many strips do you add to a 40” rod? Overlap them. Space them? Etc?

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  2. Frani Willis says

    December 6, 2019 at 10:41 am

    Love this idea! I am like Carla in the above statements, how do you clean? Could you use a thick piece of rope and sew it onto a rod pocket to keep the valance together for cleaning?

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  3. June DeNigris says

    February 1, 2018 at 4:06 pm

    I have moved into a new house where the rods were left. Good expensive draw rods. What kind of curtains can I put on there?

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  4. Sharon G. says

    March 26, 2017 at 9:20 am

    I love this idea, but I don’t understand how to make the knot. I’m new at this. This is a great idea for my bathroom. I can pick my own material for the look I want!

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    • Debbie says

      January 8, 2019 at 2:00 pm

      I didn’t either. I had to look at it for 1/2 an hour. DebbbThat loop you see at the top? You take the two ends underneath the rod and bring them through that opening.

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  5. Christina Avalon says

    September 21, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    I’d also like to know how to keep the edges from fraying and pulling off those annoying little threads. Fabric glue?

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  6. Sarah says

    January 22, 2016 at 8:06 am

    Do the edges fray? I made a quilt for my daughters bed and have extra fabric. It would be fun to make a valance to go with it…

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  7. Angela C. says

    March 4, 2014 at 6:22 am

    This is very creative.

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  8. Carla says

    March 2, 2014 at 10:16 am

    I love this! I think it would work great in my kitchen. To keep it clean do you just vacuum or do you take it down, wash it, and put it back up?

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