for glue to dry.
11. Attach flat pulleys to the mounting board using a drill. For a 26" wide shade, I used 2 pulleys, each about 1" from the ends of the mounting board. For the wider, 50" shade, I used three pulleys.
12. Cut the cord. See diagram to figure out how to measure cord. Run the cord from the bottom dowel, up to the top, across the top of shade, and to the edge of the shade. You will also need an additional 2' (or longer if you want the tassel to hang lower when the shade is pulled down).
13. Now sew on lift rings. They must line up directly under the flat pulleys that are mounted to the firring strips. You can use a yard stick to line up the placement of lift rings with the flat pulleys. Using button thread, sew on a lift ring at every other dowel starting with the bottom dowel.
14. Now string the shade. Attach the cord to the bottom ring with a double knot and run each cord through the ring above, then through the pulley and out to the side.
15. Slide the tassel (or cord drop) through the strings and knot the strings at the bottom.
16. Attach a cord cleat to the window trim or wall.
17. Mount the shade to the window using wood screws. The screws need to be one and a half times longer than the thickness of the mounting board. So if you stapled the shade to the narrow side of the board, then you will need 3" screws. If you staple to the 2" wide side of the board, then you will need 1.5" screws for installing the shade to your window. Drive three screws through the board, one in the middle and the outer screws about two inches from each end of the mounting board.
Click here to see how I painted on the stripes.