Making London Blinds

This type of blind is a cross between a Balloon blind and a Roman blind. It has the pleats and Austrain blind tape, like the Balloon blind, but is not gathered widthways like the Roman blind. It also does not have any tape stitched to the side edges of the blind. The result is a more tailored version of the Austrian or Balloon blind, with cleaner lines, and using contrasting fabric inside the pleats can be used to great effect with London blinds. It also used much less fabric as you only need to add extra fabric for the pleats to the window width.

London blinds can be made from crisper fabrics, such as glazed cotton, than the softer fabrics needed for Austrian, Festoon and Balloon blinds which have much more gathering.