Hi, everyone! I’m Julie from Less-Than-Perfect Life of Bliss, where I blog about everything from crafts & decorating to family & faith. I’m a stay-at-home mom to 4 great kids & a wife to an awesome guy that supports my creative addiction & hardly ever rolls his eyes anymore at my crazy ideas. Feel free to stop over &see me anytime because I love meeting new readers & you never know what I’ll be up to next. I wanted to share with you one of my latest projects. Honestly, I’m unashamedly in love with it. And yes, I am fully aware that sometimes I’m my own biggest fan & I’m fine with that. In fact, I believe everyone should be a big fan of their own work. After all, that’s what makes it their own work. Right? Have I confused you yet? Well, the project was a DIY window awning for my daughter’s room. She has a Parisian theme, so I wanted to stick with that when designing the window awning. Little decor changes like this can bring so much impact to a space!

DIY Window Awning

I was going for the look of a Parisian cafe awning & had envisioned this for this dormer window for months. So, finally I decided to order the fabric & get it done. The fabric I found was perfect for the project. If you check our your local craft or hobby store, I’m sure you’ll find what you need.

Supplies for DIY Window Awning:

-Fabric

-Drapery Lining

-2 Tension Rods

-Grosgrain Ribbon

The total time for this window awning was only 2 hours from start to finish. This is an easy and fast sewing project! Here’s what I did:

I cut the fabric & drapery lining to the width & length I needed for the dormer window, adding allowances for seams & a rod pocket at the top.

Next, I made a pattern for the scalloped edge of the awning, & cut them out…

Then, I just sewed it up, flipped it inside out, pressed it, & made a rod pocket at the top for a tension rod to slip thru.

Then, I measured how far I wanted it to drop at the scalloped edge, & sewed on a few loops made of grosgrain ribbon onto the back to slip the second tension rod in place.

A Few Views of My DIY Window Awning:

Look how well it matches her Scenes of Paris art…

And here’s a view from the inside of the awning:

Do you love how my DIY window awning turned out? Lola does!

And of course, so do I.

~ Julie

Our picks for making your own DIY window awning:

Roc-lon Blackout Drapery Lining White Fabric by The Yard Eclipse Thermaliner Blackout Panel Pair, 54-Inch by 80-Inch, White AmazonBasics Tension Curtain Rod – 54-90 Topenca Supplies 1/2 Inches x 50 Yards Double Face Solid Grosgrain Ribbon Roll, White Singer Heavy Duty 4432 Sewing Machine with 32 Built-In Stitches, Automatic Needle Threader, Metal Frame and Stainless Steel Bedplate, Perfect for Sewing All Types of Fabrics with Ease SINGER Start 1304 6 Built-in Stitches, Free Arm Best Sewing Machine for Beginners Brother Sewing and Quilting Machine, CS6000i, 60 Built-In Stitches, 7 styles of 1-Step Auto-Size Buttonholes, Wide Table, Hard Cover, LCD Display and Auto Needle Threader

Comments

Amy says

March 4, 2012 at 3:18 pm

I love your window treatment. I saw it on Pinterest. I would love to do the same for my kitchen, but don’t have a dormer window. Any suggestions?
Wendy Hogan says

August 17, 2015 at 10:56 am

I love the valance. I wish I had a dormer window to do this. It’s darling. Sometimes you just have to brag!!!! Thanks for sharing this idea. I’m a fan.
Joey Fuller says

July 8, 2016 at 3:16 pm

Where can I find the fabric? The link doesn’t work?
Lynn says

July 30, 2016 at 1:39 pm

Love it!
Arleni says

April 13, 2018 at 11:36 am

Amazing job. It is so lovely.

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DIY Window Awning

Supplies for DIY Window Awning:

A Few Views of My DIY Window Awning:

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