Fabric valences

[hrewer]

Has anyone recovered the fabric valences in their Escape?
We got the display model of the generation 2 17b so we didn't get a chance to pick our own fabrics. I'm changing the cushions and I'd like to change the valences too. If anyone has done it and has tips, I would appreciate it!

[techfan]

Originally Posted by hrewer

Has anyone recovered the fabric valences in their Escape?
We got the display model of the generation 2 17b so we didn't get a chance to pick our own fabrics. I'm changing the cushions and I'd like to change the valences too. If anyone has done it and has tips, I would appreciate it!

If you take one down by removing only 2 screws, you will see that the fabric is simply folded and stapled in place.

[Mary F]

What Techfan said.

I took down the valences around our dinette, so I could attach my old dragonfly lace curtains to them. It was easy to do and I could tell it would be easy to recover the valences if/when ever I want.

[hrewer]

It sounds easy...I can work with that. Thanks!

[hrewer]

Thanks for the help!

[float5]

Wow! Very snazzy.

[The Quilting Lady]

Great! I would love it if folks with share more photos of their pretty valances. I plan on redoing ours too!

[SterJen]

Love how you've personalized your space. Way to go.

[The Quilting Lady]

Mary I would love to see how your windows turned out with the added lace curtains. Do you have any photos?
Nancy

[SterJen]

This is Sally (SterJen). I had my valances covered. I will try to post some pictures of the results today.
Sally

[Mary F]

Originally Posted by The Quilting Lady

Mary I would love to see how your windows turned out with the added lace curtains. Do you have any photos?
Nancy

There's one on this What's Inside My Back Window thread.

And another on this Expecting a 21, Mid-September thread.

[Mary F]

Here're a couple others (dragonfly lace curtains in my Escape 21 windows).

[KarenH]

Originally Posted by Mary F

Here're a couple others (dragonfly lace curtains in my Escape 21 windows).

I just looked more closely at your picture to see the dragonflies and noticed your red lobster on the table--missed it the first time around. I have one of those that I brought back from a business trip to San Francisco in the early '90s. I told my grandson the creature's name was "Crabby." It wasn't until a few years later that I noticed that Crabby was a lobster. We still have him. We still call him Crabby.

[SterJen]

I added the 'ears' to the valances using double stick Velcro.
Now that they are up, I don't like them as much as I thought I would. I'm considering making them several inches shorter and/or adding tie-backs, or gathers.
Any and all suggests are appreciated.
Sally

[Mary F]

Originally Posted by KarenH

I just looked more closely at your picture to see the dragonflies and noticed your red lobster on the table--missed it the first time around. I have one of those that I brought back from a business trip to San Francisco in the early '90s. I told my grandson the creature's name was "Crabby." It wasn't until a few years later that I noticed that Crabby was a lobster. We still have him. We still call him Crabby.

Crabby's a great name for a lobster, IMHO. I don't even remember where ours came from. We carried it everywhere we went in our Casita, so now it lives in the Escape.

FWIW, last February we caught a little purple (plush) gator at the New Orleans Mardi Gras, so now I guess we have a menagerie. The gator's not much bigger than the lobster (which we pretend is a crawfish, although we know lobster have the big claws and crawfish not so much).

[H46Driver]

We made ours a little larger and covered to match fabric on throw pillows.

[SterJen]

I think I may copy your example and replace the 'ears' I attached with a border along the bottom of the valance.