Our Newest Cord Shroud for Shades

Rowley® Company is proud to share the newest 

innovation in cord shrouds for soft shades.

Introducing Sure-Shade™ Encased Lift Cord Shroud Tube.  This new cord shroud combines a knitted tube with lift cord.  It is easier to tack to the shade, stacks tighter and is less noticeable.

 

The new cord shroud tube encases the lifting cord, keeping it from being 
pulled out and away from the back of the shade.  
This prevents a hazardous cord loop from being formed. 

Unique to our cord shroud tube is a small tacking-strip, which allows you to sew the tube directly to the shade.  No more columns of rings!  This is quite a time saver. Simply tack the shroud tube to the shade every 8" or less and add one shade ring at the bottom to tie off the cord.  At the top, slip the cord from the tube and thread it into the system.

The Encased Lift Cord Shroud Tube has a small sewing strip which is hand-tacked to the shade.  
This keeps the knitted tube stable and secure with no worries of the tube unraveling.

At the top of the shade, the cord is fished out of the tube and threaded into the lift system.  
The EZ-Rig™ shade system is shown here.

A Roman shade on the worktable with Encased Lift Cord Shroud Tube
tacked to the shadeand threaded into the lift system.

Combined with our broad selection of shade operating systems, workrooms now have endless options for meeting the 2010 ANSI Standards for Corded Window Coverings and can be used for any shade style such as plain or ribbed Roman shades, relaxed Roman shades, balloon shades and for creating Italian stringing in draperies.

Use cord shrouds when making styles that incorporate Italian stringing, like this pretty, swagged treatment.

The new Sure-Shade™ Encased Lift Cord Shroud Tube is patent-pending, independently tested and approved and competitively priced.  Currently available in white, with .9 or 1.4mm lift cord or without lift cord for workrooms that wish to thread their own cord into the tube. Coming soon we will offer the cord shroud tube in  ivory, khaki and medium brown to match popular lining and sheer colors.  

Rowley Company Exhibits at INSPIRE-2011

Rowley Company attended INSPIRE-2011 in Louisville, Kentucky, September 7-10, 2011.  INSPIRE-2011, hosted by the Window Coverings Association of America (WCAA) featured seminars, training, networking, exhibitors and keynote speaker Sarah Richardson from HGTV..

Rowley Company is the Diamond level sponsor of the WCAA and proud to be part of this educational event.



Our display featured products and ideas for today's most popular window treatment and upholstery styles; roman shades, traversing drapery hardware, upholstered headboards, pillows, grommets and decorative hardware from Finestra Decorative Hardware.

A big thank you to everyone that stopped by to say hello, ask questions, see what's new and place orders.  We were inspired by your enthusiasm and creativity!   It is always fun to put faces to names and we appreciate your business.

Ripplefold drapery on a custom painted, square, routed pole rod.

Grommets are very popular! New sizes and designs where shown.  Attendees were able to set EZ-Set and plastic grommets in the booth.

Laurie Medford demonstrates how-to assemble traversing track in the Fabrication Lab, aka Fab Lab.

Stacey Just Sengewalt and Scott Rowley.

Bedding and Finestra Decorative Hardware featuring the brand-new Aria metal collection.

The shade room showed many different lift systems and the latest SureShade products for roman shades including the Universal Drive Tension Device, Lift Bands, Encased Lift Cord Shroud Tape and the new Encased Lift Cord Shroud Tube.

As you can see, the shade room was a popular spot!

The Rowley booth was a popular spot for designers and workroom professionals to meet together.

Maryland WCAA Shade Workshops

The Maryland Chapter of the Window Coverings Association America (WCAA) held a shade workshop on Tuesday, May 24, 2011.  In this hands-on workshop members constructed Roman shades using the Sure-Shade™ Lift Band System from Rowley Company.

This was the chapter's second workshop using Rowley shade products.  Kris Ozgar, WCAA-MD Chapter President shared, "in the first workshop we constructed shades using the shroud cord method and in this workshop we used the lift bands.  Everyone enjoyed it so much! It is so much more fun with a group.  We had 10 chapter members attend this workshop that was held in my workroom".

 Members pictured are: Barb Morton,  Paula Snyder, Barb Smith, Jane Klinefelter, and Lydia Cress.  
Photo courtesy of Kris Osgar

The WCAA-MD chapter has 23 members of which 18 are workrooms.  It is an active chapter that meets once a month.  In addition to regularly scheduled business meetings, the group plans extra activities such as hands-on workshop events, field trips, and community service projects.  Thirteen of MD-WCAA member workrooms participated in the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition last summer in Baltimore.

To learn more about the WCAA and to find a chapter in your area, visit www.wcaa.org