For you do it your selfers........

[growalot]

Jo-Ann Fabrics is having a big sale and store/on line coupon sale...lots of fleece on sale and I buy my  clear vinyl from them for my blind windows...So if you have a camp that needs blankets/throws...or you want to make your own hunting gear...I have even made blind wraps for stands...it holds up pretty well...and you can use prints other than the more expensive "real trees" stuff for half the price and works just as well (wind blocking ..not rain repelling...but they have that material as well....just a heads up.

[RoadKill44]

I've gone through the same thing. Both my wife and daughter-in-law sew and visit Jo-Ann's regularly. I managed to get light weight waterproof camo material and small netting mesh and made curtains for my tower blind. The curtains are 12 inches wide and a little less than 30" long. The top 14 inches and the bottom 8 inches are the rain proof camo Material. The middle 8 inches is the "see-through" mesh window. The bottom also has a 2 Inch high pocket were I insert a 1-1/2" by 1/4" wooden slat 11 inches long for weight to keep the curtain from blowing in the wind. Clips hold the curtains in place such that a slight tug gets them out of the way for an archery shot. While they are in place I can duck in behind the curtain and still watch the game through the mesh.

 

The window openings are 2ft high by 4ft wide for archery. Shown here are the two curtains, one on each side, with a 12" by 24" solid curtain clipped at the top center.

 

The only adaptation I have made was to remove the wooden slat weights and add clips to hold the bottom of the curtain as well. I found that a heavy wind would still blow the curtains and the wooden slats made noise falling back against the window frame. With two years of experience I can vouch for there value. They're the nuts!!

The cloth is quiet and breaks the wind. The clips stop movement, allow for quick removal and with added length the placement of the mesh window height is adjustable.

 

Edited February 11, 2016 by RoadKill44

[growalot]

Great design..I still use the dowels but I pull it over big EyeHooks screwed into window frame. 2 on top , just pull out of hook and drop.down below window to shoot.

[RoadKill44]

Great design..I still use the dowels but I pull it over big EyeHooks screwed into window frame. 2 on top , just pull out of hook and drop.down below window to shoot.

That'll work. To keep them from blowing in the wind, do you have dowel to secure on bottom as well?

 

I had problems with wind even with weights. Not so much because of the movement but noise would make them look up.

[growalot]

I screw them to the bottom using a firring strip...I also put hooks along the sides of frame so I can lower the window cover part way.

[RoadKill44]

A better picture showing clips (top clips only at this point) and the curtain fold-over concept to adjust mesh height.

The clips are 3/4 Inch wide binder clips with a screw and washer holding them in place.