Abstract: Window covering articles embodiments that include a sheet of flexible material along a first axis but inflexible along a second axis, including a plurality of rigid strips and an overlapping sheet of flexible material. Also a method for creating a window coverings including steps of providing a first layer of flexible material, attaching a second layer of rigid material to the sheet of flexible material, and fracturing the second layer of rigid material into a plurality of rigid strips, but leaving the second layer of flexible material intact while preserving attachment of the plurality of rigid strips to the sheet of flexible material. The fracturing the second layer of rigid material into a plurality of rigid strips may result in the strips being parallel-aligned to each other.