Hi Sandy!
The long rods look like they are made with aluminum and they have a slit through them where I slide the dowel rod in them.
So, if I do Velcro - aaack! I'm not sure I know what to do. Do I just wrap the fabric around the rods and then sew on the Velcro where I would Velcro it together?
I am not a sewer - I am a quilter. haha. Sewing these things runs right up a sewist ally.
Oh man, did that last sentence or two get those fuzzies out of your head?