It used to be ok with the cream walls but it really didn't go with the new white or with the new chair covers.
When I was at the Knitting and Stitching show in October I saw lots of stalls selling kits to make your own lampshades but none were the right size so I did some online research and decided to reuse the original frame. I bought some fabric locally and ordered the laminated backing and sticky tape.
The parcel that arrived was slightly larger than I was envisaging!
This weekend I set about making it. I pulled the old cover off the frame and used it to make a template.
I cut out the laminated backing and fabric and joined them together (much more easily than I'd imagined).
Then I wound the sticky tape around the edges of the frame.
Winding the frames onto the laminated fabric was quite tricky (now I know why most of the kits sold were drum shades and not angled coolies!) but I got there eventually. Then I had to fold the fabric over and tuck it under. If I did it again I'd leave more fabric to turn over as some of mine is slightly short in places.
And there you have it - one new lampshade!
And I have rather a lot of laminated backing left over so if you want a new lampshade you know where to come!
7 comments:
Good job!!!Your fabric is just lovely. If ever I get around to re-covering any of our lampshades I can refer back to your instructions!
Well, clever old you - that looks lovely - well done. You definitely have magic fingers.
Su, I am very impressed with your lampshade technique. The new lamp shade look very good against the new wall shade. Isn't it fun to discover a new skill, provided with good materials and instructions?
Over the years, I keep on discovering moment of ...wow...I can do that! Perhaps it's good to have such discoveries staggered in over one's own decades. We certainly wouldn't want to develope an over-sized ego, would we? Well.... xo
It looks fabulous. I think you must need lots of patience to tackle jobs like this, something I haven't got, but you're well rewarded for your efforts with the finished product. I love it.
It looks so different now, well done.
It looks very pretty, well done. I make lampshades and know how tricky it is!
It's very pretty and most professional looking
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