I made two of these shades for our guest bedroom. I used a soft barely pink cotton. The fabric was glued on then frame ribs covered with white gimp. Finished off with a white fringe. The rosettes are done with a white chiffon on the front and back. I did not line these as it cuts down on the light for reading in this situation. Took about 30 hours for each one. I have since taken the course on hand stitching the fabric rather than gluing and it is more time consuming but makes a nicer shade where I have more control on how the fabric is applied. Will post in future some of the hand stitched shades. Oh so much to do and so little time! Thanks for viewing.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Lamp shade done by hand
I made two of these shades for our guest bedroom. I used a soft barely pink cotton. The fabric was glued on then frame ribs covered with white gimp. Finished off with a white fringe. The rosettes are done with a white chiffon on the front and back. I did not line these as it cuts down on the light for reading in this situation. Took about 30 hours for each one. I have since taken the course on hand stitching the fabric rather than gluing and it is more time consuming but makes a nicer shade where I have more control on how the fabric is applied. Will post in future some of the hand stitched shades. Oh so much to do and so little time! Thanks for viewing.
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Hi Sandra - this is so pretty, how clever you are and what a lot of patience, I wouldn't know where to start. I just popped on your blog to say thank you for the lovely message and welcome to blogland you left on mine, it was very kind of you and much appreciated
ReplyDeleteTake care, kind regards, Linda x