I found three small lampshades at the thrift store. They were all covered with various materials -- fabric, paper and some plastic.
I stripped them all down to the wire frame . . .
And then I wrapped the wire with white floral tape because there was some glue residue on the frames. Tonight I will finish wrapping all the frames while I watch TV. Tomorrow I hope to get one decorated to share with you. Be sure to come back for a visit to see what I did.
While reading the blog Dollybelle's Peepshow today, I saw her fabulous fabric finds at her local thrift store. If you sew, decorate or use fabric in your artwork, check out her mother lode of a find! How lucky can you get?
More blogs you might enjoy visiting. I discovered these through Etsy Cottage Style blog.
7 comments:
Sounds like an amazing project. i've een wanting to do it ever since I saw a similar project over at RosiePink's place. http://rosiepink.typepad.co.uk/rosiepink/2009/02/making-felt-lampshades.html
I will be checking back to see how you covered your lamp shades. I didn't strip mine. I bought a lamp shade and covered it with John Deere material for my grandson's birthday. The base included a small John Deere tractor and wagon. I had help doing the base from one of my friends who is always doing something crafty. Take care.
I'm interested in seeing how you finish these off! I have some old shades that I've been storing, WAITING to figure out what to do with them!
Can you BELIEVE all that fabric that CHristine scored?????
You grabbed my attention, I can't wait to come back and see what you are up to with these. :)
Can't wait to see the final result! I have been wanting to alter a lampshade for awhile but haven't found "The" one yet.
Susan
OOOH! I can't wait to see these finished. I bought some of your buttons in your booth a while back. Can't wait to check it out again soon!
Just catching up on a little blog reading. The shades are beautiful. So feminine. Lovely job, Judy, as usual.
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