Fun to do! Here is the first one I did . . .
It had six sections. Three I covered with a cut up doily. I overstitched the pieces to the wire frame. This particular section in the middle is covered with a piece of lacey ribbon wrapped around the frame and pinned. The bow is from a piece of tulle fabric that has pink felt polka dots on it.
This side is wrapped with another piece of lace and has a white feather glued to it.
This section has tiny rick rack wrapped from top to bottom. An old photo was cut out and glued to coffee dyed cheese cloth and a piece of pink fabric. It is pinned to the wire frame with safety pins. I also glued on the ribbon roses and then put old shoe buttons, crystals, a diary key and some pearls on the bottom.
Here I covered the entire shade with an old piece of lacey fabric from an old dress. I overstitched it at the top and bottom of the frame. I had this old vintage bouquet of pink flowers and I tied a piece of rayon ribbon on it. Once again I put old pearls from vintage and new jewelry around the bottom.
You can tell I spent more time on the first one. It was a learning piece. The second one was easier because I used one piece of lace to cover the entire shade and whipstitched it in place. I may have to make changes since I don't know how much light they will filter once they are on the chandelier.
I plan to do a couple more and will post them when finished. I have to hunt through the thrift stores to see if I can find two more small shades OR some small lamps that take clip on flame bulbs. :-))
