ruffles lamp shade & tutorial.

I've been wanting to create a fun lamp shade for our guest nook, and was finally able to do so a couple of weeks ago.

{Here's how}

You'll need:

a lamp shade {the thrift store is a great source if you're not wanting to gamble with an expensive store bought one}

some fabric of choice {I choose linen}

hot glue

scissors

sewing machine

First cut your fabric into strips that are at least twice as long as your shade is round, or as long as you can cut it. I cut mine about 2 1/2 inches wide.

Then with a sewing machine make them into ruffles by sewing a large stich down the middle and and then pulling one end of thread so they ruffle up.

Next begin to hot glue the ruffles onto the shade. I began at the bottom and made sure I began my ruffle at the shades seam. Also make sure you let your ruffle's edge over hang on the lamp so you don't see the shade's edge.
Continue to add ruffles until you reach the top of the shade.
Here is how the bottom and top will look with an overhang.
I cut my fabric as long as I could when I made the strips but it still didn't reach all the way around so I ended up with this. Just simply cut pieces long enough from an extra ruffle and glue in place to patch it up, this is the back so no one will see.
And here it is.
A detail of the semi-frayed edges {this is why I choose linen, plus I love the texture of linen}.
And how it looks with the light turned on, it's still a little dark but it's mostly for looks in this room.


A sneak peek of the almost finished gueast nook.

So there you have it. I'm not goona lie, the ruffles did aggravate me a little, maybe linen isn't the easiest to pull thread through I'm not sure but it did take a while. After that it was a breeze. If you create one of your own please share!

~Meg

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