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DIY – Using Vintage Lampshade Frames
Why spend lots of money on a brand new frame when you can easily up cycle a vintage frame. This blog is all about where to find great frames, why using vintage frames gives you more design choice and how to prep your frame before making your lampshade.Why spend lots...
Story of a Shade – Level 1 Victorian Lampshades
The Victorian Lampshade workshop, currently being offered as a Level 2 lampshade making workshop has been so popular that I have tweaked the style slightly so that Level 1 students can also be successful. This is the story of the lampshade made as this workshops...
Top Tips – Lining Gathered Lampshades
Beautiful, cute little gathered lampshades are relaxed, informal and very easy to make once you know how. If you have already read Making Gathered Lampshades you'll be ready to think about lining your shade.Beautiful, cute little gathered lampshades are relaxed,...
Story of Shade – A Victorian Influence
What an inspiration the Victorians were. Literature influencers include Hardy, Dickens, Eliot and the Bronte sisters. Inventors include, Bells telephone, Crappers toilet, Edisons electric lighting. AND, in the world of textiles the Victorian era gave us Morris.What an...
Scrumptious Scatter Cushions
Do you look longingly at sofas beautifully adorned with an ensemble of scatter cushions? Would you like to discover how to make fabulous cushions using simple trimmings and only straight lines on a sewing machine? And/or take your cushion making skills to the next...
Story of a Shade – Lovely Liberty
Cute, chic pinched pleated and gathered lampshades make using Liberty tana lawn with a cream silk lining. Gorgeous sophistication at its best.Cute, chic pinched pleated and gathered lampshades make using Liberty tana lawn with a cream silk lining. Gorgeous...
Story of a Shade – Pretty Perfect Pair
A pair of perfectly proportioned pretty pinch pleated and gathered, cream silk lampshades with a bottom frill overlaid with a pearl beaded drop down trim. Gorgeous.A pair of perfectly proportioned pretty pinch pleated and gathered, cream silk lampshades with a bottom...
Top Tips – All Gathered Lampshades
Cute gathered lampshades are relaxed, informal and very easy to make once you know how. So much in vogue today, these shades are great for adding pops of colour to both formal and relaxed room schemes.Cute gathered and lampshades are relaxed, informal and very easy to...
Story of a Shade – As Sweet as Candy Floss
This is not just the story of one lampshade. But in fact 24. A little while ago I was involved in the make-over of an exclusive jewellery shop in London. 24 chandelier lampshades arrived in 2 huge boxes all dusty, dirty and in quite bad repair. They were destined to...
Top Tips – Making Tailored Lampshades
Classic, neat traditional tailored lampshades give a timeless elegance to both formal and relaxed room schemes. Tailored lampshades are suited to all shade frame proportions and a huge variety of fabrics, presenting oodles of design options. Classic, neat traditional...
My First Bespoke, Handmade Lampshade
In this post I am going to share my first handmade lampshade making experience, because, if like me, you like nothing better than to disappear into your creative bubble and learn a new skill you might find that that lampshades are easier than you think to make. Here’s...