Hey ya'll! I'm Jenilyn and I'm the author of Grits and Giggles, a Mommy and Crafty Blog. I would like to thank Delaney for having me over today to share with you a tutorial on how to make your very own Ruffled Lampshade!
I had a hideous lampshade that I've had since I was in college and it needed a serious facelift. I wanted it to be fun and flirty so ruffles was the answer! Let's get started!
Materials:
Lampshade
1/4-1/2 yard of fabric for your ruffles (depending on lampshade size)
hot glue gun
sewing machine to make ruffles
Start with your ugly lampshade
Take your fabric and cut it into 1.5" strips across the length of the fabric. You can make your ruffles bigger if you would like.
Destroy your lampshade! I left the underside of mine because it was neutral, but make sure you don't have a dark or bright color showing through your ruffles.
Take a few of your strips of fabric, and cover any dark spots or metal. I didn't want to see the metal through mine, so I covered them up. Place one or two strips to the side...you'll need those at the end. Don't ruffle them!
Use hot glue to cover the metal.
Now we have a nice canvas to work with.
Ruffle your fabric strips. If you've never ruffled fabric, you can use This tutorial. The tutorial is for streamers, but the concept is the same. I sewed my ruffles 1/4" from the top of the fabric strip.
Using your glue gun, begin attaching the ruffles from the Bottom of the lampshade.
When you get back to where you started, angle your ruffle up and start a new row. There's no need to cut your strip and start a new row unless you just really want to.
Keep wrapping around, gluing every few inches. Make sure you're covering the stitches on the row below the one you're gluing.
Keep going until you reach the top.
Fold one of the strips you set aside in half. Place the folded edge over the top row of stitches on the top ruffle and glue it down around the lampshade. Fold it over and glue it down on the inside, finishing your shade.
Throw it on your lamp, turn it on, and admire!!
I hope you enjoy redoing your own lampshade!! It feels great to get a whole new look for little to no money!! Thanks again to Delaney for having me over. Ya'll have a great day!
Keep coming back all this week for more exciting guest posts! You never know what I'll come up with next.
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Cute lampshade! Turned out really well!
Have a great week.
Ruthie J.
http://www.mysocalledhomeschoollife.com/
How adorable! Also I love your note about being southern. I've lived all my life in the North, but I was raised by a Southern Grandma and it is just something that is in me. Never you mind that we live in Illinois, this is a Southern family. I swung by from the Alexa Blog hop today. I hope you'll come visit me at http://www.dvcmom.com
I love this, I am bookmarking this to do for my daughters room! (once I settle on the decor.)
Just stopping by for the Alexa Blog Hop....
~JamieS@ Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom
Very cute! My daughter would love this, especially in pink! I will definitely try this one!
This is super cute!
I love this lampshade, its super chic and cute!
I'm stopping by from the Alexa Hop from http://www.mommydigger.com - Would love for you to stop by my blog! :)
wow! that is adorable. thanks for partying with me!
The lampshade is so sweet! I love all those ruffles! :)
What a great project. I just pinned this. Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites.
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