Lampshade Redo by Rob & Megan

I had found this lampshade at Lowe's after Christmas for$ 3.75 and it is approximately a 12 inch shade.  It originally came with a red and white plaid trim at the top and bottom, and that was why it was on clearance. It was easy to remove the trim and begin a new project.

I purchased this fabric on sale at Joann's a few weeks back. I thought it would look great on the shade. The fabric for 1 yard was $10.00 and I used about half of a yard.

I had pinned a wonderful tutorial by the The Creativity Exchange on how to recover a lampshade a while back. The tutorial is wonderful, and I was able to follow it very easily.

The first step was to trace the shape of the shade on the fabric with pencil. We flipped the fabric over and rolled the shade beginning at the seam and back around. Drawing a faint line on the fabric alongside the top first, and then rolling it again drawing a line along the bottom. The top and bottom of the shade were two different sizes. Then I cut out the fabric as you can see below.

What I did next was take the end piece and hot glue it along the seam.  Then I wrapped the fabric completely around the shade and glued the other end down as well.

Then I used hot glue to glue around the top where I left the least amount of extra fabric. It worked out better for me this way. I used clothespins to hold down the areas that I was gluing. Then I cut around the metal pieces of the shade.

I then did the same thing on the bottom working my way around and pulling the fabric tight. I was pleased with the final product considering it was my first try, and I hope to find another base at Goodwill or similar store. For this I used my lamp I already have to show you the shade on a lamp.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you had a great holiday weekend.

Lamp Shade $3.75
Fabric $10.00

Total Cost $13.75

Megan