Lamp Shade-capades!

Hello again,  it is time to get back to my lamp revamp project for class that I started doing research for a couple of weeks ago.  In the middle of the process I found another aspect I wanted to share with you.

Here is my wonderfully dated lamp that I got from the local DAV (Disabled American Veterans) for a whopping $4.

I absolutely hated and I mean HATED the horrible, dated, broken, and not to mention the dust on this lampshade.  So my plan was to rip off the loose from age accordion pink and recover it.

So above is the lampshade after I ripped off the accordion pink crap.  Unfortunately, I put a couple of holes in the shade in my enthusiasm to get rid of it.  The other problem was that I could not get all of the pink material off (see the pink lines on the shade).

One of the other issues and the one I would really like to focus on for awhile is the actual shape in relation to the lamp.

    I felt like this shade was too short and I really did not like being able to see the bottom of the electrical part.

So I had to go onto a new shade with a better and more suitable shape. 

This is a shade I found at Menards for about $8.  I liked the shape of this shade much better.  It was taller, slimmer, and sat lower in relation to the bulb.  The only problem I really had with this shade was the price.  Granted 8 dollars is not very much but with a budget of only $16 it was a lot when I still had to buy fabric and odds and ends.

So I had to go looking again for a similar shade that was more in my price range.

Here is my final choice for a shade.  I got it back at my trusty DAV for about $3.  BARGAIN!! 

It was a bit wider at the base than my Menards shade but it still covers the metal aspects of the lamp.  

This shade was a peach/ dusty rose color similar to the original shade.  

Another bonus was that I would not have to remove the fabric that was on the shade first.

The next step was going to the fabric store finding my fabric.

My lamp has a swirl in the globes that I wanted to mirror in the lampshade.  This fabric had the perfect swirl. Even better the fabric was only $6.75.  Perfect for my small budget.

My recovering process-

1. Make and cut the pattern for the new shade.
2. I put the pattern on the bias so the pattern would come out diagonally like the lamp.
3. Spray glued the lampshade and placed the fabric
        pssst... This is sooooo much harder than it sounds.  Just to warn you.
4. We made two more patterns for the trim on the top and bottom.
5. Attach the trim so that 1/2 inch is shown on each side.
        I used a hot glue gun for this part.

Here's the finished shade!  

Come back next week to see the total finished lamp.