Make a Shaggy Lampshade
Make a Lampshade Cover
Our semi-translucent shaggy faux fur colors; White, Yellow, Orange, Pink and Green work the best for this project as the images show below.
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You will need
- A cone shaped white paper or linen lampshade with a base of about 20 inches wide (for example: model 1721540, Linen-WHITE, 8 x 18 x 12 WAL-MART).
- One yard of our Shaggy faux fur.
- 10 feet of white cotton string, or 1/4 inch rubber elastic.
- Pen or pencil
- Scissors
- Sewing machine
Follow these steps
- Place your shaggy backing side up (fur down) on a large table
- Place the lampshade on its side with the paper or linen seam down against the fur backing. Orient the narrower part of the cone pointing into the middle of fabric.
- Do a dry run of rolling the lampshade around the fabric until the seam comes to rest again against the fabric. Adjust the start point so that you can roll the shade one whole revolution without going off the fabric.
- Now do it again but this time roll it about an inch each time and trace the outline of its movement both at the base and at the top. Don't forget to mark the start point where the seam of the lampshade rested on the fabric at the base and top. Do it also at the end of one revolution to get the other end.
- Use a ruler to draw a line from the base mark to the top mark to create the start and again at the other end to create the finish. You now need to trace another outline 1/4 inch out from all lines to allow for the seam. (You can also do this at the time that you roll the shade out)
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Your drawing should have 2 arcs and 2 straight lines and should look like this.
- Carefully cut the fabric backing only with a utility knife or nibble it apart with very small scissors so that you don't cut too much fur.
- Place the two straight edges together fur side in and sew 1/4 inch in.
- Turn fur side out.
- Sew with a zigzag stitch on the fur side and the string placed in the center of the stitch so that the needle misses it with each stitch. Do both top and bottom. You can also use the elastic instead of the string, maintain a slight tension on the elastic while sewing.
- Now place the cover over your lampshade and draw-in the string on the top and bottom to gather in the edges, tie a bow. Ignore if you used elastic.
Hope this helps you and as always you can contact us directly by using the "Ask Leena" form for additional help or to submit ideas.
