Second Lampshade = Success!

You may remember my lampshade fail from a little while ago.  This weekend I tried it again, with some fabric instead of ribbon, and I LOVE how it turned out!



All you'll need is 1 yard of fabric , some super stiff interfacing, and coordinating 1/4" ribbon.  (I used a heavy weight fusible Pellon for my interfacing.)



Cut a piece of the interfacing in the exact dimensions that you'd like you're lampshade to be.  Then cut your fabric the same width as your piece, but make it 1" longer so it'll overlap the interfacing by 1/2" on either side.  Iron on the fabric to your interfacing.  I then top stitched around both the top and bottom to make sure the fabric was nice and secure.  (You can see this in the top picture.)



After you've attached the fabric to the interfacing, wrap the  edges around the metal frame and use a hot glue gun to secure it.  If you needed to piece your fabric together like I did you'll have to hide your seams.  I used a narrow satin ribbon to conceal my seams.



A couple of things to remember when choosing your fabric:

*The fabric looks much different with a light shining through it.  Hold up a test piece to a light bulb to see how it will look with the light behind it.  Make sure you still like how it looks!

*Check to make sure there are no stray threads that get caught between the interfacing and fabric.  They will show up through the finished lampshade when lit.

Now it's time for me to move onto the next project: a fake wall to conceal some very stuffed bookcases!

Weekend Project Fail: Squid-shade

Have you ever thought about a project and it looked fantastic in your mind, but then went to do it and it didn't look so great?  Yep, me too!  Remember when I let you know what I was going to work on this past weekend?  I decided to tackle the lampshade and can I just say it was a complete fail!  I had in my mind that I would use strips of satin ribbon and attach them to the circular lampshade frame to make a nice, striped lampshade.  Then maybe if it worked I'd try switching out some of the ribbon pieces for some different, coordinating colors.  Well, I spent a few hours cutting and attaching the strips and ended up with a squid looking lampshade:

Exhibit A: Fail Squid-shade

Have you ever had a fabulous project you wanted to do, but the execution was a little off?  Please share and know that even the best have fails every now and again!

DIY Decor ideas

Looking for some great DIY decor ideas to try out?  Well, you're in luck!  I searched around the web and found these beauties, many of which I am adding to the list. 

Here's the link love to all these beauties- most complete with step by step instructions:

1. DIY Magnetized wallpaper- Casa Sugar and kitty80


2. DIY Lampshade- Sweetie Pie Pumpin Noodle and Down And Out Chic


3. DIY Moss Urn- Creations by Kara 


4. DIY Painted Furniture- Organized Chaos


5. DIY Shoe Rack- Not Martha

Have a project your working on that you'd like to share?  Feel free to tell us about it here.

Have a great weekend!