Fabric-Covered Lampshade DIY-Tutorial

I've been so anxious to share this Fabric-Covered Lampshade DIY-Tutorial with you for a while now and it's finally here.

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Although I'm obsessed with Fabric covered lampshades, or the look of them, I'm not exactly ready to pay the price for them. Though some are decently priced on Amazon or Etsy (which I will consider buying in the future) at the moment it seemed more ideal to create my own. I love working with my hands, getting creative when I can and challenging myself to create something I've never attempted.

Yes, this is a first for me and trust me it shows, but that's how most DIY's go. Especially when it's your first time trying it on your own. The reason I was attracted to this DIY and wanted to try it for myself is again for budgeting reasons and because I could basically find a fabric and pattern that I wanted and could choose for myself rather than browsing the internet for hours on end until I found something I could live with.

For starters make a plan. Decide on which lampshade or shades you want to work on and their shape and google for inspo or head over to Pinterest. Once you know the look you're going for, head over to your closest or favorite craft store or fabric store and choose your fabric.

Once you've decided on fabric (which IMO is the hardest part) you need to figure out how much fabric you need. Personally I only got half a yard for each of my two smaller lampshades.

What's You'll Need

• Lampshades of choice

• Fabric

• Hot Glue

• Hot Glue Gun

• Scissors (particularly used for cutting fabrics)

• Cloth or Fabric Tape Measurer

I started my measuring out my fabric and deciding how wide I'd like my fabric strips to be, once I did that, I started to cut my strips.

If I remember correctly I cut mine measuring at 4 inches per strip. The reason for that is because of the folding of each side towards the middle and glue to seal so that each strips sits seamlessly on the lampshade. Once you have that down, you can start layering each strip onto the lampshade overlapping each other until you've made your way around the whole shade.

Here's an example.

As you can see in some of these pictures I failed to align the end of the bottom and top strips with the tan fabric lampshade and therefore either or shows depending on what side the lampshade is facing out, nonetheless what's forgiving about busy print fabric is that it makes your mistakes hardly noticeable. Therefore it's forgiving to the eye and still just as beautiful.

I simply glued went around and glued each strip overlapping each other until I made my way all around and then added the top and bottom strips to give it the finished look.

Again, I can't stress enough how this looks decent for being my first time and I learned a lot. It's true what they say that you can and will learn from your mistakes. But even when we make mistakes what makes it special is that you tried.

Personally no matter what I love how both of these lampshades turned out and the whimsy look of them. It definitely gives their placement a warm feeling to the area and room they're in.

I hope that you find the courage or motivation to give this a try. It's certainly easy, you just need patience but then again what craft or DIY doesnt require patience?!

I truly hope you enjoy making this as much as I did. Remember, the charm lies in the imperfections and the personal touches you bring to it. Thank you for being a part of my creative journey. I’d love to see your finished projects, so please do share them on Facebook and Instagram. 

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