{"id":1740,"date":"2012-04-12T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T15:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2012-04-12T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T15:47:55","slug":"self-made-patchwork-lampshade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/04\/12\/self-made-patchwork-lampshade\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-made patchwork lampshade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a lot of looking around I couldn&#8217;t find a lampshade I really liked for my living room, so I ended up buying a simple, cheap one. And then I saw this beauty in the background of the Sarah Millican Television Show:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebaobabtree.co.uk\/store\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=6&#038;products_id=303\" target=\"new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cache4.pinterest.com\/upload\/119063983868739448_kG7GuFhR_f.jpg\" alt=\"Patchwork lampshade from The Baobab Tree\" border=0><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I might buy that one at some point, but the colors don&#8217;t quite fit into my living room, and I figured I could do a simple version myself. My mom had some leftover fabrics in yellow, cream and red tones, so I bought spray-on glue, double-sided tape, one of those zig zag scissors (to cut the fabric so it won&#8217;t fray) and 2.5m of ribbon, and went to town on my existing lampshade:<\/p>\n<p>The materials:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evamaria_n\/7070929113\/\" title=\"Patchwork lampshade by Evamaria N, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7248\/7070929113_6c6c6bd762_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"144\" alt=\"Patchwork lampshade, step 1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trying out with double-sided tape:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evamaria_n\/7070929695\/\" title=\"Patchwork lampshade by Evamaria N, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5467\/7070929695_ff29af7453_m.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Patchwork lampshade, step 2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Going to town with the spray-on glue:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evamaria_n\/6924852620\/\" title=\"Patchwork lampshade by Evamaria N, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7251\/6924852620_97428b7b56_m.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Patchwork lampshade, step 3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prettying it up with the ribbon (which I had to affix with tape, as the glue didn&#8217;t seem to take):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evamaria_n\/7070930721\/\" title=\"Patchwork lampshade by Evamaria N, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5111\/7070930721_d72ca3c158_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"144\" alt=\"Patchwork lampshade, step 4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s obviously not perfect (I&#8217;m not good at precision work), but I like how it&#8217;s turned out &#8211; and it cost me next to nothing! (Okay, so the scissors would have cost a bit, but I was able to use points from one of those supermarket cards and got them for free.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a lot of looking around I couldn&#8217;t find a lampshade I really liked for my living room, so I ended up buying a simple, cheap one. 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