Sunday, June 15, 2014

Tablecloth not just for a Table

Good Morning everyone.  It's a beautiful morning here in Michigan, the sun is shining and there is a gentle breeze.  I'm blogging from our cottage on our little lake in the Farwell area.  We just installed internet service and I'm enjoying it immensely.  It's also Fathers Day and I wish all Fathers a Happy Day. Fathers are very important in a family's life and for the children.  Thank you Fathers.  Well here is my latest project.  I had a very pretty and old tablecloth.  I loved the colors which had orange flowers in it but it had a large hole in it.  I guess this tablecloth had seen a lot of use and I didn't want to discard it because the colors looked pretty good.  I also had an old lampshade form which I could use and recover so I used the tablecloth:  Here are the pieces before I started:

 This is the cute tablecloth with one of the holes.


Actually the tablecloth had pinks, orange and blues in it.  I first wrapped all the metal parts of the shade with an offwhite 1/4" ribbon.  I started with all the vertical metal parts and than wrapped the top and the bottom with the ribbon.  I wanted the inside to look as nice as the outside.  I than cut out the pieces of the tablecloth with the print that I wanted and hot glued it to the outside of the lampshade right on top of the wrapped ribbon. 
 I continued all along the outside of the lampshade until the whole lampshade was covered with the tablecloth without the holes.  I wanted to cover the raw edges of the tablecloth so I slightly ruffled the same ribbon that I had wrapped the lampshade with and hot glued that on top of the lampshade on each metal spoke of the frame.  I first did the vertical spines and than all around the top and bottom.
I also glued an 1/8" blue ribbon on top all the vertical gathered ribbons to bring out the blue in the material.


So here is my lampshade.  I think it is one of a kind and really fun. 
So, what do you think?  Better or worse?  Until next time, Dianne......................


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12 comments:

  1. Fantastic use of wonderful fabric. Thank you for sharing, you are truly inspired! (the lamp is quite impressive too)

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  2. That is so adorable! I love your pretty redo!! :) Thanks for sharing how you did it too! :) Happy sweet day! xo Holly

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  3. What a beautiful lamp and an inspired DYI. I wish there were closer photos so I could see exactly what your layers of ribbon look like -- and so that I could copy your idea. :) Thanks for sharing this -- I'm pinning it!

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  4. Your lampshade is beautiful! I'll no longer pass over the torn vintage linens! Pinning.

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  5. I have some lamps at our cabin in Maine that are begging for an "updo" like this one. Pinning!

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  6. It doesn't get any cuter than this. Lovvvvvvvvve this!

    Paula

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  7. OH MY -- this is fantastic!! Thanks for all of the details on how you did it -- and a great way to use these vintage pieces in a new way!

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  8. I absolutely love the way that turned out!

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  9. Soooo cute!! Thanks for the inspiration. Pinning this right now... :)

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  10. This is so adorable! I want one!!! Happy to feature you at the party this week. Thanks so much for sharing!

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  11. Beautiful, Beautiful! Love it. Such great colors. Have a wonderful week.

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