Recover Lampshades With Fabric

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Recover lampshades with fabric.

Mark the fabric where you need to cut. Carefully set your shade down on the fabric about 1 in 2 5 cm from the edge top and bottom. You don t want to put the fabric on upside down. I would describe it as a barrel shape frame with a slightly sculpted top and bottom edge.

If you re recovering a tapered shade make sure you match the top of the shade to top of the fabric and the bottom of the shade to the bottom of the fabric. If the outside fabric of your silk lampshade is damaged the lampshade can be recovered replacing both the outside fabric and the inside lining. The first step of this process is to evaluate the frame and rehab it if necessary. Spray your adhesive on the fabric then slowly roll the shade over the fabric smoothing out any wrinkles along the way.

The lampshade i was recovering was made of a sturdy cardboard like material so it provided a good base for my new fabric. Wrap the fabric around your lampshade taking care to keep the fabric tight and clip it in place. Turn fabric over spray it well with faultless starch and iron 1 2 inch edges over as pictured below faultless starch is what makes this ironing part so quick and easy. How to recover a lamp shade with fabric video demonstrates step by step how to give an old lampshade new life with a fabric cover.

As this is the first lampshade i have ever made i carefully unpicked the original fabric layers and took lots of photos so. This is something to consider before you get started. That s because if you are recovering a fabric lampshade which is old or torn this treatment might not work for your lampshade. Place the pressed fabric over your shade aligning what will be the vertical seam of the fabric with the seam of the shade underneath.

5 using a fabric spray adhesive and following the manufacturer s instructions carefully and lightly spray along the length of the unpressed vertical edge you only need a tiny amount of adhesive. Recovering a lampshade is. Then fold the top and the bottom of the fabric in so that it lined up with the top and bottom of the shade. Hold the fabric in place with clothespins.

Fold the edge of the fabric in to create a clean edge. Save pin it see more images image credit.