Pray For Lilly: Hunter's Bright Lights - covering a lampshade with fabric

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Hunter's Bright Lights - covering a lampshade with fabric

Hunter has been busy assembling some more vintage mason jar lamps. We've decided that cute/interesting lampshades really make the lamps look better overall. But wow - they're too expensive for us and would really knock up the price of the lamps, making them less affordable to others.

So I had the idea of covering some plain lampshades with fabric. We bought these lampshades at Walmart for just under $5.00 each.

Then I went "shopping" in my box of fabrics. I pulled out some of my favorite fabrics, hoping that someone else might like them too. Then we watched a couple of videos on YouTube on how to cover lampshades with fabric. The people made it look so easy!! (hahaha ...)

I started with the first step - making a paper pattern of the lampshade. This turned out to be the hardest part! I think that is because our shades were shaped a bit differently than the ones used in the videos.

I cut out the fabric, using the pattern. Ironed each piece. Then took them, one at a time, outside to spray adhesive onto the back of fabric. Then rolled the lampshade across the material covered with the adhesive. This part was a little tricky as sticky fabric can act like SaranWrap and get all stuck together. Ugh! But it stays sticky for quite awhile so I could keep repositioning it without problems.

Finally I was done. It really didn't take that long.

Next, Hunter assembled the light kits. You can buy kits already put together, but they are about $13.00 each. I found these on amazon.com and they were 3 for $21.85. (Hunter didn't like the dark electrical cords as much, but at $7.28 each, they were just such a bargain.)