Well here we are, the weekend again, and the Easter school break has started - 2 weeks of no school run, and hopefully lots of time to play out in the sunshine (though not much evidence of that yet today!). It has been a busy week, and here is one of the reasons why....
I have made a lampshade for a friends' 40th birthday present, from some rather lovely 60s Heals fabric (called Conifer, designed by Gay Dulley). It's not a massive job to make a lampshade, but it is a fiddly one, and if you mess it up it looks rubbish and isn't easy to fix. I've been feeling tired and not really in a crafting mood, so I had to keep doing a bit and then putting it down to finish later...well I got there in the end and I think it looks pretty damn good. She likes it anyway, and that's the main thing (she had chosen the fabric in advance, I wouldn't have risked it not being to her taste!).
I do love the feeling I get when I've finished making something and it looks lovely; hopefully I'll get a chance to get back into my sewing over the next couple of weeks. I have an urge to do a bit of patchwork, maybe another cushion cover, or maybe I should start something a bit bigger like a quilt...it might be nice to have an ongoing project to dip into when the mood takes me! After all, I have got a fair bit of fabric to choose from.....
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
That's lovely! What a clever lady you are. BTW you need to email me your address so I can send you the tea towel! jenlittlebirdie@yahoo.co.uk x
ReplyDeleteOops, I forgot about that! Will do that now before I forget again. And if you ever need a bespoke lampshade, you know where to come....x
Deletelooks amazing, totally stunning! Hope you find your crafting bug over easter. Time to buy shredded wheat and make nests I think. :-)
ReplyDeletethanks love! Definitely nest making time, and easter egg hunting...if you're about at all next week let's get together for a bit of chocolate fueled boy madness!x
Deletethanks Rachel, yes they grow up super fast! What a fab lampshade, it looks brilliant! Hope you have a lovely weekend x
ReplyDeletethanks love, glad you like it! have a lovely weekend. x
DeleteLovely choice of fabric - I am sure that your friend will love it. I am amazed at the price of some lampshades in shops! I hope that you get to make some lovely things over Easter
ReplyDeleteHi Jenny, yes I know, I have terrible trouble pricing my work - I'm much better at giving presents! Loving your mini sewing machines. x
DeleteGorgeous, WANT!! : )
ReplyDeletehee hee nice to know people like what I do!
DeleteThe lampshade is gorgeous looks really good.
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to try and change some of mine!
Hope you have a lovely Easter :)
This is amazing, both your work and the pattern. Really lovely, Jo xx
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful material lampshade, I'm trying to brave up to make one for my living room... I've made one with handmade paper before but a tad daunted when it comes to using material... stretching and glue any advice much appreciated!!
ReplyDeleteoooooh! Now I want a lampshade too! ME WANTY!!!! x
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! Love the pattern too. x
ReplyDeleteFab !
ReplyDeleteLovely work, lovely fabric! was it difficult to do and will you be posting a how-to?
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your lovely comments, I went away for a few days and came back find you all saying such nice things! I must admit to using (whisper it...) a lampshade kit, which comes with everything you need apart from the fabric - I'm sure you could also use good thick paper. I imagine it's not too hard to recover an existing lampshade if you used a good spray adhesive, the fiddliest bit is tucking the fabric behind the wires all the way round - the first couple of lampshades I made were rather less than professional looking; as they were for myself I didn't mind too much, but I wouldn't have wanted to sell them or give them as presents! x
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