Diy Cover Lampshade Fabric

Don t forget the spray adhesive.

Diy cover lampshade fabric.

Using scissors puncture the old fabric and gently cut sections away from the frame. Cover it with fabric. If you re on a tight budget rummage through your craft supplies to find scrap pieces of fabric you can use to decorate your lampshade. As nostalgic as grandma s old lamp shades might be it s time for an upgrade.

If your lampshade is fabric on the inside this won t work. Old lampshade or a new plain one a large sheet of paper kraft paper or old wrapping paper works pearl head pins fabric glue clothespins scissors pencil pen. Dry fit your fabric making sure you cut it right i don t doubt that you did just sayin it s easier to fix without glue on the whole thing and all with craft glue place a line of glue on the seam and adhere your fabric then lay the shade down and glue a little as you go rolling fabric onto shade. But let me show you the technique i use.

Remove any old fabric from the lampshade frame. Say you re going for a nautical theme in your son s bedroom now s your opportunity to go all out and find some fun sailor like fabric to cover your diy. Start by laying our your fabric and ironing flat if needed to get rid of wrinkles and fold lines. You may have to roll diagonally across the fabric depending on the size of the shade you are trying to cover.

Here are the directions. Remove the trim if there is any by pulling on it. Diy golden glow lampshades. It should come off easily.

While the interior which is made of a paper has been spray painted for a golden glow. Roll the drum shade across the fabric to pick the direction that provides adequate fabric coverage of the shade. If the old fabric of your shade is torn or ruined in any way you ll want to remove it before you recover the shade. Ask ten diyers how to cover a lampshade and you ll probably get ten slightly different answers.

There are several ways to cover a lampshade. Note that this is the technique i use for covering plastic lined lampshades.