House, design, repair, decor. Yard and garden. Do it yourself

House, design, repair, decor. Yard and garden. Do it yourself

How to update lampshade using fabric

Want to add a few individuality room? Make a lamp to the center of attention with a beautiful fabric. It may be to the tone of his favorite sofa pillow or supplement the base of the lamp. Fully customizable for your interior and original, this project will certainly give the appearance of the room a new look! The concept is pretty simple and easily feasible with your own hands. See what can happen from this.

How to update lampshade. Necessary materials:

ready lamp lamp, as the basis, fabric in size of lampshar, glue, scissors with zigzag edges.

Spread the fabric with an invalid side up on a flat surface to get rid of unnecessary folds. Screw the lampshade on the fabric. If the diameters are different, then the curved figure will be. Remember that the fabrics should be sufficient to cover the lampshar and letters on the bending.

Then circle the lampshar loop and add an allowance. Do it carefully, remembering about the saying "death seven times - a rejection once." The lines are likely to be curved and parallel, so measure in several distances, which must be the same over the entire length.

Cut the fabric with zigzag scissors. This will allow not to handle the edges of the fabric additionally.

After the cutting of the fabric is ready, wake the lamp shade with glue. Now you can carefully attach fabric and smooth out your hands thoroughly. Bend the edge from below, pre-slipped with glue.


Since there will be allowed in all edges, it will remain additional matter, which is superimposed on the cloth from the other end from the start of wrapping. These excess fabrics need to be glued on top. To make it carefully, not blurring fabric on the lampshar, use a piece of cardboard or paper.
Select the edges at the top of the lamp to the wire around the wire, slightly cut the allowance with zigzag scissors. Stick to the inner part of the lamp. After that, all edges must be bent. Let the time to dry the glue.