Covering A Wire Lampshade Frame

Protect your work surface with plastic split clear garbage bags work well for this.

Covering a wire lampshade frame.

Apply hot glue along the outside edge of the top and bottom frame and press the paper into the glue. How to cover a lampshade frame with fabric a hot glue gun 1. S o i ve done a lampshade covering tutorial before but thought i d throw it in here again with my newest project underway. Apply hot glue to the outside of a vertical rib.

Place the lampshade on its side. Simply use a hot glue gun to stick a thicker piece of fabric along the top and bottom edges of your lamp. To really make your lampshade look store bought add a border around the bottom edge of the lamp. You can also add fringe rickrack or other types of materials to cover the hems on the top and the bottom of the newly covered lampshade.

Wash the lampshade fabric with laundry. Select a wire you can bend usually between gauges 8 and 14. Place the lampshade frame on the. Use rubbing alcohol to clean off the wire supports.

Spread out a large piece of newspaper on a large flat surface such as a table. Shop in your garden and house for objects you can use as pattern forms for your lampshade. Turn the pot upside down on the work table. Center the height of the paper so that there are even amounts of paper above and below the top and bottom of the shade.

Look at the pots you. Cut 6 feet of wire with wire. You ve seen the yardsale lamps i found for the guestroom redo i spied some fabric that i really wanted to use on these lamps so that meant recovering my own. Diy wire lampshade frame step 1.