Zebra Print Lamp Shade Tutorial

I am slowly but surely getting Kiahs room and her decor all wrapped up!
For Christmas we bought her a new bed,
and for her Birthday we are buying her a desk
and zebra print chair! :) We have recently bought
her zebra print curtains and sheer purple curtains.
I have made her a zebra print monogram hair clip holder,
I have decoupaged her light switch and outlet covers.
And today I am going to show you how I created
this one of a kind zebra print lamp shade for her!

We already had this lamp base, it was from her old lamp. 

the shade was made of plastic and large sequins... after

a few years it just got detroyed! So I threw it away, but I thought

the base was so pretty, that I was inspired to make her a 

new pretty lamp shade to go with her room!

So I bought a plain white lamp:

Remember the fabric I got for $1 that I used for the light switch covers?

Well I still had plenty left, and laid it down flat on the table.

Started at the end and rolled the lamp to the other side, and traced along

as I went.

When I was done, I had a curved rectangle shape.

I cut it out leaving about an inch extra fabric from the pen line.

This way I could fold it over and glue in place.

I wrapped it completely around the lampshade using alligator clips

to keep it in place as I went before I glued anything down.

I started at the back of the lamp shade and drew a long line of glue

at the crease here. and Firmly pressed the fabric down.

Then I started at the top going back and forth from top and bottom, I glued 

about 2 inched down at a time. Make sure to pull the fabric tight as you

fold and glue it over.

When I got to the metal here, I just cut a line in the fabric and glued

it down around the underside of the metal!

Here i am at the end, I left about an inch of fabric open before gluing it down,

so I could fold it over and made a nice neat line.

Then glue down.

And that part is done! And looking great.

Next step, purple trim lace glued around the bottom of the lamp shade.

I was considering purple lace on the top too, but wasnt for sure about it,

so I used the alligator clips again to get a good look.

I looked cute, but I just wasnt for sure.. so I decided to do something else.

I started making a little silk ribbon rosette.

Then made a lace flower using black lace trim.

Added the rosette to the center and ...

then glued the flower the top of the lamp shade.

Voila! 

It was perfect!

Here it is in better lighting.

I LOVE how it turned out! Kiah was beyond excited about it too!

I love the mixture of the print and the lace, it looks even better in person.

 

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