I am sorry, I do not have a good quality before picture of my lamp. But, I did manage to capture the 80's style lamp shade. I got it in my head that I wanted to sew a new lamp shade, why I decided to march down this thread paved road, I have NO idea. Though I love the outcome, I will NEVER do it again. ...EVER!!
The reason? Mainly because of how tedious it was...and I am awful at sewing on a curve.
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| Take a look at the 80's style lamp shade, pretty nice, eh? It's broke in the back b/c I originally tried to take the part that looks like the lid of a toothpaste off just leaving me with the plastic bottom. I was going to glue the fabric onto the plastic, but it was so old...the entire lamp shade fell apart. So I grabbed the lamp shade frame off another lamp and starting sewing. |
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| I also spray painted the bottom-white. I just loved the orange in the lamp-I couldn't bring myself to spray it. |
But I must add that the fabric was $6 a yard and I already had the ribbon on hand. So it was much cheaper than going out and buying a generic $24 lamp shade.
But I must add that the fabric was $6 a yard and I already had the ribbon on hand. So it was much cheaper than going out and buying a generic $24 lamp shade. 
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