Skip to main content

Burlap Lamp Shade Cover


I do love my rooster lamp with the toile shade.  You've seen it several times.

 I decided to make a burlap cover for the shade.  First I took the shade off and traced around each section, across the length, and the width, onto paper.  I ended up with these two sizes of paper.  I folded the burlap and pinned the pattern onto it. and cut about an extra inch all the way around the pattern.  However, since I have finished this project, if I should do this again, I will add at least 2 inches all the way around.

I stitched the pieces together, and placed the cover over the lamp.

 As you can see, even with a piece of ribbon "pinned" on to the bottom, it was still a little small.  

Light bulb moment!  I remembered all the burlap runners seen in blog land with the ruffles on the ends.  So this afternoon, I sewed a piece of eyelet lace all the way around the bottom, and used stitch witchery to attach a white grosgrain ribbon around the top.

I am by no means a seamstress.  But this is how it ended up.

Please don't look too closely.  Not perfect, but I like the change.


 I worked on another project this afternoon.

I showed you this fabric remnant the other day.

 Someone suggested that it would be pretty as a wall hanging.  So today, I taped it to an old picture I no longer use to see if I want to use it that way.
 Here it is as a backdrop in these photos.
 I haven't decided if I'll keep it this way or not.

Partying this week at
House in the Roses - Show Off Your Cottage 
Between Naps on the Porch - Metamorphosis Monday
A Stroll Thru Life - Table Top Tuesday 
{Primp} your stuff Wednesday 
The Charm of Home - Home Sweet Home
 Thanks for hosting ladies!!
Labels:

Comments

  1. FABBY'S LIVINGAugust 28, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    Great lamp shade and lamp, you're so talented! My daughter wants to change her lamp shades because they're to old, but she kept them to make new ones, so I will show her what you did. I love the eyelet lace to finish it off, so thank you so much for sharing the how too. Have a nice evening. Hugs, FABBY

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sissie's Shabby CottageAugust 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    I really like the burlap lamp cover, it's a nice pretty and different look. Love the wall covering too.

    hugs
    Sissie

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    what a great job you did on your lamp shade and the burlap just looks right when there's a Rooster involved! :)
    I like that fabric as artwork! Looks great!
    be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Marty@A Stroll Thru LifeAugust 28, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Cute, cute, cute. I love the little ruffle. How fun is this. Hugs, Marty

    ReplyDelete
  5. Bonnie@ The Hopeless RomanticAugust 29, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    I love the lampshade,burlap is my new favorite, lol. Stop by for a visit sometime......ur new follower, Bonnie

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    What a great idea! The burlap shade is perfect with the rooster. I'm impressed. Great pictures.

    ReplyDelete
  7. SueAugust 29, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    The burlap shade looks adorable on that cute rooster lamp! Doing something for the first time is always a learning experience, so don't look at it as a mistake. See it as a great remedy.
    :-) Sue

    ReplyDelete
  8. Sanghamitra Bhattacherjee(Mukherjee)August 29, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    What a great idea! It looks stunning. Thanks for sharing.
    Hope to see you on my blog:)

    ReplyDelete
  9. OliveAugust 30, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    I love the bird piece as a picture but I am a freak for all things bird. hugs♥O

    ReplyDelete
  10. Mid-Atlantic MarthaSeptember 1, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    Cute shade. Love the pretty bird hanging too -- don't fellow bloggers have just the best suggestions?

    ReplyDelete
  11. CindySeptember 2, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    Your shade looks just marvelous and the bird hanging really does make a good backdrop for that area.
    Cindy

    ReplyDelete
  12. The Charm of HomeSeptember 6, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    How cute is this!
    Thanks for joining HSH!
    Sherry

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I love your comments and feedback. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you visited, and I will visit you and leave you a comment in return! Thanks!

Popular posts from this blog

Linens & Things

I love finding tablecloths, runners, napkins, and other linens when I am out thrifting. Whether it be at consignment shops, GW, or yard sales, I will usually snap up a pretty linen if it doesn't have a lot of stains.  I will show you some of my favorites. I found several pieces embroideried with this design at a favorite consignment shop. This blue runner (reversible to stripes), found on consignment. This is one of the nicer quality tablecloths I have found, $4.00 at a thrift store. This cloth was around $10.00 on consignment. This runner is also reversible to polka dots, and was a consignment find. This pink and white gingham is perfect in the sun room, and is a consignment find also. This is the most valuable table cloth I have found, and it was $2.00 at a nearby yard sale.  It is a vintage Wielunder.  They sell on ebay for 30 - 90 dollars.  Mine is in pristine condition! Christmas tablecloth, consignment sale. ...
49 comments
Read more here »

What's in the Hutch?

Yesterday I awoke in the mood to do some "deep" cleaning.  First on my list was to dust inside the china cabinet in the dining room.  Can you believe how much dust can get into a closed cabinet.  Really, how does that happen?  My cabinet has glass shelves and they were hazy with dust.  This is a rather tedious job because I not only have china inside, I have all kinds of little "pretties" stored there too.  It's one of the first things you see upon entry into our home, so I really should do this more often.  I want show you the before, sufficeth to say, it had been a while since I had tackled this chore.  Here are some photos showing the "after". Here is a collection of vases and crystal pitchers .   These were all gifts except the smallest one in the front and the one to the right of it. China and a consignment shop cake plate.  The china was formerly my MILs. More china . This little fairy lives here with her 2 sisters. They ...
31 comments
Read more here »

Decorating Slump

I have absolutely had the hardest time deciding on how to decorate the dining room table for Thanksgiving.  I am not satisfied with anything I've done.  I'll show you the latest in a long string of 'tries'. Anyway, this is the latest try.  I bought six of these chargers at Dollar Tree, at $1 each.   I layered with this dinner plate and salad plate purchased from Wal Mart several years ago. I stopped there.  No decision yet on silver, glassware, or placemats/napkins.    I have the drop cloth/burlap runner I made last week on the table. I brought out this lovely cake stand bought at Good Will for $4.99.  It is centered on the runner.  I like the contrast between the leaded glass and the runner.  I placed the arrangement I made a few weeks ago on top of the cake stand. I added the two white candle sticks with white candles, leaf garlands, 2 small ceramic pumpkins around the cake pedestal, and stopped. I have to decide on ...
18 comments
Read more here »