How to make a lampshade

You can add a custom touch to a lamp shade with fabric that coordinates with your room's decor. Gather together the shade, paper for a pattern, fabric, scissors, glue, and trim, and you're half way there.
Lay a large sheet of newspaper, butcher paper, or brown wrapping paper on a large table or the floor.
Place the lamp shade on its side with the seam on one edge of the paper, leaving enough room to roll the shade over the paper.
Starting at the seam on the lamp shade, trace the shape of the top and bottom edges of the shade onto the paper, being careful not to get pen or pencil marks on the lamp shade.
Carefully roll the shade along the paper, marking the top and bottom edges on the paper until you get to the seam again.
Remove the shade from the paper.
Adding 1" at the top and bottom and at the seam line, cut the pattern of the shade from the paper.
Place the fabric, face down, on a clean, flat surface. Place the paper pattern on the desired fabric. Pin the pattern in place on the fabric.
Cut out the fabric, using your pattern as your guide.
Test fit the fabric on the shade and trim as necessary.
Cover your work surface with plastic or other protective covering. Spray the wrong side of the fabric with spray adhesive or apply diluted craft glue or fabric glue to the wrong side of the fabric with a soft brush, being careful not to get glue on the right side of the fabric.
Beginning at the seam area of the shade, lay the shade on one edge of fabric and carefully roll it onto the fabric a few inches.
Carefully pick up the shade and continue smoothing the fabric on the shade, lightly stretching and smoothing the fabric until the whole shade is covered.
In order to allow the fabric to curl over the top and bottom of the shade to the inside of the shade, you might want to carefully clip the edges of the fabric every half inch.
Smooth down all areas of fabric, clip in place with wooden clothes pins if necessary, and allow the adhesive to dry.
Decorate the top and bottom edges, to achieve a finished look, with a band of braid, ribbon, lace, beads, or fringe.

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