Felt Flower Lamp Shade
Welcome! I am excited to share this tutorial with you today.
Some of you may remember that I recieved several antique
pieces of furniture from my Mom a couple of months ago.
One of those items was a buffet that I put in our family room.
Of course then I needed to get new lamps for it – you understand right?
I really fell hard for these lamps. I love the shape and the size
for this space. The base is a silvery mercury glass type finish.
The shades, however, are grey.
And I didn’t feel they went all
that well with the buffet or the room. My colors in this room are
brown, beige, and black. So I went searching for lamp shades
and just could not find the look I wanted that would work with them.
I started noticing lots of crafts on blogs that were using
felt and making flowers with it.
For instance:
This one at Classy Clutter – you can find the tutorial here:
Then I found these adorable felt covered pendant shades at Design Sponge
You can find that tutorial here:
I thought I may be able to make the gray lampshades work
If I put some felt flowers on them in the colors beige and brown.
So I went and got some felt at Michaels and began playing with it!
I decided I wanted to make one large flower for the center
of each section on the shade.
I started with cutting some circles in the two colors.
Looks a little bit like the CBS logo right now..
I purchased some “gems” at Michaels also to use in the center of each flower.
I alternated the colors and made the flower by hot glueing the pieces together.
I “scrunched” each circle up a little bit as I glued it to give it a ruffled look.
Then I took a bunch of the beige felt and cut it into circles, putting a bead
of glue down the center of each one.
Then folded it in half to make a crescent.
Meanwhile, I glued my large finished flowers to rectangles of felt.
And began an assembly line of adding petals to the flowers!
You take one of the crescent shaped petals, put a bead of glue along the back,
and glue it behind the flower – alternating placement as you work your way out.
I feel the need to pause at this point in the process and confess to you
that I am not a perfectionist. I used to be, but the meds helped…
Anyway – it is hard to be perfect with felt. The edges are not smooth
on these petals are not smooth and even – and I am ok with that.
Just wanted you to know….feel free to be perfect with yours
should you choose to make some! Ok – confession time over!
At this point I glued the back of the flower piece and began fitting
them on the shade. I ended up doing it this way, rather than glueing the flowers
directly to the shade, because it seemed to make more sense to me.
It used less glue and I felt I had an easier repositioning potential.
I don’t have pictures of this part of the process, because it took both
hands and some trial and error. I placed the flowers sections on the shade,
then looked all the way around, filling in petals where needed
and using petals to cover the seams where the felt backing pieces met each other.
Phew! Yes it is a lengthy process! And I was unsure right up to the end
as to whether I would even like the finished product.
But I do!
Now I just have to get it in gear and do the same thing on the other lampshade!
Thanks so much for coming by – and please let me know what you think-
And go check out these parties for more great ideas and crafts!
Lisa~The SweetTalk Shop
495 days ago
I LOVE THEM!!! I just bought some felt and fabric a made flowery headbands.
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Marcy
494 days ago
This is great – love how it turned out. It must have been a lot of work. One down, one to go! ~Marcy
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Eileen
494 days ago
Your shades turned out great! Love them! I plan to do this myself!
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Kathy
494 days ago
Adorable
No need for prefection , just think God’s petals were not uniform either -see don’t you feel better already ?
That would be nice though on your sofa or chair .
oh and I think you should do a pillow too
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Amanda @ House Revivals
494 days ago
I love how those shades turned out! What a great idea
~Amanda
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jody
494 days ago
You have outdone yourself {again!!}
How many sheets of felt did it take or did you buy a yard or two?
Great work girl! Altho you are dangerous with paint and a glue gone. lol
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Shane
494 days ago
They turned out beautiful!
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Jana
494 days ago
Super cute!
I need to give my lamp a makeover!!
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June @ I will craft .....
493 days ago
Very nice makeover. I painted a lamp and shade and it needs a little pizzaz. Maybe flowers like these will do the trick.
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cyndi
492 days ago
I have to admit, I had a few doubts at the beginning of this post. I was “oh so wrong!” They turned out great! Love them!
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Susan
492 days ago
this is very pretty!
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Holly
492 days ago
This is so adorable and chic! Great idea!
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Lisa
492 days ago
These are a great idea!! Isn’t it fun to make it yourself….I have a lamp that needs something and this may be just the thing..Thanks for sharing over at Whisperwood Cottage.
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Amy of WhisperWood Cottage
491 days ago
Such a creative and beautiful solution! Thanks for linking up!
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Lori
491 days ago
Over from CSI, your lampshade is fabulous, thanks for all the instructions.
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Michelle @thereallifemom
490 days ago
So beautiful! I think it turned out amazing! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for the other one!
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Wendy-Lou
489 days ago
Very nicely done! I confess that I am in the process of becomeing less of a perfectionist… I thought it was part of the 40 someting – I mean there has to be some benefits of getting older right? But meds would be nice too Thanks for the link to the “Breaking Dawn” cake post too – that was just to funny. Nice to know that i am not the only one who has crazy thoughts and conversations with her husband … also good to know that men seem to be so similar in their response to our insanity:) Happy New Year by the way!
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Kate
489 days ago
What a great idea! I have some shades I was trying to makeover too- I think I may take a cue from you. If I do, I’ll share for sure.
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Sara E
489 days ago
fun fun fun! so super cute!
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TidyMom
487 days ago
I LOVE it!!
Thanks for linking up!! I featured your post in the wrap up http://tidymom.net/2011/im-lovin-it-wrap-up-1-16-11/
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Melissa K
486 days ago
Gorgeous! And I am seriously drooling over those mercury glass lamps. Where did you find them?
Featured by Tidy Mom, Amanda’s pick at CSI Project… I’m driving over for your autograph tomorrow.
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Christine
486 days ago
I love this lamp! The base is really snappy and that shade is perfect for it!
Christine
greatoakcircle.com
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Liz
486 days ago
These flowers are gorgeous! What a neat look, and so creative! I absolutely love them! Thanks for sharing!
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Christy
485 days ago
ADORABLE!!! I am redoing my daughters room in pink, white and black…this is the perfect idea for fixing up her room! Thanks!
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