Description
- Product DescriptionSew 18 beautiful tailored
- pleated and loose lampshades to suit your styleLearn to sewour own stunningampshades using this comprehensive stepbystep guide from the founder of the Traditional Upholstery School
- oanna Heptinstall The book contains 18 fully illustratedtepbysteprojects
- featuring tailored
- pleated
- faux pleated and loose cover designs Each technique is covered in detail
- from measuring your fabric
- choosing a frame shape
- calculating your seams
- creating a shade
- adding trims and choosing a stand The projects require few specialist tools
- an be easily customised to suit your home decor
- nd cover a range of styles
- sizes and fabrics The book is bursting with inspirational images
- along with tips and tricks of the trade that Joanna has acquired over her successfulareer in upholsteryReviewFrom Mary corbets Needle & Thread
- Oct 17
- 2018Ive never made a lampshade But I know it can be done And better yet
- I know there are books out there that can help you do it Its calledSewing Lampshades by Joanna Heptinstall
- and it covers all the basics (and beyond) for constructing (and even designing) your own lampshades Like any good instructional book
- it starts out with all the basic supplies youll need to launch into your new career as a custom lampshade seamstress (Ok
- thats said tongueincheekbut hey You never know) The author covers all kinds of shapes and styles of lampshades Now
- if you were planning to create an embroidered lampshade
- then any shape of shade is game for your imaginative and creative pursuits But
- particularly for the embroiderer
- I liked two projects in the book especially One is a project that repurposes a vintage embroidered linen that was past its prime into a lampshade You can see in the photo above how part of that vintage linen is featured on a tailored lampshade The other project is just what I was looking for a hand embroidered lampshade In this case
- one panel on the lampshade features a cute
- juvenile image
- hand stitched Then
- coordinating fabrics are used for the rest of the panels on the lampshade frame The embroidery
- of course
- does not have to be juvenile It can be as grownup as you want it to be Its the concept were after
- to see how to design and create the lampshade that will showcase your own needlework The book is filled with stepbystep instructions and photos for constructing lampshades
- from basic designs to more elaborate designs There are hints and tips scattered throughout
- to help the newbie get through what seems like a rather complicated process
- but which isnt as complex as it seems The instructions in the book present the process of creating lampshades in such a way that it is accessible and doable
- for anyone who wants to do ithttps//wwwneedlenthreadcom/2018/10/lampshadesabrightwaytodisplayembroideryhtmlAbout the AuthorJoanna Heptinstall has been involved with lampshade making for many years
- researching and experimenting with the subject and taking on bespoke commissions for private customers Joanna runs The Traditional Upholstery Studio in Wiltshire
- offering a highly skilled furniture recovering
- respringing and repair service It also offers a specialist bespoke lampshade making and repair service Joanna offers upholstery classes
- which she runs locally as well as at the Womens Institutes craft School at NFWI Denman
- the WIs flagship headquarters in Marcham
- Oxfordshire
Sewing Lampshades How to create your own tailored and pleated designs
