Thanks for all your help!
This looks like a good way to use up remnants from projects.
I have some devore velvet around that I am currently thinking of using,
with beaded fringe.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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Fran,
For the type of shades I covered I sewed on the lining first. The lining was
not done in multiple sections but perhaps only 2 sections which I worked with
pins to create the shape and then sewed the two seams. When you bring the top
and bottom over to the right side to stitch, those
Fran,
Why not baste after pinning?
Baste if you feel you need to. It's not for me if it can be avoided. Pins are
my basting.
This shade has two layers of material, do you use two layers?
I had to run upstairs and take a look. Yes, the two remaining shades that I
own both have actually 3
The lining goes on first bringing the seam to the front and whipstitching it to the tape covered wires.
So to answer your question I get it evenly stretched over the frame sections by
WORKING those pins until I am satisfied. Most sections are cut on the bias
which helps.
This is
Fran,
The wires are covered with twill tape and that is what you pin the fabric to.
Cut the seam allowances with extra fabric according to the grain line of the
original remaining panel. When I do it I have pins lined up all the way along
the twill tape maybe 1/2 apart--adjusting as you go.
Thanks!
Questions:
Why not baste after pinning?
This shade has two layers of material, do you use two layers?
I take it you yourself sew on the gimp and fringe rather than gluing them?
When I took an oil painting class in college, we learned to stretch
canvas. Instead of fastening down one
You know, the modern version of same. I have a large repro shade I
bought about 20 years ago. The more or less tulip shaped wire frame
was new then, and it's still in great shape. The silk it was covered
with (even though the shade is a repro) is shattering badly.
It strikes me that getting
, 2009 5:22 PM
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: [h-cost] OT: Victorian style lamp shades
You know, the modern version of same. I have a large repro shade I bought
about 20 years ago. The more or less tulip shaped wire frame was new then,
and it's still in great shape. The silk it was covered
Sharon Collier wrote:
If you use something like silk chiffon, it stretches enough to give some
leeway. Can you remove what's left of your shade to use as a pattern?
One of the panels is more or less intact, so yes. The pattern is not
really the issue, but getting the material onto the
: Re: [h-cost] OT: Victorian style lamp shades
Sharon Collier wrote:
If you use something like silk chiffon, it stretches enough to give
some leeway. Can you remove what's left of your shade to use as a pattern?
One of the panels is more or less intact, so yes. The pattern is not really
Can you get any clues from what's left? (Were the pieces seamed together
first, and then stitched around the top and bottom? Or was every other panel
stitched to the frame, and then every *other* other panel stitched to the first
set?)
It sounds like you'll need a skill set similar to
They covered each panel separately. Looks like they first wrapped the
wire of the frame with narrow twill tape, in a spiral. I don't see any
reason to re-do that. Then they probably sewed on the panels from the
outside--not much stitching is seen from the inside, though some is, and
it's hand
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