Lampshade making

[Penners]

Some long-unused neurone suggest that this was what they did with bi-planes?

Oh yes - dope and all that!

 

[worms]

Some long-unused neurone suggest that this was what they did with bi-planes?

Oh yes - dope and all that!

Yes, dope is good for linen but bad for the neurones!

 

[Penners]

Then I suggest you tell the neurones to get off back home to Neuralgia, where they belong.

 

[Nigel Watts]

First lampshade (of a pair) is now covered and lined. Tabs (to cover the slits in the lining where they have to go around the spokes) are pinned in. They will later be stitched on and trimmed back. Trimming then has to be applied around the top and bottom rims:

I chose the same type of silk as my curtains, but in a yellow which was a shade darker as this gives a warmer effect:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

As always Nigel, your skills with furnishings and fabrics are a joy to behold. Well done - looks really good and looking forward to seeing it finished.

 

[worms]

Looks good!

Now, get on and build that Sopwith Camel! :wink:

 

[Penners]

Looks good!

Now, get on and build that Sopwith Camel! :wink:

:lol: :lol:

Perhaps Nigel might first want to cut his teeth on a Keil Kraft Piper Family Cruiser:

 

[JoceAndChris]

No, no no! Nigel has mastered cornice flowers and running the mouldings in situ, cabinet making, hand-sewn interlined curtains with matching swags and tails, dress-making and lampshade making - much more interesting and useful than those incomprehensible aeroplanes boys like.

Looking very good Nigel, and will look even better once the trim's on.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

And he made his own trousers - his greatest triumph in my book.

 

[Penners]

No, no no! Nigel has mastered cornice flowers and running the mouldings in situ, cabinet making, hand-sewn interlined curtains with matching swags and tails, dress-making and lampshade making - much more interesting and useful than those incomprehensible aeroplanes boys like.

Now I'm starting to feel just plain inadequate.

 

[JoceAndChris]

Don't be silly Mr P, you're inimitable and a treasure.

 

[Moo]

I like the shade just as it is. Fussy trimmings would spoil its elegant simplicity.

 

[LadyArowana]

Now, get on and build that Sopwith Camel! :wink:

No challenge in that, make it an A380!

 

[worms]

Now I'm starting to feel just plain inadequate.

No challenge in that, make it an A380!

Plane inadequate?

 

[Nigel Watts]

I like the shade just as it is. Fussy trimmings would spoil its elegant simplicity.

The problem with no trimming would be that the stitching and the raw edge of the lining would be visible around both the top and the bottom, as the lining was carried over the rims and stitched to the outside. I intend to use a gold coloured trimming to match the fabric rather than a multi coloured or contrasting one.

 

[Moo]

Ah - I see what you mean.
It's just that in the photograph it all looks so perfect....

 

[Penners]

The problem with no trimming would be that the stitching and the raw edge of the lining would be visible around both the top and the bottom, as the lining was carried over the rims and stitched to the outside. I intend to use a gold coloured trimming to match the fabric rather than a multi coloured or contrasting one.

Several of our "classic-style" lampshades have the top edge trim glued on - at least that's the way it appears to my untrained eye.

But perhaps that's because of ghastly mass-production.

 

[Penners]

Don't be silly Mr P, you're inimitable and a treasure.

Hmmm - as I remember it, the definition of a "treasure" is something extremely old that's been dug up and needs a good clean.

I can't argue with that.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Brilliant so far Nigel-- how about a velvet trim, nice and plain!

 

[Feltwell]

I have to hand it to you Nigel, you do tackle a lot of jobs that most of us wouldn't go near and with some excellent results. I quite literally cannot sew a button on, much to the disgust of my mother, who is extremely able in embroidery, dressmaking, knitting and the like.

For some unknown reason, although I can tackle delicate work - I've successfully stripped down and refurbished several Victorian mechanical watches for example - give me anything involving thread and I instantly become totally cack-handed