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07 October 2010

my creative space 'handstitched lampshade cover'

Greetings all,
Remember these free lampshades i got from Revolve a few MCS posts ago, tossed in with that cabinette??  I finally got around to covering them & put them in the girls' bedrooms.
I have THOSE kind of children who can't resist fooling around, like pretending to be a lampshade??!!  Trust me, she was very quiet & still, our 3rd daughter makes a good floor lamp.
 it was 10C yesterday so my children were in bikinis with no where to swim
 imagine this sweet print in a pink, red & white bedroom
 making crude measurements, circle sewing is always deceptively greedy with fabric
Ok, so this is NOT the Babushka print, instead it's the one my eldest daughter chose, she just loved the greens in this fabric.  I hand stitched them completely from the comfort of my lounge - tacked the hem then turned it over & anchored the top & bottom in place to the wire, easy peasy speedy project. 
Happy Creative Spacing, thanks Kirsty for hosting.  Love Posie

17 comments:

  1. Love it. I am sure my mother has just the right moulded lime green rimmed plastic mirror to go with it. Still in use.

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  2. Oh, my golly! That kind of easy peasy project would have me swearing like a sailor for hours. It looks lovely, Posie...and your daughter's taste in fabric is sublime.

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  3. Yeah, that doesn't look easy to me!!
    Looks great Jennie!x

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  4. Lovely work as always Posie. x

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  5. Looks great - Love children with personality:) Mr B was running around last night with his knitted nappy cover on as a beanie:)

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  6. I love the shade fabric she chose how fun!

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  7. he he - nice fabric. She looks lovely :-)

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  8. it looks great! i think my kids would do the same given the chance!

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  9. Nice one Posie! Love a bit of hand sewing for those sitting on the couch nights ;)

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  10. Speedy craft...my favourite kind.

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  11. The green lampshade looks great Posy. Love your new lampshade;) your daughter looks very cute!

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  12. She makes a very cute lampshade...I like the green one.

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  13. Brilliant. I am loving the green too. You make it sound so much easier than it actually is!

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  14. so cool. what a cute model you have!!

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  15. I love the new choice of fabric for the lampshade, although I don't think I'd have the patients to hand stitch the whole thing!

    Your daughter with the lampshade remended me of this http://itsallrelative-brenda.blogspot.com/2008/02/cant-find-hat.html

    Hope you are having a lovely time in Sydney.

    Love Brenda

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Hello, i'm Posie, how do you do?? I'm taking a break from blogging & have stopped anonymous commenting to prevent the junk. Thanks, love Posie