Show Womans Woman's World Add Gay Fresh Dashes of Color By Fashioning Own Lamp Lampshades shades i I I C Lila ci v vIt If It youve you've had your heat on just long enough to notice tho permanent perma perma- permanent nent film of soot that has gathered over many of ot your furnishings then its it's time to freshen up the house Some special offenders frequently arc are the lampshades No homemaker whether she is fastidious or just plain neat ever will permit a soiled lampshade in her home Naturally there arc are some which simply will not respond to cleaning after a certain stage has been reached or they have become too faded and weary that nothing short of drastic means will solve the problem Making lampshades at home Is really a simple problem You have havethe havethe havethe the frame and the rest is just a matter of ot choosing the right fabric for your room and fitting it Now dont don't let this last be your stumbling block because its it's really easier than fitting a dress You can pick up the lampshade and just go at it easily using your pins generously to tack the new lampshade on and then stitching it on And of course you alwa always s can use paper or fabric and paste this on over the lampshade you now have or on the frame and Its It's as easy as doing up paper dolls The main requisite Is keeping the work mathematically mathematically mathematically mathe mathe- precise In measurements and then using your neatest technique technique technique tech tech- In pasting or sewing after fit fit- ting Wrapping or Wallpaper May by Be Used for Cor Covering Co We have all at one time or another run Into wrapping papers or wallpapers wallpapers wallpapers wall wall- papers which we thought would be bethe bethe bethe the perfect choice for a lampshade but somehow we never were quite able ble to figure out how to put them to use Heres Here's a foolproof plan for making these shades fit To make a pattern for the shade lay some large pieces of brown wrapping paper or newspaper on the thed d i t 1 f f yf I Brighten your drab rooms floor Paint the edges of the lamp frame white and while the paint Is still wet roll the frame across the newspaper Make certain that you turn the shade evenly particularly If it the shade Is not round The wet paint leaves a mark on the paper that can be used as a guide for cutting either paper or material lampshade Cut the pattern as soon as the paint dries leaving enough at the edge so that the shade coyer cover can be joined properly The p paper per shade then may be attached to the frame and held with paper clips cUps while you stitch the top and the bottom by or by sewing on a braid- braid Ing Never throw throwaway away the top or bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom rings from old shades as these can be used to make fabric shades If It you want to make a pleated paper paper paper pa pa- per shade shade this will will have to be cut TT By making your own lampshades s. s in a circular shape before pleating Fitting properly in this case Is of the utmost Importance Here again use the pattern trick described above and make sure the pattern fits before you actually cut the shade itself Lined Fabric-Lined Shades Require Different Technique Fabric shades should be stretched tight on the frame you use for thorn them but before you actually place the fabric on the frame you must I wind seam binding or a bias of the same fabric as the shade around the wires of the frame Another decision you must make before actually covering with fabric fab tab fabric ric and cutting the shade is whether or not you want the edges finished with a double fold decorative ribbon ribbon rib rib- bon fringe or braid This will make a difference In the size of the shade Itself and you may not have fabric to waste in trimming off oft later Always assemble everything before before before be be- fore you start to work as the job requires concentration and you cannot cannot cannot can can- not stop and look for something when you are trying to do a good job lob of ot fitting Fabric shades may be lined or unlined unlined unlined un- un lined depending upon the kind of material material material ma ma- used If you stretch the fabrIc fabric fabric fab fab- ric to the shade It Jt must always be lined Select the lining fabric carefully carefully care care- fully as this is right next to the light which will give any fabric a rosy glow As you stretch the fabric over the shade pin it carefully to both top and bottom Make certain the fabric fabric fab tab ric really stretches and use a bias cut Pin and re-pin re the shade several several several sev sev- eral times until you are certain that the fabric lays smooth as silk sUk on the frame Then overcast the fabric fabric fabric fab fab- ric to the frame as you would with a paper shade and trim as desired For lampshades with petticoat ruffles ruf fles lies use any of the dainty organdies or various printed fabrics These In many cases may be unlined but its it's a good Idea to test the fabric against the light so you will know what to expect when you have the shade made The ruffle which you are using must be cut three times as large as the circumference around the shade Pleat or gather this and join the ends Heavier fabrics such as drapery and slipcover material also may be used for lampshades but these are best made like the paper shades more tailored and trim Do not attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to put ruffles on them |