Another new Headboard lamp

The Essence of Royalty BL21

Delicate handcrafted gold and black rosebuds drop softly from the rich black and gold hand beaded fringe that accents this lovely Victorian style headboard bed lamp. It's fan shaped shade is dressed in gold and black paisley brocade, rose satin and heavy antique gold metallic lace. Handcrafted rose clusters highlight the side panels while 8 inch champagne chainette fringe and champagne french gimp finish her trimmings.

The fixture operates with a pull chain socket and uses no more than a 25 watt candelabra shaped bulb.

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New Bed Headboard lamp

BL20 Dreaming of Nectar

This beautiful Headboard lamp was created using a couple of moire prints that have been out of production for many years. I have been holding on to the fabric because it was one of my very favorite prints for making Victorian style lamp shades.

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Recycled Lamp

This is what happens when you take an old lamp out of the garage, clean
it up, rewire it and create a new lamp shade for it.

Lamp shade recover

I can see why Early American lamp shades are hard to find these days. I had fits recovering this one, but it was worth the effort.

I started by stripping the frame taking care to keep the fabric in tack as much as possible so I could use it as a pattern. Come to find out, to make the top and bottom ruffles, you take two complete fabric circles, put a cut from the edge to the center of the circle on both pieces and sew the two pieces together. This gives you twice the diameter which creates the ruffle. A wire sewn in a channel to the outside edge of the ruffle allowed you to form the finished ruffles. The rest was normal shade recovering 101.

I had an interesting adventure creating the netted and lace trim as well. I had dyed the lace trim, cut 2" strips of netting and folded it in half and stitched the lace to the netting. I then cut 2" strips of chocolate satin, made bias tape and stitched the netting and lace to it.

Total hours 43, which is why Early American lamp shades are pretty rare these days.

BEFORE

AFTER

Jennifer Renehan's baby lamp

New Victorian lampshade

Large Victorian lamp shade for floor lamp or large table lamp.

New oriental shade.

I had so much fun creating this!

Silver grey floor or table lampshade

I have been trying to put a few larger shades in my shop. It seems that they are expensive to ship and generally only available in white or ivory. I have been trying to use some of the current popular decorating colors. Here is the latest.

Another shade

Here is the second.

New shade for shop

In an effort to add some lover priced items to my shop, I am creating some simple handsewn shades. Here is the first.