A Raggedy Little Project

Yesterday...I shared this photo with you and asked if you knew what it might be. 

Did anyone guess that is a lampshade? 

You can see the lampshade before the makeover in the photo below.  I had recovered it a couple years ago and there was nothing wrong with it, but it was time for something new!

I saw this idea online a while back and had been wanting to give it a try. When I was home sick last Thursday, I decided to tackle it while I was sitting around doing nothing. I started by stripping the fabric and lining off the shade, leaving just the wire form (which I forgot to take a picture of). I then raided my scrap basket and found several different fabrics and tore them into strips about an inch wide. 

I then started tying them on the frame. This was easy, but very time consuming. I would say I spent between 2 and 3 hours tying the strips on! It was worth it though, since I love the finished product! Here it is after a few rows had been tied on.

And....here it is all finished! 

I decided to add some pop-pom trim to the bottom to give it even more character. 

It looks pretty with or without the light on...:)

 

And here it is at night.....:)

I just love how it turned out and the best thing is, it was free since I already had everything I needed for the project. I have another lamp shade I am thinking about redoing as well and hanging from the ceiling like a chandelier. So, what do you think of my raggedy little project? 

Thanks for stopping by and until next time......