A fairly wide range of lamps in stores is not for everyone. Sometimes a truly original thing suitable for interior decoration can only be done on its own. Let's look at how to make a spectacular hanging lampshade yourself.
Materials
For the manufacture of the lampshade, a strong cotton braid with a tight weave will be required, which will act as a winding for the frame. This decision will make it possible to prepare a base on which the external finish of the product will subsequently be sewn. An alternative is to use self-adhesive paper tape. But only if the fabric, which will fit the frame, will not be sewn.
You will have to find the frame itself or prepare individual elements for its manufacture. You may also need enamel for painting metal parts of the product. In conclusion, you will have to take care of finding suitable mounts.
Frame
To make a reliable and attractive pendant lampshade from fabric, you will need an appropriate frame. For its manufacture, it is enough to find several rings of various diameters, as well as a strong metal wire, which will serve as racks to maintain the shape of the product.
If you connect rings of the same diameter with equal racks, you get a cylindrical hanging lampshade. To make the product in the form of an inverted bowl, the upper ring must be smaller. At the same time, the racks can be left level or bent inward.
the cloth
Choosing the right fabric for the manufacture of lampshades, it is worth paying attention to several important points. First you need to look through the thickness of the material at the lamp and evaluate how well it transmits light.
If it is necessary to make a hanging lampshade in which the contours of the structure will be invisible during the glow of the lamp, it is recommended to use not only an external decorative material, but also a fabric to create a dense lining.
Fabrics of different colors shade the light differently. For example, yellow and red material give a warm glow, green and blue - cold.
Fasteners
As a means for fixing the lamp, it is enough to use fittings from the old product. Most often, the pendant lampshade is attached to the base of the lighting element using a special ring with spacers. Alternatively, the design can provide clamps, which will serve as the basis for holding a hand-made decorative product.
How to make a lampshade hanging from fabric?
It is extremely convenient to carry out work in the presence of a pre-prepared frame. You can make it either yourself or use any suitable design from an old lamp. The work is carried out in several successive stages:
- The outer side of the frame is wrapped in a single piece of thick paper or cardboard to get an idea of the future shape of the finishing material.
- The pattern prepared for further work is carefully removed from the structure and laid out on the table.
- The finished sketch is transferred to the fabric, which is cut with allowances of 1 cm per seam and about 5-6 cm for bending along the edges of the frame.
What materials the hanging lampshade will be made of with your own hands depends only on the imagination of the master. You can use either one fabric base, or several pieces of material of different thicknesses, colors, textures, which will create a more complex, original pattern.
Finally
Apparently, to engage in such creativity is not so difficult. The main thing is that after the first successful attempts, most home masters find it difficult to stop, and any standard lampshade is considered as something ordinary and unworthy of attention.