Hi there it's Deidre from our upcycled life welcome to my channel if you like thrifting and
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content I'm in the process of redoing my craft room here we're empty nesters so I'm taking
over the bedroom and I'm making it into my craft studio and I'm trying to make it funky and fun
and i had an ugly old beige lampshade that I wanted to redo I took a 1970s bed sheet and i
mod podge it and made it into this funky fun lampshade so I'm going to show you today how
i did that also if you've gone back and you've watched some of my other videos
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going to show you how to mod podge a lampshade okay so here's the lampshade that I want to do
and actually the base of this lamp i found in the landfill I can't imagine anybody getting
rid of it it is all solid wood and ornate and it's beautiful but I want to perk up the
shade so I'm going to decoupage this bed sheet on it I picked this bed sheet up at value village for
$2.99 and I just love the 70's groovy feel of it and I'm excited to get this on the lampshade
I couldn't believe when I found this bed sheet because it matches my craft pegboard
perfectly
okay I'm going to measure the lampshade and see the width that I need the panels
in I'm actually I'm not going to do this all in one piece I'm
going to decoupage separate panels on because it's easier to work with
and what's nice about this sheet is the width is exactly two of these squares so I'm going to
cut that for the width and then I'm going to cut the length and then cut them into panels
okay I've got them all cut out in the width that I need and now I'm going to cut them down into
panels and I'm going to do them with the two sections of the squares and that'll make it
so much easier when I'm decoupaging because you won't have so much fabric to work with
and that's the first panel that I'm going to start with and you can see how it fits
right on the lampshade
I'm going to iron all the panels so they're nice and smooth and easy to work with
and I'm just using a high setting of six and getting them nice and flat
and I'm going to be using my mod podge mat
and when I start to decoupage I'm going to have
to push that fabric into all those pleats on the lampshade
when applying the mod podge you have to use quite a bit because you want
that to soak right through into the fabric so you have it adhere
really well so I'm applying a liberal amount and I'm just going to do it in small sections
do four or five pleats all at once and then lift it up and apply some more and when I'm applying
the first panel I want to make sure I have the edge right in the middle of the first pleat
and I'm going to flip it up and add some more mod podge and just keep working
away
I found as I was going along I got a little credit card and that worked really well to
help me push it into all those pleats really well because you want to make
sure that it's bonded really well in the middle of that pleat so it doesn't pop up
and also when I have it adhered really well in those pleats I take some mod podge and I put
a liberal amount on the top and there's a first panel all finished and I think it looks fabulous
okay now I'm ready to start the second panel and i want to make sure that i line
up the patterns as best as I can and then put that seam right in the middle of that pleat
and then add the mod podge on top to seal it in and keep working away again
as I'm redoing my craft room I've kind of been drawn towards all these funky fun whimsical colors
and I think it helps with my creativity
what do you think do you like this style let me know down in the comments
now when I ended this panel i had a little bit of excess fabric that
didn't fit right into the middle of the pleat so I'm just going to
trim that off so it's flush right in there and start with the next panel
do
now I'm finally almost done so I'm just going to measure up the last little bit that i need
to fit in and cut it to size and decoupage it in there i tried to line and match the patterns
as best I could it's really hard when it's a little bit of a angle on the lampshade but it
fit pretty good and it looks pretty good and with all the pleats it kind of hides any imperfections
decoupaging is all about having fun it's not about having it completely perfect and I think I
am going to love this lampshade okay all finished it used quite a bit of mod podge but it adhered
really well and the fabric is stuck really well to the lampshade so now I'm just going to tuck in
all the pieces around the edge into the pleats and give it a nice finished look
I'm just going to trim off some of the excess fabric just so there's
enough just to tuck down into the pleats so it's not really bulky
okay I'm going to add some mod podge along that little bit of fabric and tuck it right up into the
pleats and as I got going um i was trying to use my fingers and then I realized that my scissors
the point of my scissors would poke it right up into that pleat
and make it nice and smooth and finished
looking
and the finished edge looks wonderful I really like it and now I'm just going to do the top
and we're almost there
okay all the ends are tucked in and now we're ready to add the finishing touch
and this is exciting i found this bag at the thrift store for two dollars a full bag
and it is the 70s pom pom trim and I'm going to put it on the top and the bottom of the lampshade
and I think it's going to look fabulous
I'm just going to secure it with my hot glue gun around the top edge and the bottom edge
okay all finished and let's get it on this lamp post and we can
have a look and see how it fits into my craft room
and there it is all finished it looks exactly like how I wanted it to
it's kind of funky eclectic 70s vibes and when I walk into my craft room it just makes me happy
and that base of the lamp is unbelievable I love it and I'm so glad i was able to find it
and rescue it and bring it here to my home
my craft room's almost complete so stick around because I'll do a room tour real soon thanks so
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