Lamp Shades & Cabbage Roses

One of my favorite hobbies is recovering old lampshades. They are easy to do. A little time consuming, yes, but well worth the effort. I covered these lampshades with whimsical, cabbage rose fabrics that I have collected along the way.

This pale pink, rose fabric is actually a vintage sheet from a yard sale. The woman I bought it from said she had a top and bottom sheet, but all that was out was the bottom. I waited for her to dig through her garage because I wanted more of this beautiful print, but alas, she could not find it. It is hard to see on the small lampshades, but the sheet has big bunches of roses that are connected by delicate rose swags. I made curtains for my kitchen with the sheet and used the leftover part to cover the lamp shades.

The plain, white shades were transformed into these romantic, cottage style shades with an old sheet and a hot melt glue gun.

These both sold at the shop recently and, I have to admit, I was a little sad to see them go.

The fabric I chose for the next shade has red, pink and white cabbage roses on a buttery, cream background. I love this fabric too and I have A LOT of it. My sister gave me yards of it when she moved and was cleaning out her craft room. I have never seen anyone hoard as much fabric as my sister and we had a lot of fun looking through all of it. I recovered this large, rectangular lampshade that I found for $2 at a yard sale.




I regret not taking a photo of this lampshade lit up, before it sold, because it looked so pretty with the light shining through it.


I recovered the most recent two lampshades in my sister-in-law's old pillow shams. Does this look familiar Kylee? The fabric has a light brown background with pretty pink and white roses. I used the ruffle that was already on the edges of the sham for the shades to make it easier on myself.

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