House Interior Design Luxury

There's been a lot of crafting going on here lately and I managed to make the two Cloth Fabric cushions for our bed without too much difficulty considering I've done nothing like this for about 25 years!!!

Well, I did sew one side the wrong way which needed unpicking and then some of the ribbon got caught up and that needed unpicking and re-sewing! But other than that, it went okay. Needless to say, daughter #1 helped with some of the sewing while I measured, cut, pinned and did the final sew.


I used offcuts of the lampshade fabric and then bits I'd bought as remnants.


For the backing I used Cloth Cream Hemp fabric and cream ribbon (I didn't want to attempt sewing zips!).




I think I could get into this cushion-making lark!

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Labels: Bedroom, Craft, cushions

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Labels: Bedroom, Craft, lighting

So ... I had a plain lampshade that I thought could do with a zshush.

And I bought another one so we could have two new bedside table lights.

I found some instructions on the Beach Vintage blog (because I am incapable of working out how to do these things on my own!).

I bought some fabric from Cloth Fabric (Kangaroo Paw in Surf on Cream), some cream ribbon and spray adhesive.

And began ...

It was trickier than I thought as the shades taper in slightly at the top so the fabric couldn't be cut on the straight and needed to wind around the shade so it wouldn't bubble when sprayed with adhesive.


The hot glue gun proved tricky too. I'd never used one before and didn't realise how quickly the glue set and can become lumpy if not let to spread. Cue: daughter #1 who is an expert and helped me glue on the ribbon.


Between us, the lampshades were done in no time and if you don't look too closely, they don't look too bad!



During the day and at night ...

I'm now going to make some cushions for the bed from Cloth Fabric remnant samples!

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Labels: Bedroom, Craft, cushions, fabric, lighting