#Needcraft 2/4

Apr 14, 20227 min read

Soft Shade Making Series - How to Make a Pattern

With the preparations for making a traditional soft shade covered in our Soft Shade Making Series, it’s time to talk patterns! Making an...

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Mar 31, 20222 min read

Calling all Curtain and Blind Makers – April Interiors Trade Fair

The Dannells’ trade fair tour bus is still on the move! We’re excited to be attending The April Interiors Show, a curtain and blind...

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Mar 29, 20224 min read

Lampshade Kit Hack #9 - Using Vinyl as a Lampshade Inner

Want to make a shade that stands out from the crowd? How about using colourful vinyl on the inside of your shade? Easy to apply and...

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Mar 16, 20225 min read

Soft Shade Making Series - How to bind a lampshade frame

Our third post in our Soft Shade Making Series is about laying the foundations for the lampshade ahead, namely binding your lampshade...

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Mar 2, 20224 min read

DIY Tutorial - Parchment Fluted Lampshade

Making your own lampshades means the sky is your limit in terms of the materials, design and shape you opt for and today's Parchment...

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Feb 17, 20222 min read

CHSI Stitches - Come and say 'Hello'!

Trade show season is upon us and it’s great to be back meeting customers and sharing our inspiring lampshade making and craft kit...

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Feb 10, 20224 min read

Soft Shade Making Series: Binding Tape

In our second post of our new Soft Shade Making Series, today we're talking about binding tapes and how they are an essential part of...

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Jan 20, 20222 min read

Visit us at the Spring Fair 2022

Packed with wholesale homewares and gifts the Spring Fair trade show is a must for any craft or homeware retailer and we’ll be there,...

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Jan 18, 20224 min read

Soft Shade Making Series: Traditional Lampshade Frames

Lampshade making comes in many forms and although making ‘hard shades’ is a popular and easy way to achieve a stunning new lampshade, our...

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Jan 10, 20223 min read

Top of the Clocks – Creative ideas for Needcraft Clock Making Kits

If you’ve not yet tried one of our Needcraft kits, 2022 might be the year to try one out! Featuring a range of useful home ware kits,...

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Jul 22, 20214 min read

Top 4 products to secure a lampshade seam

We often ask our lampshade makers ‘what’s your favourite part of making a lampshade?’ and more often than not it’s when the lampshade...

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Jul 19, 20213 min read

Interiors inspiration: The Cottagecore trend

Spanning both fashion and interiors, Cottagecore started to gain traction in early 2019, evolving as an internet and social media trend,...

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Apr 29, 20213 min read

3 Essential Olfa tools for lampshade making

‘Give us the tools, and we will finish the job’ the proverb says, but what if those tools were made the job twice as quick and offered...

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Apr 27, 20215 min read

Lampshade Inspiration - The art of free machine embroidery

Via our #memadeshade Instagram competition we’ve seen our lampshade makers use a variety of art and craft skills, as the basis for making...

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Apr 6, 20213 min read

Needcraft Kits - Easter holiday kids crafting ideas

With the Easter holidays upon us it's time to get imaginative with some of our Needcraft Kits. As inspiring and easy to make for kids as...

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Mar 26, 20213 min read

Vintage Inspiration - Lampshade Making Book Review

For today’s modern lampshade makers, there are plenty of sources of inspiration, but looking back at the styles, techniques, methods and...

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Mar 11, 20213 min read

Book review - Sewing Lampshades by Joanne Heptinstall

On opening the book, Sewing Lampshades by Joanna Heptinstall, our hearts skipped a little beat. Hit with an array of colourful lampshade...

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Jan 15, 20213 min read

Book Review - 50 Thrifty DIY Shades by Adeline Lobut

50 Thrifty DIY Shades is book based around you guessed it.…decorative shades that can be made up of scraps of fabrics, bits and bobs and...

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Nov 25, 20203 min read

Book Review – Make Your Own Lampshades – Elizabeth Cake

Lampshade making doesn’t have to be an off the shelf craft and can be as creative as your imagination will allow, a fact that’s proved...

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Aug 27, 20203 min read

Book Review – Handmade Lampshades by Natalia Price – Cabrera

Often referred to as the ‘go – to’ lampshade making book, Natalia Price – Cabrera’s book Handmade Lampshade certainly earns it’s moniker....

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