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Sep 17, 20244 min read
5 Must-Read Books for Improving Your Lampshade Making Skills
Read our top 5 must-read lampshade making books, packed with techniques, tips, and creative inspiration to help you improve your skills!
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Apr 28, 20223 min read
Book Review - Lampshades by Katrin Cargill
Rated highly by our professional lampshade makers, ‘Lampshades’ by Katrin Cargill at first glance might look like a very average and...
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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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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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Jul 20, 20203 min read
You Tube Hexagon lampshade tutorial
If you missed our You Tube Live lampshade making workshop on Saturday, we had a lot of fun demonstrating how to make a Hexagon Lampshade...
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Aug 5, 20192 min read
Top 5 household tools for making lampshades
Although our Needcraft lampshade making kits contain everything you need to make a super professional looking shade, we’ve rounded up...
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