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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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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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- Feb 13, 2020
- 2 min
Visit Dannells' at CHSI stitches
Visit the Dannells team at CHSI Stitches, at the Birmingham NEC. Find us at Stand A38, showcasing our lampshade and creative craft kits.
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- Sep 21, 2016
- 3 min
Creating a restful bedside
Exciting news in the Dannells world! We have some wonderful guest blog posts coming up from the incredibly talented Ella Johnston at...
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