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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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- May 8, 2017
- 2 min
3 Shibori techniques for lampshades
If you haven’t tried shibori dying yet you really must, it is a beautifully simple technique using natural dye and the art of...
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- Sep 5, 2016
- 2 min
Learn Natural Dying Techniques with Botanical Inks
This week I am bringing you something a little different, I know many of you love to work wonders with cloth, whether it be embroidery,...
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- Jun 13, 2016
- 2 min
Beautiful free-motion embroidery
Jane Gooding, the talent that is Picpacnaddywak has written us a lovely guest blog post about her work… Picpacnaddywack I’ve sat here at...
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- Jan 11, 2016
- 3 min
Artist spotlight- Jane Robinson – textile designer
In 2014 I won the City and Guilds Gold Medal for Excellence in Stitched Textiles (Embroidery) for my work on a Diploma course. Since then...
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- Nov 23, 2015
- 1 min
Free book giveaway! Get creative and learn a new skill.
How hard are you working? Do you deserve a hard-earned break from all the running around, Christmas preparations, sticking, sewing,...
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- Sep 21, 2015
- 4 min
Gosh and Absolutely explain how they sell their handmade lampshades
The Gosh & Absolutely team give us the low-down on their handmade lampshades and what it’s like starting a business… Last year a friend...
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- Aug 17, 2015
- 1 min
Needcraft’s lampshade making expert in Craftseller Magazine
We are delighted to have lampshade making Joanna Heptinstall featured in Craftseller’s online Magazine! Joanna is a force to be reckoned...
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- Aug 10, 2015
- 1 min
Lampshade designer Archie mac London and her Camden Market installation!
We shared one of Robyn from Archie mac London‘s videos with you a while back… Remember? We told you she had a big lampshade making...
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- Aug 3, 2015
- 5 min
Scottish lampshade designer tells us her business story
A bright, shiny light-filled Hello to you! I am Kirstie Seonaid MacKay, owner/designer/maker at UrbanRebel Design, a dynamic new design...
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- Jul 14, 2015
- 3 min
Botany Bay Designs talks handmade lampshades and nautical inspiration
I’m Nicky… and I’ve been making handmade lampshades as Botany Bay Designs for one year this June. I’ve always been interested in crafts...
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- Jul 6, 2015
- 2 min
Artist spotlight – DERYN RELPH
Deryn Relph is a textile designer working in predominantly knitted textiles. With a love of colour & a desire to design & make...
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- Jul 3, 2015
- 1 min
Friday afternoon treat for all you lampshade enthusiasts out there!
Meet Archie Mac London and their wonderfully wacky creations! Robyn of Archie mac London just posted this lovely video on her Instagram...
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- Jun 30, 2015
- 6 min
Announcing Needcraft’s competition winner, Caron Ironside Design- Lampshade designer and scree
Caron not only makes her own lampshades, cushions and more but prints her own Perthshire and 1950s inspired fabrics. Her designs have a...
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- Jun 30, 2015
- 1 min
Shhhh… Needcraft lampshade competition winner to be announced later today!
Wow! What an epic lampshade journey this has been… Our #lampshadebusinessinabox competition has attracted many talented lampshade...
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- Jun 22, 2015
- 5 min
The lampshade loft- competition runner up #5!
Jane Warren has been making lampshades for around 8 years and runs her small business, The Lampshade Loft, from home. Jane is very active...
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- Mar 9, 2015
- 5 min
Student workshop packs!
Student Workshop Packs – Lampshade making kits to make bespoke, handmade lampshades. ‘The perfect way to provide a new and exciting...
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