The Fiddly Art of Lampshade Making

The Fiddly Art of Lampshade Making
Learn to make both drum lampshades and cover fun shaped wire frames too. I will show you through videos, podcasts and notes how to make your own lampshade artworks using plain fabric as well as your embroidered pieces learnt on the others courses.
Module 1 Welcome and how to use this course  
Welcome, everything you need to know to use this website and course is explained. We will also talk about materials & suppliers.
Unit 1 Welcome & How It Works
Unit 2 An Interview with Marna
Unit 3 Health & Safety
Module 2 The Jargon  
Here we will chat about terms and words used and the different types of lampshade available to us to make.
Unit 1 Supplies and suppliers
Unit 2 Spot the difference
Unit 3 Terms Used | Glossary
Module 3 Making a 20cm Embroidered Drum Lampshade  
I will be showing you how to make a drum lampshade out of a piece of my embroidered artworks.
Unit 1 Making a 20cm drum lampshade - The beginning
Unit 2 Making a 20cm drum shade - the middle
Unit 3 Making a 20cm drum shade - almost the end
Unit 4 Making a 20cm drum lampshade - the actual end
Module 4 Making a Double Sided Drum Lampshade  
Using your own plain or patterned fabrics I will show you how I make a 40cm double sided drum lampshade.
Unit 1 40cm Double Sided Drum Shade - the beginning
Unit 2 40cm Double Sided Drum Shade - the middle
Unit 3 40cm Double Sided Drum Shade - the end
Module 5 Making a Double Sided Lantern.  
I will show you how to make a double sided candle lantern using Liberty Art Fabrics and a piece of my own embroidered artwork.
Unit 1 A Double Sided (battery powered) Candle Lantern
Module 6 Making a Soft Lampshade  
This is a very lengthly module due to the amount of information needed for you to make a soft shade from scratch. From stripping down an old frame to completely re covering it and adding trimming.
Unit 1 Revamping your soft shade - the introduction
Unit 2 Revamping your soft shade - part one
Unit 3 Revamping your soft shade - part two
Unit 4 Revamping your soft shade - part three (making bias binding)
Unit 5 Revamping your soft shade - part four (the lining)
Unit 6 Revamping your soft shade - part five (the trimmings)
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