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Recovering a lampshade with Mont Marte art supplies – Part 1

by Robin Bogaert

Mont Marte makes a wide range of art materials so all kinds of creatives can access affordable, high-quality art supplies. When I was presented with the awesome line of Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paint Set, Mont Marte Signature Fabric Art Set, Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks and other artist tools, I knew immediately what projects I had in mind.

This week I’ll show you how to paint, color and sew 3 easy projects including a DIY lampshade recover, a beach tote, and a customized apron. These projects can translate into some amazing summer projects with the kiddos once they’re home from school this summer.

Before and after photo of an old tired lampshade, fabric cut away, new lampshade colored in and free motion stitched with black thread, floral design around base and sun on top edge; Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paint Set, Gütermann Thread, Fabric Creations 100% Cotton Fabric

Today’s project – DIY Lamp Shade Recover

Today’s project is a DIY lampshade recover made with Fabric Creations 100% Cotton Fabric, Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paint Set, Mont Marte Visual Art Diary A4 Mont Marte Acrylic Brush Set, ODIF 404 Spray and Fix Permanent Repositionable Adhesive for Craft Material and large UNIQUE Quilting Clever Clips.

Reduce, reuse, recycle and sew this gorgeous lampshade.

materials

fabric

  • cotton fabric – ¾yd (light-colored fabric, white or beige is recommended)

thread

notions

  • lampshade that needs recovering
  • fabric paint
  • acrylic paint brushes
  • large UNIQUE Quilting Clever Clips
  • sketchbook
  • sketch pencil
  • paper to protect your painting surface
  • repositionable craft adhesive spray
  • Mont Marte Round Plastic Palette
  • paper to make a pattern for the lampshade
  • scissors
  • paper towel (optional)
  • white freezer paper

feet/machine accessories suggestions

  • free motion quilting foot

 equipment

  • sewing machine
  • iron

Supplies needed to recover a lampshade include a round plastic painter’s palette, acrylic paint brushes, sketchbook, a sketch set with pencils and sketchbook, clips, fabric, repositionable spray adhesive, fabric paint; Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paint Set 36pc x 20ml (0.7oz), Mont Marte Signature Fabric Art Set-22pc, Mont Marte Fabric Paint Sticks-9pcs, Fabric Creations 100% Cotton Fabric - White - 1.8 x 1m (2yds x 42in), Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paint Set, Mont Marte Visual Art Diary 110gsm - 120 pages - A4, Mont Marte Taklon Brush Set in Wallet - 11pcs, ODIF 404 Spray and Fix Permanent Repositionable Adhesive for Craft Material - 162g, UNIQUE Quilting Clever Clips Large - 36pcs, Gütermann MCT Sew-All Thread 100m- Black, Gütermann Cotton 12 wt. 200m Thread, UNIQUE Quilting Clever Clips Large, Mont Marte Round Plastic Palette

Materials needed for a DIY lampshade recover project

instructions

  1. Cut away any exterior fabric or textured fabric from the lampshade as shown in the following picture.

Accordion folded fabric is cut away from the lampshade base with scissors, leaving a smooth surface

Cutting away exterior fabric

2. Watch the following video for pattern-making steps.

3. In your sketchbook, draw a design of what you want the lampshade to look like.

A sketchbook showing a drawing of a lampshade with a floral design that will be used to embellish the lampshade, next to a Mont Marte sketching set

I used a sketch pencil and sketchbook to draw out my design before recovering the lampshade.

4. Using a sharpened sketch pencil, draw out a design on the right side of the lampshade cover fabric.

A floral design is drawn on the lampshade cover fabric with a pencil

Design drawn on the right side of the lampshade cover fabric

7. Press the fabric wrong side down to the shiny side of a piece of freezer paper.

Lampshade fabric ironed wrong side down to the wax/shiny side of freezer paper; Fabric Creations 100% Cotton

Freezer paper adhered to the wrong side of the fabric with the design facing upwards

This project is now all prepped and ready for the fun part – the painting and sewing. Join me tomorrow for Part 2 when I show you how I painted within the design lines and made these whimsical flowers come to life with the Mont Marte Signature Fabric Paint Set.

This is part 1 of 5 in this series

Go to part 2: Getting creative with Mont Marte fabric paints and a lampshade – Part 2

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