recover a lamp shade

If you have an old boring lamp shade, why not recover it?

This is quick easy way to bring life to a lamp.  You can choose left over fabric or buy a yard of fabric of your choice. 

steps:

1. trace your lampshade with a pencil on the backside of your fabric while rolling the shade.  
2. cut about an inch away from your lines to give you enough room to tuck the edges under
3. fold down one vertical edge and hot glue it to a seam on the shade
4. roll the fabric around the shade, and the extra fabric at the end fold under and hot glue down
5. fold down ant tuck the extra fabric around the top and bottom of the shade
6. hot glue the edges around the top and bottom
7. you can add a ribbon around the top and/or bottom to hide edges

I used extra fabric from my dining room chairs to tie the two rooms together.