new life for an old lampshade

I'm never throwing away another nasty lampshade. This one had some small brown stains on it. (see the top of the shade) I decided to shred it and add strips of tea stained fabric and ribbon. It was so easy! I sat on the couch watching "Lake Placid 3" (the 40 foot crocodile that lives in a lake in Maine, ya gotta love the syfy channel! ) and started cutting strips of material.


Next step was to hot glue the strips down at the top and bottom, over lapping and knotting strips for more interest.


The last step is to find a base. This is a spindle that I may wire for electric. I really like the two together.
xoxo
off to make something else!
karen