I went shopping a Hobby Lobby last week for burlap ribbon, what I came home with was something else…

It’s funny how inspiration can hit me. Yes, of course, I was at Hobby Lobby, inspiration central, but it wasn’t something I’d seen displayed that caught my eye, it was a bolt of fabric. It wasn’t even easy to find, it was layered in with a ton of other cotton prints just waiting to be dug out.

And that’s when it hit me…and everything got a little crazy and fuzzy from there.

First I made French Inspired Lampshade Covers for my two lamps that resided on my buffet in the formal dining. You know that one room that only gets used three times a year? Anyway, the lampshades themselves weren’t in bad shape, maybe a little dusty and had hot glue stuck to them from a previous redo of beaded ribbons. The beaded ribbons were from a long time ago, you know when that sorta thing was in?

It was pretty easy to make the cover, and no sewing was involved. Just my handy-dandy glue gun that had to be purchased because the oldest child stole mine to use for his RC airplane, and it somehow is lost out in the garage in his tool area… It’s interesting how a lot of my things have gone missing since he’s returned home, very interesting indeed.

Moving on…I created the pattern by rolling the lampshade over a paper bag and tracing the outline. After laying my pattern on the fabric, I then proceeded to cut around it giving myself an extra 1/2 inch to 1 inch to compensate for tucking it up, under and around the lampshade.

I then used my handy-dandy glue gun and ran glue around the top and bottom edges as I used clothes pins to hold it in place. In order to hide the edge, I tucked in under along the seam and called it good.

I could have added bias tape/or a decorative ribbon at the top and bottom to give it a really clean look, but I opted not to at the time. I’d also given myself a pretty good glue burn on the palm of my hand because I wasn’t paying attention where the glue had been laid and where my hand was moving, so that was mainly the motive behind that decision. Oh the cost of craftiness. lol

Of course then I couldn’t resist the next project with fall quickly approaching, French Inspired Fabric Pumpkins. These little cuties were super easy to make, but did require a sewing machine. I found the idea on Pinterest, and of course ran with it to create my own style. You can find the Pin here, click on it and it will take you to the website where you can find directions, along with patterns.

Happy Fall!