I used the $19.99 IKEA Ofelia Blanket to make this lamp shade. It took me 20 minutes and I only used about 1/4 of the blanket! See why I love this blanket so much HERE.
Materials Needed:
Ikea Ofelia Blanket
Wrapping Paper
Hot Glue
Scissors/Pen
Embellishments (if wanted)
Take the lamp shade you want to make over and trace it while rolling it onto wrapping paper. Cut it out and it becomes your pattern. Pin the pattern onto your Ofelia blanket, then cut it out. Now remember, this blanket is very stretchy and you would rather the blanket fits tighter rather than loose on your lamp shade, so don’t over-size your pattern!
Once you have the blanket cut, fit it onto your lamp shade then hot glue the top around the inside of your lamp shade, and the bottom around the inside of the bottom of your lamp shade. Just like that – you’re done!
Now, you can embellish this lamp shade however you would like: use RIT dye to change colors, use lace/trims, etc. I left mine plain because I feel it needs nothing else. It’s already a shabby-chic lampshade!
Here is the TV segment I did for this blanket:
cute, cute, cute! love what you did and you looked darling on the show!