Hula Fringe & Flower Burlap Shades |

I am still working on the Coastal Themed Bedroom uugh! Will it ever end….who knows….the rest of the house is suffering, but, hey my bedroom looks great!! I bought a couple of lampshades that I have been meaning to up-do and of course they needed to be burlap!! Love the look of that fabric, not sure how I ever lived my life without it! Totally addicted to it!

Materials needed for both lamps: Lamp Shades, Burlap, (I use Burlap coffee bags by burlapfabric.com they are a great source for burlap) rotary cutter & mat, spray glue, hot glue & gun, Mod Podge and Blue Hawk Twisted Jute Twine.

For the Hula Fringe Lamp Shade: Cut your burlap with a rotary cutter into 3 inch strips, measure large enough to go around your shade. On the bottom edge, I used a strip that already had a frayed edge with stitching. Spray the shade and get your fabric straight, (the spray glue makes it easy to adjust if your strip gets uneven). Then hot glue edges overlapped on the original seam. Then take your next strip and pull out 5 or so stings to make the frayed edges, spray glue on the shade and layer over the first layer. Adjust and hot glue edges on original seam. Repeat! I cut the top edge strip to match exactly to the edge of the lamp and did not add a ribbon to finish the edge, I just left it alone, it looked better that way.

For the Flower Burlap Lamp Shade: Cut the burlap the same size as the panels on the shade. This is a little tricky, be careful not cut the shade. I then coated it with Mod Podge and added the burlap. I first tried to use just the spray glue but the Burlap refused stick well, and Mod Podge made all the difference. It makes for a smoother finish, if your like me and hate to iron, this way is easier to smooth out the wrinkles. Trim the frayed edges. I took the finished/sewn edges from my coffee bags, cut them into thin strips and hot glued them on the edges to finish the edges. Then I took twine and just started looping it around to resemble a flower and hot glued the center. I also rolled twine and hot glued it for the flower’s center. And that was it! Pretty simple! They turned out great, I love them! They are even cuter in person!

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So cute!

I’m thinking you need to start selling these! They’re FABULOUS!!! Featuring you this weekend!

XO, Aimee

Totally Perfect!!! I’d love to have you share at my party…it JUST opened!!!

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XO, Aimee

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I featured this today at Mod Mix Monday!

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So cute! I love burlap creations and I wanted to let you know that i featured this today! You can check it out here: http://www.thegunnysack.com/2012/04/who-was-stuffed-in-gunny-sack-week-33.html

so pretty!
Thanks for sharing on Serenity Saturday xxx

This is so creative! I love the added touch of the flower too. Thank you for sharing with us. Thank you for linking up to the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. xo