Diy Drum Shade {Tutorial}
Thank y'all for all of your variety comments on my black ceiling! Yesterday I gave y'all a sneak peek of my novel drum shade, in addition to today I'll exhibit y'all how I did it.
About 7-8 years agone I purchased this vintage chandelier at a thrift store. It was a lilliputian to a greater extent than pricey than I would unremarkably pay, but all of the crystals were at that spot in addition to I knew this wasn't something I would come upwardly across often, in addition to thus I snatched it up. In our erstwhile trace of piece of employment solid it hung inwards our kitchen eating area, in addition to when nosotros moved to our electrical current dwelling I hung it inwards the role to add together a fleck of glam. I ever felt similar it was a lilliputian small-scale for the space, but loved it besides much to supersede it.
A few weeks ago, afterwards seeing a few photos on Pinterest, inspiration struck! I didn't fifty-fifty effort to detect a pre-made drum shade that would lucifer my chandy. I nonetheless wanted to locomote able to meet the fixture, but wanted to mass it upwardly a bit.
I bring a ton of pictures today, in addition to thus I'll larn on amongst it!
Supplies:
(2) 23" embroidery hoops-I exclusively used the interior solid rim from each one
18 guess wire
gold tulle (2-3 yards)
Not pictured:
wooden skewers
gold trim down ribbon
clothespins & hot gum gun (2 of my staple supplies for projects!)
I tightly wrapped the ends of each wire on four somewhat fifty-fifty sections of the hoop...just eyeballed it.
After looking at my chandelier, I determined that I wanted the superlative of the shade to locomote 10 inches, in addition to thus piece belongings the exceed hoop at the correct mark, I wired it together amongst the bottom hoop.
I thought that the wire would locomote plenty support, in addition to it did agree actually good from exceed to bottom, but the hoops shifted besides easily from side to side. So, I clipped some wooden skewers to size in addition to hot glued them inwards identify nigh the wires.
I wanted to brand certain that the gum would agree the skewers inwards identify well, in addition to thus I left the wire on in addition to sprayed the entire affair gold.
Everything was belongings upwardly real nicely, in addition to thus I clipped off the wires betwixt the hoops, just leaving the skewers for support. I wired four to a greater extent than pieces to the exceed hoop, planning to utilisation them to secure the shade to the light. And the frame was done!
Then, I started working to embrace it. I bought five yards of stuff non just certain how I was going to embrace it, but here's what I came upwardly with. The tulle comes already folded inwards one-half lengthwise, in addition to I left it that way. Then, I folded nearly a 1/2" towards the within of the exceed hoop, in addition to wrapped the tulle lengthwise to a greater extent than or less the outside. That nonetheless left a lot of stuff width at the bottom, which I pulled upwardly through the middle within in addition to clipped to the exceed rim. A lilliputian difficult to explain, but basically I wrapped it in addition to thus at that spot were four thicknesses of the stuff to a greater extent than or less the shade, a double width on the exterior wrapped amongst a double width on the inside. Clear equally mud???
After trimming the excess yardage, I worked to push clitoris from the exceed in addition to tighten everything up. When it looked o.k., I clipped the exceed border to agree everything inwards place.
Next, on the within exceed rim, I used hot gum along the edge. It soaked through all of the layers of tulle in addition to when it cooled off all of the stuff was stuck inwards identify in addition to secure. After removing the wearing clothing pins I went dorsum in addition to glued those sections equally well. (What, y'all don't cite your clothespins??? ;) Back inwards my didactics days I used wooden clothespins each twelvemonth for the dejeuner count in addition to helper charts, in addition to just kept them all to utilisation at dwelling afterwards the twelvemonth was over. It's fun to await dorsum at the names in addition to recall the children. I taught third degree in addition to most of my students are in all probability out of college now!)
After the gum dried I carefully trimmed the excess off of the top.
This is the seam. The starting indicate is underneath in addition to when I got to the end, I just folded it nether in addition to glued the exceed similar the rest. I tried to identify it correct at the skewer in addition to thus it wouldn't locomote equally noticeable. It's non perfect, but that's o.k. I hung that constituent inwards the back.
Rather than cutting a slit to a greater extent than or less the wire, I just left the stuff in addition to pulled it a lilliputian tighter. You can't actually meet it anyway i time the shade was hung.
However, y'all COULD meet the hot glue, in addition to thus I used some aureate ribbon trim down to embrace it. I went to a greater extent than or less the within exceed in addition to bottom edges in addition to I intend it helped to give a finished look.
O.K.! The shade was done in addition to the minute of truth had come...figuring out if I was going to locomote able to hang it. My programme was to just rig it amongst those four wires. It weighs side yesteryear side to nothing, in addition to thus that wasn't an issue. Here's the exceed view. The wires actually aren't visible from reason flat unless y'all stand upwardly actually far dorsum in addition to await actually hard. I intend it was beneficial to hang it this way, because I could accommodate each wire equally needed to larn the shade to hang straight. (Which was in all probability the hardest constituent of the entire project!)
And at that spot y'all go!
Here's the persuasion from underneath. Nothing touches the shade, in addition to thus nosotros should locomote all overnice in addition to safe.
I dearest it! The scale is just correct for the room at i time in addition to it feels updated although I tin nonetheless meet the pretty fixture in addition to crystals underneath.
It gives off a actually pretty glow at night, too!
Oh, in addition to I almost forgot the best part. I used coupons for the hoops at Hobby Lobby, in addition to the tulle in addition to ribbon were on sale. So, the cost for this projection was nearly $14!
You tin meet my Pinterest board here where I pinned some photos that gave me the thought for this project, in addition to y'all tin click on the clitoris on my sidebar if y'all would similar to follow me on Pinterest.
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