HOME-MADE LAMPSHADE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 233, 21 December 1927, Page 7

HOME-MADE LAMPSHADE

DISTINCTIVE FOR BOUDOIR Few women who see the large medallions or squares of coarse filet lace with insertion to match, which are plentiful and inexpensive just now in the shops, will have resisted the temptation to buy some. When purchasing these one always has visions of letting them into coarse linen for bedspreads or something on a similar scale entailing a good deal of

embroidery and drawn-thread work. This intention, in nine cases out of ten, goes the way of all good things, and the medallion usually comes into use in its natural state as a table mat or tray cloth, while the insertion (also in its natural state) makes a runner for some variety of table.

A plafonnier or ceiling light shade, of filet lace, lined with rose or orange silk, is a feature of many of the prettiest French boudoirs and bedrooms. These are made from such medallions and insertion as those referred to above, and are mounted on wire frames like the one in the diagram. They can be square, round or oval, and entail very little trouble in making up. It is always advisable to get the frame made at a lampshade shop to the dimensions of the medallion and width of the insertion.

Th© wire is first covered neatly by being bound with narrow strips of bias silk. A circle (or square) of selected silk the size of the lace medallion is then cut and fixed over the lower opening of the shade. A strip of silk the same width as the insertion is tacked all round to fill in the sides.

The lace is then fixed over the silk to form a shade like the one in the illustration, and can be suspended from the ceiling by silken cords to match the lining.