Thanks!
Questions:
Why not baste after pinning?
This shade has two layers of material, do you use two layers?
I take it you yourself sew on the gimp and fringe rather than gluing them?
When I took an oil painting class in college, we learned to stretch
canvas. Instead of fastening down one side and then the next, we
stretched the middles of all four sides, tacked them, and moved around
the frame that way (not focusing on any one side at a time) till it was
all fastened down. Is that how you get the material evenly stretched
over the lampshade sections?
The big sections of the frame curve in and out (are concave and convex,
tulip petal shape). I think the person who made this shade glued the
layers of material together in places to keep the layers together at the
concave indents. Am I right, and was this necessary?
Thanks a lot,
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
Paul and Charlene wrote:
Fran,
The wires are covered with twill tape and that is what you pin the fabric to. Cut
the seam allowances with extra fabric according to the grain line of the original
remaining panel. When I do it I have pins lined up all the way along the twill tape
maybe 1/2" apart--adjusting as you go. I don't use glue for any part of the
frame. It is rather prickly avoiding all those pins but it gets better as you sew
along.
Charlene Roberts
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