Lampshade Making Workshop in the Cotswolds

Make your own professional-quality lampshade perfect for adding new lighting to your home.



2.5 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public classes), 4 to 8
  £45 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

Lighting is so important for creating a welcoming atmosphere, so what better than to make a beautiful lampshade for any room in your home that reflects your own taste and creativity.
Learn how to make your own professional quality lampshade. You can choose to make a 20cm drum or 30cm drum, both are suitable for a lamp base or ceiling light. This workshop is ideal for beginners and is a no-sew workshop!
Cost: £40 per person includes all lampshade-making components except the outer fabric. Tea & coffee is provided.
Please bring: 1/2 metre of fabric, allow more if there is any specific pattern piece you wish to use. Any fabric is suitable but please make sure it is light to medium weight, avoid heavy textures, velvet and heavy embellishment.
There are samples made up of each size and shape so if you are uncertain of which size to make you can choose and upgrade if necessary at the workshop.
There will be kits available should you want to make more at home.
Don't have a lamp base in mind? Don't worry, turn your favourite bottle into an instant table lamp with our ready wired bottle connector available to purchase at the workshop for £10.
NOTE: The Craft Barn is accessed via external stone steps with handrails and may not be suitable for anyone with mobility issues.
What you'll get
Tea & coffee, and all lampshade making materials except outer fabric.
Knowledge required
Suitable for beginners.
What to bring
1/2 to 1 metre of fabric depending on any pattern your wish to use.
Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 16 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Lechlade Craft Barn, Orchard House South, Downington, Lechlade GL7 3DL

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Lechlade Craft Barn
Lechlade Craft Barn

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Launched in 2014, Lechlade Craft Barn was created by Karen Holland and is based in an old stone barn at Karen’s Cotswold home in the beautiful market town of Lechlade-on-Thames. Lechlade is on the borders of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Oxfordshire not far from Cirencester, Burford and Swindon. The barn is full of character and inspiration, a perfect environment to get crafty!
Karen wanted to share her passion for crafting with others and starting with just 3 or 4 different workshops the demand for more crafting soon increased. Led by Karen and her team of talented tutors there is a wide range of affordable craft workshops to choose from such as crochet, mosaics, lampshade making, block printing, silversmithing, bookbinding, lino cutting, stained glass, pyrography, silver clay, and much more.
All workshops are aimed at beginners and upwards – whether you’re exploring a craft for the first time or topping up existing skills, each workshop is fun and relaxed. Craft your way to happiness with a craft barn workshop or one of the kits available to make at home.
Crafty Parties are a great way to spend fun time with friends or family celebrating a birthday or hen party. Spend a couple of hours or a whole day, even those non-crafty friends enjoy themselves!
Karen has been making things since a small child. At primary school she made a needle case for the Christmas Bazaar, bought it herself and is still using it 50 years later! Having learned how to knit, crochet, and sew at a young age, Karen was making her own clothes by the age of 11.
We all have busy lives, families and work commitments that all take priority. During the Pandemic we found crafting the perfect boost needed for everyone's wellbeing and we should be giving ourselves a little 'me' time to unwind. What better way to do it than crafting!
You're never too old to learn a new skill. Karen has just taught her mother to crochet at the age of 84!

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