Making A DIY Victorian Lamp. To create a colorful Victorian shade, pick your favorite fabrics in advance. ... This will make sewing the pieces of fabric to the frame much easier.

I have one on my desk that is very intricate, has many different panels—between lining, fabric, lace, all of the layers, it was more than 120 panels of fabric sewn, and that probably took me 80 ...

For fabric lampshades (including linen or silk lampshades), Lisa Simkin of Blanche Field—which has handcrafted shades for the likes of Chanel, Bergdorf Goodman, and Peter Marino—suggests the ...