Improve your lampshade making
book a day of bespoke lampshade skills tuition designed to suit you
Wherever you are in your lampshade journey, sometimes you need a little expert help finding a creative solution, resolving a technical problem, or help to improve your making skills. Expert lampshade maker Joanna Heptinstall offers personal coaching to both hobbyists and professionals. Below are just a few ideas of what we can focus on. Use the form below to send her an email...
Success with colour
Excellent use of colour is essential for creative lampshade making. Learn how to hand colour your fabric and trimming
Perfecting technical skill
Tension, stitching, order of process, applying trimmings, perfectly fitted linings... master all these vital techniques
Improved pattern cutting
Confident pattern cutting is an essential skill. Learn how to work with all shapes, on the straight or the bias
Expanding creativity
Dream up the most wonderful bespoke lampshades whatever the brief... and create them with confidence
Choosing the right fabric
The world is full of wonderful fabrics. Understand what works best... weight, weave, colour and tone
Handmade frills and finishes
Take trimmings to the next step and learn how to make your own bespoke frills, fringes and tassels