I was inspired today by Rebecca at A Gathering of Thoughts to recover a lampshade ~
That has always been something that I have wanted to do but really never knew how to approach it ~
Her tutorial is super easy to follow ~
This is how mine turned out and it was so much fun ! Thank you Rebecca !
Today I was looking through some vintage ephemera that I have and found this wonderful fashion magazine ~
This is a scan of one of several pages from a magazine called Delineator that I have ~
It makes me smile because I would just love to wear the clothes that they wore ~ The magazine is from 1898 ~
These are pictures of bathing suits ~ It talks about how it is not made of wool because when wool is wet it "clings in a most unsightly way to the figure" ~ Can you even imagine wearing this swimming let alone in wool ~
There is another paragraph that says to wear a bonnet because that way "the summer suns cannot seek out the pretty, delicate skin and leave their imprint of tan or freckles upon it. The dweller in the country home - the city maid as well as her village sister - who would preserve her complexion in its pink - white purity " ~
Oh my goodness ! I just am having the most fun reading from these pages from the late 1800's in fashion ~
I will be posting some more pages for you to copy off soon ~
I don't know how to make them clickable so you can make them larger to copy so if anyone knows how please let me know ~
27 comments:
your lampshades are stunning and
i'm loving the old magazine images. As for "making them clickable/larger"...they automaticlly do if you click on them once and then right click to save them. i tried it and it worked! Merci! :)
Hi Lori...lovely...every bit!! Can you imagine feeling "exposed" in a vintage bathing suit compared to todays?! Congrats on your win at Paula's ~ maybe your luck will continue and win mine ~ are you in?
Love the bathing suits, they remind me of some of my dresses back in the fifties. I loved those clothes. I made nearly nearly all of my clothes or mother did before I started sewing in the ninth grade.
That shade you made is too die for. I need to fix a shade to go in the mall. Guess I need to check out Rebecca's blog.
Oh yes, how are you doing? My give away is going on.
Hugs, Pat
Your shade is to die for! What a great job you did. Maybe we'll be seeing some of these on your website soon?
Blessings,
Karen
Your lampshades are beautiful!!! I didn't even look at Rebecca's tutorial. With 10 thumbs and two left hands, I always feel like an idiot with crafty things like that...and I always end up in tears. I stand in amazement at people like you and her (and so many others here) that have the talent to create such incredibly beautiful items.
I LOVE vintage fashions, especially 1940's fashions. I cannot imagine what the makers of those vintage swimsuits would think today, with the near-nudity of swimwear!!
Blessings,
Patti (Fill My Cup with Beauty)
that is a great lampshade, I even went over and saw the wonderful tutorial. I will definitely try that !!!
Carol
I'm LOVIN' IT! I hope you make a gazillion of them and lotsa $$$ too.
Sharing is everything sweet friend. it gives my heart JOY and freedom.
BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for the nod and the link!
You ARE GREAT!
xoRebecca
Your lampshade is lovely and those bathing suits are really something too!!
Love your lamp shade.....great job! Cathy
Hi Lori, I seen Rebecca's tutorial yesterday, but I was in a hurry, so I'm going to go back and check it out again... anyway yours is beautiful. I just love it!!! Blessings~~~ Daphne
Love the lampshade and your blog!!!
XoXo
The old bathing suits are just too neat, could you imagine? I'd just love to go swimming but with all this wet fabric I might drown, LOL.
Beautiful lampshades Lori! I love the old paper items too. I could stay in an antique store for hours and look at old ephemera.It is just amazing. I think I was born in the wrong era.
Blessings~
PS I read somewhere awhile ago that to make images larger when you click on them they need to be a certain pixel or resolution...does that make sense? I sure am not that computer savy to know what I am talking about. LOL
Hello
The lampshde is beautiful! Love the lace you chose!
Those old magazines are so funny, I can't imagine wearing all that clothing to swim in let alone it being wool!! yuk... it would smell too :)
Have a wonderful day
Blessings
Rebecca
Lori, your lampshade redo is gorgeous! I will definitely check out Rebecca's tutorial; I have a few shades that could use a little perk! Thank you so much for visiting this morning! ~ Angela
Hi Lori, thanks for stopping by my blog to say hi, I am so happy to have found you as well. I love your style and have signed up as a follower.
enJOY,
Kimberly
Hi sweet Lori! I just love, LOVE your version of Rebecca's lampshade!!! I bet Rebecca loves it too :) with all of the gorgeous lace and handmade flower. Just gorgeous...and thank you for the wonderful image too! hugs and love, Dawn
Lorie, this is to die for!!
Diane
Your lampshade is truly intricate and beautiful. Your post made me think that each of us in some way is in the process of recovering our lives :
to recapture the sense of awe and mystery we had in childhood, to recover the zest of life when it seemed anything was possible, to renew the battered fabric of our hearts.
You have a lovely blog, Roland
Your blog is beautiful!! LOVE the lampshade you did..I saw the tutorial, and yours turned out so pretty!!
Have fun with the magazine..looks interesting.
Debbie@houseatthelake
What a stunning shade! Love it! :-)
Have a wonderful Friday!
Hugs,
Anne
Gasp!! The lampshade is beautiful and the lace roses are stunning!! Did you make those, too? How!?! Are they hard to do?
Can you believe all those layers of fabric for swimming? I guess they must have splashed and waded as I don't think it would be easy to actually swim in all that.
Patricia :o)
Happy Pink Saturday, Lori. Thank you again for the NOD on the Shade Tutorial. I have more pretty ones in the works. I actually did cream ones for my bedroom very similar to yours. They are really my favorites because they go anywhere.
You are one talented girl. I just adore your visits to me and the sweet things you write.
Have you started learning PPS yet? You'll do fabulous!
xoRebecca
Lori your lampshade is stunning. Now I am going to have to go and dig out all my old lace and see what I can come up with! The big ol rose is just to die for too!
I am sorry I missed out on your sale. I really want some of your jewelry!Bye the way if you need help with paint shop photo let me know it really isn't as hard as you think,
xoxo
Diane
What a gorgeous blog! Truly romantic. And thanks for coming over to look at the shabby dollhouse!
I actually read some of the old mags if I can find hem. There's so much fashion history you can learn . . .
Great ideas, love lampshades. Gets your creative juices going.
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