Revamp an Old Lamp - Part One - The Rosette

Okay so, bear with me on this project - it has taken me a couple days to do and I am not quite finished with it yet so, I cannot give you the "final look" but, I will post it as soon as I get it done. My husbands grandmother passed away and she gave us a lamp. Now, the look of the lamp was not my taste - I told Samuel that I wanted to revamp it so that we would use it. Plus, it wasn't giving us any light in storage upstairs. The value of the lamp to us was not the LOOK of the lamp but, the sentimental value it held when we looked at it. So, I can now look at it without cringing.....

Step ONE - The Rosette

This is the flower we will be making. It is called a Rosette and I embellish TONS AND TONS of items with these little babies. Please note that the tutorial I am going to give is not my own - I was taught how to make this one by a friend. These are the supplies you will need:
1. Fabric of your choice - a pattern does not matter you won't see it anyway - the color MATTERS
2. Scissors
3. Glue Gun
4. Extra Glue Sticks

Get about two yards of fabric (depending on how large you want your flower) and cut it longways. All the way down.

Fold it in half with a dot of hot glue on it so that it stays in place.

Fold it in half again with a dot of glue to secure it.

With more glue (you are going to use a ton of hot glue on this project just to warn you) roll up the end a few times.

Now start rolling the fabric and gluing it in a circle. Yes, you are going to TWIST the fabric as you go along... You twist a small portion, put a dab of glue to secure it, then twist more, put another dab of glue.... and on and on until it is the size you want it to be.

This is a picture of the dab of glue.... not sure why I though you needed to see that. In my defense I was making this tutorial late in the night....

When you get to the end, decide which side you like of the Rosette you like better....

Then, put a good amount of glue on the back and press your "tail" of fabric onto the glue.

You are finished with the Rosette! Like I said, you can embellish anything with these little (or big) babies! Stay tuned for parts two and three of the lamp project - I will probably upload the pictures later tonight when the kids go to bed.... THANKS!!!