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 Homespun
Lampshade Angel
Designed
By: Debi Schmitz
Typical
Project Completion Time:
2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)
Download
pattern
(16K pdf)
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MATERIALS
NEEDED:
STYROFOAM*
Brand Products:
Balls: 6", 4"
Eggs: two each 2" and 3"
Other
Materials:
Paper lampshade, 7" tall, 4" wide at top, 10" at
bottom, in natural
Girl's boots, 6" long
Girl's socks, tan
Wooden dowel: 3/4" x 36"; 1/2" x 6"
Wiggle eyes, 20mm, two
Doll wig, curly blonde
Satin ribbon, 1/4" x 2 yds., brown
Blue eucalyptus, several stems
Gold berries, two stems
Raffia, several strands, natural
Rusty tin heart charms: 1 large, 3 small
Fineline marker
Thread, #5 pearl cotton, black
Needle
Fabric: 3/4 yd. unbleached muslin; 1-1/2 yd. Osnaburg or other natural
look fabric
Cardboard, two sheets 8-1/2" x 11"
Wire, 16-gauge
Scissors
Wire cutter
Thick, white craft glue
Low temperature glue gun and glue sticks
| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1.
Use wire cutters to cut frame from inside of lampshade. Neatly
print "Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth, peace, goodwill
toward men" around bottom of shade. |
| 2.
Feet: Flatten three sides on each 3" foam egg. Slip eggs into
socks, with flat edges on the bottom and sides. Glue sock feet
into boots. Insert and glue 18" dowel into each foot, keeping
dowel straight. Lace up boot and tie tightly. |
| 3.
Bloomers: Hem long edge of 18" x 24" piece of Osnaburg fabric;
cut 6" slit on hemmed edge. With right sides together, fold
18" edges into center; gluing edges along 6" slit to make pant
legs; above slit, glue two edges together. Turn right side out.
Sew gathering stitch around waist and end of each pant leg.
Slip pants onto legs. Tightly gather each pant leg around dowel;
tie off thread. |
| 4.
Body: Push 6" ball onto legs; remove, add glue to holes, and
return ball to legs. Body should be 13" from top of the table
and able to stand on its own. Gather, glue and pin top of bloomers
to body. Glue lampshade on body. |
| 5.
Glue 6" dowel in 4" ball for neck. Gather 20" square of muslin
around ball; wire fabric tightly around neck and trim excess
fabric to 1". Insert and glue head onto body. |
| 6.
Arms: Flatten 2" foam eggs. Glue and insert ends of 18" length
of wire into narrow ends of eggs. Gather a 12" square of muslin
around each hand; securely wire excess fabric to arms. |
| 7.
Sleeves: Glue together long edges of 7" x 12" piece of Osnaburg
fabric, forming a 12" tube. Slip a hand 3" into tube and wire
tightly around the wrist; pull hand through the tube. Repeat
for other hand; overlap tubes in the center back and wire tightly.
Wire arms to neck. |
| 8.
Glue on eyes. Blush cheeks. Draw on smile, nose and freckles.
Cut out eyelids, using Pattern A; glue in place. Glue on wig. |
| 9.
Using several strands of raffia, make bow with 4" loops and
4" tails. Make a wired loopy bow from 1-1/4 yd. satin ribbon.
Glue raffia bow to neck of angel; glue ribbon bow on top. Embellish
bow with small pieces of eucalyptus and gold berries. Wire together
several stems of eucalyptus, making small swag; wire swag to
angel's hand. Glue a small raffia bow to center of swag; add
several sprigs of gold berries. Glue small tin heart to center
of raffia bow. Glue large heart to lampshade dress. |
| 10.
Glue small raffia bows to top of toots; glue tin hearts in center
of bows. |
| 11.
Cut out two cardboard wings using Pattern B. Cut four wings
from Osnaburg fabric, adding 1/2" all around. Sandwich cardboard
wing between two fabric wings and lightly glue in center. Blanket
stitch around edges with black pearl cotton thread. Carefully
print saying (see Step 1) along edge of wings. Move all hair
to the front and glue wings to back of angel's head and dress.
Style hair; add satin bow. |
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