Shabby Fabric Chandelier

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I have been thinking about a light fixture for my bedroom for awhile now. Right now, it is

just a plain white ceiling fan, but I wanted something more unique than that.

As I was browsing through ideas for a DIY chandelier, this beautiful photo caught my eye.

I loved the look of this shabby chic style fabric chandelier-and I hear this particular

one is located in Paris. And, I was inspired to make something like this for my 

bedroom-but on a much smaller scale. 

So, I went to Scrap for Art (my favorite scrap supply store) and looked to see what I could find.

 I was so excited it cost me only $6 to fill up my bag with everything I'd need to create one

of these cool light fixtures. 

Here's what I used for my project: 

- embroidery hoops in 4 different sizes

-scraps of fabric in 4 different colors and textures

-low temp glue gun

-ribbon

-fabric scissors

-thread

First, I cut strips of fabric about 2 in. wide and 12 in. long, not

worrying about them being perfect-the shabbier the better.

Then, I hot glued the strips next to each other onto each embroidery 

hoop. 

Then, I tied 4 even lengths of thread around the largest hoop to 

connect it to the next smallest hoop, and repeated until all hoops

were connected. (Wire would also work for this).

Finally,  I glued ribbon to the edge of the largest hoop to cover over

the tops of the strips where they were glued to the hoop.

And I was done! 

I plan on hanging my chandelier in my bedroom after removing the 

fan blades of an outdated ceiling fan. I was happy that chandelier

inspiration led me to come up with a really thrifty and artistic solution
to updating my lighting. Not bad for only six dollars, huh? 

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