new lampshades

I had lots of fun stitching these little flowers together last weekend for my new lamp shades. They turned out pretty cute, huh? (I found the tutorial here.)

I was so excited to put them to use, only to have my excitement squelched when I realized that these standard lampshades don't fit my Ikea lamps! I figured out a "make do" situation, but I am going to have to buy new lamps for the shades as they are not very stable the way they are now. In the end, I think the shades are a bit too small for the lamps anyway, but still cute :)

Here is a close up of one...

and the other.

I do really love these flowers!