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May 145 min read

Meet the Dannells Team

Take a peek behind the scenes and meet the Dannells Team.

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Oct 18, 20234 min read

5 Secrets to Making DIY Lampshades with Thick Fabric

Needcraft Lampshade Making Kits work with many fabrics, but making a DIY Lampshade with thicker fabrics needs a little more consideration.

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May 12, 20223 min read

How to Use a Rolled Edge Creasing Knife to Cut Lampshade Panels

If you’re wanting to explore bespoke sizes or shapes of shade, or simply enjoy cutting your own lampshade panels, then you need to know...

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Mar 31, 20222 min read

Calling all Curtain and Blind Makers – April Interiors Trade Fair

The Dannells’ trade fair tour bus is still on the move! We’re excited to be attending The April Interiors Show, a curtain and blind...

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Feb 17, 20222 min read

CHSI Stitches - Come and say 'Hello'!

Trade show season is upon us and it’s great to be back meeting customers and sharing our inspiring lampshade making and craft kit...

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Jan 20, 20222 min read

Visit us at the Spring Fair 2022

Packed with wholesale homewares and gifts the Spring Fair trade show is a must for any craft or homeware retailer and we’ll be there,...

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Nov 10, 20214 min read

Behind the Scenes of Needcraft You Tube Video Shoot

Filming our You Tube lampshade videos is easily one of our favourite days of the year and our recent filming in September was no...

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Feb 8, 20212 min read

Share the Love - Celebrating our independent Lampshade Makers

February is the month of love and we thought we’d "Share the love" by celebrating our incredible independent lampshade makers and small...

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Dec 11, 20201 min read

Christmas decorations - DIY Festive Balloon glass lamps

So if you're a fan of the blog you'll know that we shared this festive project before, well last Christmas actually :), but we loved it...

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Nov 10, 20204 min read

#memadeshade October winner

Are you hunkering down and making shades? It seems you are with another bumper month of entries into our October #memadeshade Instagram...

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Oct 6, 20204 min read

#memadeshade September winner

Our September #memadeshade Instagram competition has been flooded with entries, so read on to see our winning shade!

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Sep 17, 20204 min read

Liberty Patchwork Lampshade DIY Tutorial

We're fans of traditional ditsy florals with eye catching colours so decided to mix things up with some patchwork techniques and a shade!

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Sep 10, 20203 min read

#memadeshade August winner

We chat to the winner of our Instagram #memadeshade competition, Alison Bick and show off August's Most Liked shades.

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