OKAY!! This is by no means a project to do if you are in a hurry!! This took me 2 days! First I painted my lamp, Then I cut my old lamp shade off. I had tons of scrap material from making aprons, and curtains,etc. So I decided to try this that I had seen on the internet. Cutting the strips was the easy part. There is a technique to tying them to your shade. tie your bottom first. Then string it upward. Then tie a knot.  As you are going around it, you have to keep scooting them together.    GOOD LUCK!!!