I'm now doing tapered lampshades too. I think these french drum shades, which are only slightly tapered, are a very elegant shape for pendants or lamps. I've also gone crazy over these Harlequin Amilie silks. Such lip smacking colours and the fabric is textured and slubby enough to add interest to a plain coloured shade. Beautiful. 
I can do some of my other fabrics in the tapered shape, but as the pattern needs to be cut as an arc, it won't work on anything that has stripes, lines or a 'right way up' that needs to be cut on a straight line. Get in touch and I can tell you if it's possible or not.
As an aside, I love this time of year. Peonies are my favourite flower and you can pick them up so cheaply at the moment. Have stuffed my house full of them. 

So recently I've been looking at rather more luxurious fabrics and decided to get some of this amazing Chiang Mai Dragon fabric by Schumacher. It's based on a 1920's Art Deco era block print and has been around for a few years but remains one of their best sellers. I hesitate to use the word 'iconic' but it kind of is. There is a lot of love for this pattern out there.
I've bought the Aquamarine as seen above as well as the China Blue and Mocha versions. It's table printed onto a beautiful 100% linen ground.
To most of us, the price of the fabric and wallpaper makes it prohibitively expensive for walls, curtains and upholstery (and it's a fairly big statement too, which isn't for everyone but I so would!).

 But what a fabulous splash of colour and pattern as a lampshade and, dare I say it, a less costly way to introduce the pattern into your scheme. Perhaps not cheap... if I were Tesco this would be firmly planted in my Finest range. Let's call it my Premier range ;-)  Hope you like it so far. I'll be adding more fabrics soon.
ps. Once again I excitedly made this lampshade in the early hours of the morning and took the photos before dawn. I'll take some better ones later and list this lampshade in my shop. Because of the size of the pattern, I'll be offering it in a version with the dragon motif and a version with the lantern and flowers motif.