{D.I.Y Craft Round-up} Super Doily Tutorials

photo courtesy of Style Me Pretty

Are you just loving the abundance of Doilies at the moment? Do you have a secret stash of doilies that you're not sure what you're going to do with?

Presently I'm working on a few stitching ideas with Doilies myself, but in the meantime I've put together a fantastic array of doily D.I.Y tutorials and projects.

The ideas in these free projects are amazing, I know I'll be doing a few of these myself.

Here's some ideas and tutorials....

With doilies you can....

Like they did at Casa Sugar. There's a framed doily tutorial via The Pretty Bee or go here for the framed hoop doily project.

You could hang folded paper doilies to make a bunting. There's no tutorial, but it would just be a matter of folding paper lace doiles over twine and securing with glue, or even some staples. You could also make a more permanent one using real doilies and stitching them...add some embroidery perhaps??

To make the stunning stiffened doilies, you'll find the tutorial to make this gorgeous doily display here.

There's limited tutorials for these ideas, but they're pretty self-explanatory. Great and inexpensive, especially with Christmas quickly looming.

This weekend make some wrapping paper, doily envelopes or head to this  tutorial for more wrapping paper ideas using paper doilies. Don't forget you could also paint them, or dye them to whatever colour you needed.

Make a doily garland like they did here- An idea for Christmas decorations perhaps??

Or make some Doily Cupcake Toppers or download your free template and make some simple Cupcake wrappers.

Use up your stash to make lovely lace votives.

Still not inspired?

What about sewing your lace doilies onto an old tablecloth to revamp it? Like they did here.

Make a stunning tablerunner by stitching your doilies together.

With Halloween just around the corner you might like to try stencilling lace doily designs onto pumpkins.

or making this pillow using the tutorial and a lace doily.

AND.....Just to prove you can never have enough lace doilies in your life. You could always try....

Do you have any ideas for doily crafts or tutorials you would like to share? Would love to hear about them.

-Bronwyn...

 

 

           

Comments

[Says Rosali]

Que belleza de trabajos, y que original forma de utilizarlos para la decoración, excelente inicio de semana.

[Says Susan Clevenger]

I love this! It put a smile on my face. I have always loved doilies and have many. Well, not as many as that lady in the photo! Thanks for the great ideas!

[Says Leeanne]

I made one once with doilys and fabric and made a crazy patch quilt.The label was even a doily.Not sure I would go with the last photo....bit OTT!!!

[Says Raylene Smith]

thanks for sharing...man, I thought I had a doily obsession..ain't nothing compared to the last photo...lol

[Says Noémia]

Beautiful!
I've some new ideas to do after see the photos.Thanhs for sharing :)

[Says judy]

hi Bronwyn I have lots of lovely heirloom doilies with embroidery on them. any ideas for those???? i love your collection here some great ideas.i will get mine out tomorrow and see how many white ones there are.thanks. judy

[Says Bronwyn...]

Hi Judy...I'm very jealous about your collection. Why not hand wash your favourites and frame them using the embroidery hoops. A shame to have them hidden...show them off! They're so lovely to bring out for afternoon tea too, aren't they?

[Says Ramona Chester]

I LOVE the table cloth idea, the pumpkins, the candle wraps and the use as a spiderweb but have you seen the ones they stiffen around a balloon to make a doily lantern or doily ball? Beautiful!

[Says Bronwyn...]

Hi Ramona, Yes! I have seen those doily lampshades. In fact my daughter made one which I posted some pictures of on my facebook page. It's gorgeous, very pretty...

[Says hermela cris]

lovely page,perfect ideias,bjos
hermela cris

[Says Kathleen Solomi]

wONDERFUL IDEAS ,

[Says Karen]

I think this is one the prettiest uses of vintage doilies

http://handmadebitsandpieces.blogspot.com/2010/05/upcycling-reclaiming.html