So I have hunted around the internet and blogosphere and gathered together some wonderfully creative ideas from some wonderfully creative people on how to give doilies another life. Some involve upscaling whole doilies, some involve cutting up doilies and some stitching and others dying. All in all who would have thought the humble doily could be so versatile?!?!?!
Pretty and Cute
Upscaled Fence Paling
Doilies make Romance
Mobile and Doily Time
Imagine the wall shadows!!
One of my favourites
Hung and Dyed!
Cushion Makeover
Absolute Table Beauty
Stunning Illumination
Softly Beautiful
Here Comes the Bride
I am totally in awe of the talented people out there doing such wonderfully innovative things with the humble old doily. The story behind the wedding dress and additional photos of this stunning creation can be found here. Unbelievably the Bride made it herself!
I have always loved doilies - mostly for the emotional link to my beloved Grandma. However, I now have a new respect for doilies and the many possibilities they present for stretching my own creativity. I now see them in a whole (if you will forgive the pun given some of the above images!) new light!!
Until next time, happy quilting, knitting, sewing, crafting ....
Cheers,
Karen.
I love all the dollies. I have a heap that I picked up for next to nothing at a garage sale. I now have loves of good ideas what to do with them.
ReplyDeleteThey don't seem quite so humble when you see how cleverly they can be used!!
DeleteThese are beautiful, not like I need a new project, but I'm inspired.
ReplyDeleteThere are some truly creative souls out there. My to do list is already so long I will have to be content to lust from afar!!!
DeleteThose doily projects are gorgeous...especially the lighted wreath and glass jars...will need to add those to my to do list after i find some old doilies :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a brain that worked like that!!! The light behind the doilies really makes them look magical. Cheers, Karen
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