3 Ways to Craft It: Doilies!

Today we are starting a brand new feature; Three Ways to Craft It. The concept is simple: take one supply and create three different projects from it! Fun, huh? It is our hope that this feature will push us to think of new and maybe out-of-the-box ideas from supplies we love. Today we are focusing on the ever classic and oh-so grandma chic doilies!Project 1: Doily hangers! What we love about these is that they are not only cute but super useful as well. Small strap summer dresses or silky type fabrics tend to slip off of hangers but the doilies help hold fabric in place. Here's how to make your own:1. Supplies: plastic or wire hanger, doilies (I used three for each hanger), needle and thread. 2. Sew your first doily onto the hanger. I hung mine through the hanger hook then stretched it toward the bottom of the hanger and stitched it in place. 3. Sew your next doily on, stretch it toward your fist doilie to secure it in place, you can hide any longer stitches underneath the doilies. 4. Repeat until you have covered your entire hanger.Project 2: Doily Dream Catchers. This project comes from Lune Vintage, I adore Jill's blog and loved her take on doily dream catchers. Here's how I made mine:1. Supplies: small embroidery hoop (I used both pieces to create two dream catchers), doilies, yarn, needs and thread, embellishments like feathers or beads. 2. Stitch the doily inside the hoop. 3. Tie yarn tassels to the bottom of the hoop. 4. Add any embellishments you want!Project 3: Doily lamp. This project comes from our archives, you can see the full tutorial here. 

Hope you've enjoyed this first edition of Three Ways to Craft It! Do you have any supply suggests you'd love to see us try? xo. emma

Comments

[Jessica]

Great ideas! Love the lampshade and am thinking of making a hangar for my wedding dress. Any tips on where to find doilies?

[Rachael]

Dream catcher would make the sweetest gift, perhaps to go above a crib.Rx

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[Vicky]

Love these! I've been meaning to make a doilie dream catcher for a while.
Doilies are so useful

xO, Vicky
http://somehowlovely.blogspot.com

[Emily]

I love that lamp shade!

[Sarah Lu]

Oh my! You always have the greatest ideas! I love all of these!!

[Kate @ Songs Kate Sang]

What a beautiful lamp shade.

[Melodee]

all so cute! I love the shade and the dream catcher.....so darling!

[Josephine]

Another inspirational post..I LOVE your blog

Josephine. xx

[Sheri]

Once again...LOVE this and Love doilies and how old lace would work wonders with these DIY projects.
Hey there!! any chance you have a DIY working with broken bits of vintage costume jewelry?? Thanks, XOXO

[Jenna]

http://shannonsouth.com/blog/2011/01/10/upcycled-doily-lamp/

This is another wonderful doily project I thought you would really really love! I could see you adding a little twist to it and making it very unique. Love your blog!

[Natasha]

This kind of post is unbelievable! I love your tutorials already and this makes it even better!!

[Debie]

Very creative!!

[Hannah]

I love these ideas. I have a bunch of doilies lying around and I keep meaning to do something with them, here's my chance! :)

[erin]

Lovely use of doilies. My fave is the vintage look hanger.

[Faith @ Ordinary Mommy Design]

Doilies are so classic and lovely! I recently stretched pretty dark green fabric in vintage embroidery hoops and tacked on a doily.

I particularly love the doily hangers!

[lili graffiti]

I love the 3 projects, but the dream catchers are beautiful!

[My Style Canvas]

These are all great ideas, especially the hangers for slip dresses and other things with thin straps.

[chantilly]

i love the idea of that doiley hanger... it looks adorable! i also love the little bow necklace that's on the hanger :) xx

[Viveca Johansen]

doilies are really used for everything other than their real purpose :) I love the dreamcatcher!

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[Roselie]

Such an awesome tutorials! I wish I had lace right now so I could make them!