WyckedWood Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I first noticed these on etsy and then had to try making my own. I learned that it doesn't work so hot with a pointed doily, it should probably be done with more of a rounded one. But I thought I would share and maybe it would spark someone's creativity I think these are really neat (I need more practice) ( check google images pinterest or etsy for really beautiful ones) and there are plentiful tutorials online. What a great way to use all of those doilies which sadly have passed out of fashion...thank goodness our grandmas saw fit to make so very very many of them I made this as a good luck charm for my new craft room... the doily is a thrift shop find I found in my stash of fabric when I was organizing yesterday. I used ribbons I had no other particular use for to hang down and tied some charms on them. Within the doily I placed crystals from an old chandelier. The other neat thing about making these is you probably already have everything necessary to do it. A doily, an embroidery frame or even willow twigs tied in a circle or a large ring used in macrame...string and then just whatever else you feel like adding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyannmo Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Oh this is beautiful... I love the lace and ribbon "tails" ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimajo Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 It's really lovely. I have lace doilies that my husbands grandmother made, just packed away. What a great idea! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I still make doilies that I use as doilies; what a great idea for my kids who will have to go through all my stashes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 That's lovely, and what a great idea! I don't have any doilies, neither of my grandmothers were "crafty", or even had any lying around that I remember. I sure have enough ribbons and stuffs though! I'll be on the lookout for doilies now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Nice idea. Love that pretty doggie in the background too. I've taken some old doilies and matted and framed them to match the décor of a small room. I used acid free scrapbook paper as the backing and handed stitched from the backside to hold it in place under the glass. Was a nice way to use some that were special to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra from Olde Cape Cod Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm in the same boat as Tracy, so I buy my heirlooms at the thrift shop! I always hold the doilies carefully when I find them and think about the lady that made them. It seems a shame that all that work goes for a quarter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Makes me think of woodland_ miniatures (Mary) and wonder how she is doing. She makes such delicate crochet work. I think she was having more surgery on her amputation area. She is so marvelous with her hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 I think of that every time I look through old linens at antique stores, next to no monetary value for all of that work. Even on eBay I was just watching a drop dead gorgeous antique hand sewn quilt with Dresden plate blocks mixed with pitcher and bowl blocks. So pretty in blues and white, last I checked the bidding was $35. Just sad that the family of whoever made it couldn't/wouldn't keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thinking of Mary makes me think one of these doily dream catchers might be cute in mini maybe in a faerie house 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 These are so pretty! Slightly beyond my crochet ability but beautiful to look at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 These are so pretty! Slightly beyond my crochet ability but beautiful to look at! Ah, but Roxy, no need to crochet. Get the doilies in antique and junk shops and stitch to a hoop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I didn't realize that! Duh! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Holly, I haven't forgotten about the dream catcher....I have to find a hoop somewhere first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I've ben making doilies ever since, but planning to crochet them together to make a pretty vest to wear over other clothes when we go out since the best seats for listening to the music always seem to be located under the a/c blowers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 At least you have AC blowers! Hardly any place out here has AC and it does get hot! We went to a concert last year at a small auditorium at the art museum and it was about 95 inside that room! It was awful! I bet that will be a pretty crocheted vest! I found embroidery hoops but they look like plastic embroidery hoops ! LOL I forgot to look for hoops last time I was in Hobby Lobby. I tried making one from wire but it just looked like a lumpy wire circle. I will keep looking! By the way, Pueblo Indians do not make Dream catchers, only the northern plains Indians. They just sell them here in the shops for the tourists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Roxy, I find wooden embroidery hoops all the time in thrift stores. Do the Pueblo folk make mini kachinas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 No Holly, those are made by the Navajo and Zuni more in Colorado and Arizona. We just don't have the resources here but I will keep looking. Its funny when people come here to visit they are often surprised that I actually live here and they usually don't get the lack of shopping. Shopping seems to be the American past time. We have an antique Walmart which is very small and the tourist shops down town that don't sell anything useful to regular people. I am always hearing from visitors and the part timers who only live here a month or less a year that they don't know how we can live here. Its different but the trade off for the beauty of the environment is so worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I understand perfectly! As long as you have somewhere to buy basic groceries and no nasty health issues, your scenery and outdoor opportunities far exceed the "amenities" of "civilization". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 The health issues do worry me the most. Our little hospital is in dire danger of closing and that would not be good. It is a difficult 2 hour drive to the nearest hospital in Santa Fe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Medical facilities and getting to them was what dictated our move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I know Holly, I have talked this up many times to no avail. I am usually the one who gets sick so I worry about it the most. I had to go to the ER twice so far and I might not have made it if I had to go more than 5 miles! At my age its the only sensible thing really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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