Colorburst Doily

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~ Blog Award ~

I have got another award for my blog!!! Swapna of My World Of Stitching has given me the 'I love Your Blog' award. Thank you so much Swapna. I am giving this award to two wonderful bloggers - Leti and Pammie.

Crinoline Lady

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Embroidery

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An Award!

Leti of La Gloria Del Crochet has been so thoughtful of giving this award to me. Thank you so much Leti. If you are wondering whats written on the award, it says something like.... "This blog captivates me" (in Portuguese).

I would like pass it on to Punam of Dreamz Forever.

Closed Diamond Filet Bookmark

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Springtime Floral Doily

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Starching Doilies

There are lots of ways to starch doilies. I normally use instant starch powder to starch my doilies. This is the way its done.

1. Take about 2 cups of water in a vessel. Add 1/2 tsp of starch powder and about 1/4 tsp of salt to it. Salt is added so that the colour of the threads doesn't spread. This is useful for doilies made with more than one-coloured thread.

2. Bring this to a boil. Allow it to cool completely.

3. Dip the completed doily in this starch water.

4. Squeeze out excess water from the doily WITHOUT twisting it.

5. Stretch the doily on a pillow and pin it according to desired shape, using pins having beaded heads.

6. Finally, after the doily dries, remove the pins and iron it.

Connected Hearts

Its been a long time since my last post. I have been busy crocheting this doily which has taken me 2 months to complete. Its a beautiful pattern ... very easy to crochet if you just follow the instructions.

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The white flowers in the original pattern were too complicated to crochet.... so I made my own flowers. Here is the pattern for these white flowers.

Round 1: With pink thread, ch 6, sl st in the first ch to form ring. ch1, make 12 sc in ring. At the end, join the last st with the first sc. Fasten off.
Round 2: Attach white thread to any sc of first round with sl st, * ch 5, 3-tr-cluster in next ch, ch 5, sl st in next ch. Repeat from * all over and end to correspond, joining the last sl st with the starting ch. Fasten off.

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Click HERE to view pics that might help you crochet this doily.

Note: After crocheting both the hearts, iron them and then start sewing the flowers to them.

Pineapple Flower Basket

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The Butterfly Award

It always feels nice to be appreciated. Punam of Dreamz Forever has given me the Butterfly Award. Thanks a lot Punam for this award.

Irish Harp

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