Starching Doilies

There are lots of ways to starch doilies. I normally use Revive 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 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.

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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.

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Glitter Painting

Using glitter and glue, this painting comes out really well... and its easy to do.





Items Needed:

Glitter Powder
White Glue or Fevicol
Cloth
Paint Brush

Method:

1.Sketch the outline of your design on the black cloth, preferably felt, but anything will do.

2.Mix 2 parts white glue with 1/2 part water to bring the thick glue to a cream consistency.

3.With the help of paint brush, apply the glue on parts of the design where u want to sprinkle glitter powder. Do it one color at a time. For example, if u r doing blue, first apply glue to only those areas which are to be blue.

4.Sprinkle a good amount of glitter powder over the glue generously and pat gently with finger. Don't worry about the glitter creating a mess over the cloth.... after it dries in about 6 hours, you can hold the cloth vertically over a newspaper and collect the excess glitter for reuse.

5.Repeat steps 3 & 4 with the next colour, and the next, until the whole painting is done.