Fun things to do with doilies

Fun things to do with doilies

We had such fun buying a lot of these doilies. We were at the Claremont quilt fair in Perth some years ago, me, my sister and sister in law. There were lots of antiques for sale next to the exhibition, so we went and had a look. On one table were two largish boxes of old doilies. We started going thru them and had a few aside when the vendor came up with chairs for us to sit on and he proceeded to hold them up to us and tell us what each was worth. We sat back and said yes or no, waved our hands at those we didn't like and nodded for those we liked. We felt very grand, like the landed gentry, humming and haring at the various pieces he held up. We started to attract a crowd and soon we had more than 20 people watching the show. It was well worth the $40 we paid for around 40 doilies and such treasures we did find!

Here are 3 shots of my sisters Doily quilt, you can see she used lots of lace, braids and doilies, Silks, satins and some 3 dimensional fabric flowers. All overlapping for best effect. You can see one of my mothers wedding gloves slipped in there, I have the other one on my quilt which I can't find a photo of just now but will keep looking. I could take a new one but will need to dig it out as it is rolled up with all the other quilts I had out before we moved and is still there.