To decorate your holiday table, many ideas for DIY Christmas doilies: crochet, with felt or with paper, easy to make even with children.
During the winter we always spend a lot of time indoors, partly because the days get shorter and in the dark it is less pleasant to walk, partly because of bad weather. That is why it is one good idea to cultivate a hobby that allows us to put manual skills and creativity to good use, perhaps gathering the whole family around the table.
When the Christmas then, there are many chores to do! Personalized greeting cards, placeholder is decorations of any kind, for beautify the table of parties and more.
We offer you a series of ideas from which to draw inspiration, of different realization difficulties, for Christmas doilies in felt, atcrochet or with the paper.
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Crochet Christmas decorations
THE crochet Christmas doilies I’m the right compromise between tradition and modernity. They recall the decorations handed down by grandmothers, but playing with colors and patterns, they adapt well to the fashions and colors of the moment. Plus, they fit perfectly into every style of furniture and within all domestic contexts.
Beautifying your home with crochet doilies may seem like an ancient gesture, but it actually allows you to decorate any environment with ease, without neglecting any surface. For Christmas dinner, you can use them as coasters (it will be enough to make them with a diameter of 10 cm), like charger plates (in this case consider at least 25 cm) or centerpiece with a beautiful Christmas star resting on it.
For the choice of color, very it depends on how you decorated the house. To the classic red and green, you may prefer the white and silver, or the blue, the important thing is that it is consistent with everything else. It’s possible to add also of brilliant threads, which will increase its brightness and elegance. Do not neglect the choice of forms, to the classics round you can also match shaped doilies star you hate Snowflake.
Finally, don’t forget that i crochet doilies can also become real bowls, to be used as pocket emptier or to bring the dried fruit on the table. It will be enough starched them to make them stiff. The process is simple: melt 1 tablespoon of natural starch in 10 cl of hot water, you will get a homogeneous liquid in which dip the doily for a few minutes; after doing this, put the doily in pose and let it dry overnight.
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Decorations with felt
The felt it is a very material easy to work with, cheap is easily available in haberdashery, fabric and online stores, so it is ideal for your Christmas crafts.
It can be used for many decorations, from balls for thetree ai outside the door. THE doilies they become useful for embellishing every corner of the house and can also be transformed into a centerpiece, perhaps by adding a candle.
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As we said, the felt it is very easy to work with, as it is a soft and smooth fabric. All you have to do is choose the shape of your doily, prepare the template card (you can also download some from the web) and then go to cut. If you have sewing scissors all the better, otherwise simple ones kitchen scissors will do just fine.
As this is a doily, we recommend that you do not insert many elements in relief, but only a few details. For example, you can make little Christmas stars making the base flat and then adding a few petals. The following photo will clarify your ideas.
Again, for the colors you are spoiled for choice. One of the trendiest colors of this Christmas 2020 is the rose, so you could go for this color, combining it with white or silver. If, on the other hand, you are more traditional, green, red and gold are the great classics that never tire.
Doilies with paper
THE doilies with paper they are really easy processing for which your creativity is enough. In fact, the jobs with cardboard are the most suitable to make with your children because they do not have excessive difficulties and scissors with a rounded tip can also be used.
Furthermore, they are without a doubt eco-friendly because you can use recycled paper or old newspaper to repaint.
Download from the Internet le images you prefer (Santa and his sleigh, a snowman, a star, etc) and use them as a template to cut out the paper. Then, decorate it with glitter, beads and maybe a few buttons. You will get a beautiful doily to use just in case.
Very beautiful are also the centerpiece made with paper trays. In this case, the doily is practically ready, you just have to decorate it as you like.
DIY Christmas Doilies: Pictures and Photos
Here is a photo gallery with many ideas and ideas for do-it-yourself work. You just have to take a look and start creating with your own hands.
