Doilies On The Furniture

When my mom would quit smoking she would knit and crochete to keep her hands busy, she made afgans, bed spreads and doilies and passed them around. I used one of her bed spreads for years as a top cover on my beds, it probably clased with every color in the room but I didn't care, I always liked it. The spread wore out in time but I still have a few doilies that I have no idea what to do with.
 
I can remember back in the 70's or maybe it was the 80's, crocheted collars that looked like doilies were very popular to wear over dark-colored dresses. I had one that I wore over a high-necked green velvet dress I had. It really dressed it up. Ladies would also stitch smaller ones onto the fronts of dark sweatshirts.

When decorating furniture got popular, people would place a doily on top of a piece of furniture and then spray paint on it. The design would go through the doily and make a lacy design on the furniture.

And of course, the crocheted tablecloths were very popular. I bought a white one and then soaked it in tea to get the ecru color I wanted. I used it for years on my 120-year-old oak dining room table.
 
My grandmother had them all over the furniture. I picked up a couple at our church bazaar a few years ago and use them on a pair of my chairs as armrest covers...they're a really pretty cream and pink color.
 
Im the last one so I have all the doilies and crocheted tablecloths and bedspreads and quilts and embroidered stuff and other textiles
from Mom, Grand Mom, and Great Gram and probably further back. I still use them. I have antique furniture.

I like the white ones. Not too keen on the pastel ones. I have painted some in darker colors. Also painted some in orange and black for Halloween. And used some in crafts. Always the stained ones. Never the good ones. :D

I have crocheted afghans and rugs but never had the patience for doilies. Some of my favorites are two small ones from my Mom that are the size of coasters. These are full size ones that she crocheted from sewing thread.



Aunt Bea said:
I had an elderly great aunt that used to crochet hot pads using bottle caps. She absolutely insisted that all of the caps be from soda bottles, no beer bottle caps allowed!

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I still have some of the antimacassar covers. They werent all crocheted. Some were embroidered on linen.
Havent used any in a while though. Mom made my bottlecap hot pad. It looks like a bunch of purple grapes.

jujube said:
I can remember back in the 70's or maybe it was the 80's, crocheted collars that looked like doilies were very popular to wear over dark-colored dresses. I had one that I wore over a high-necked green velvet dress I had. It really dressed it up. Ladies would also stitch smaller ones onto the fronts of dark sweatshirts.

When decorating furniture got popular, people would place a doily on top of a piece of furniture and then spray paint on it. The design would go through the doily and make a lacy design on the furniture.

And of course, the crocheted tablecloths were very popular. I bought a white one and then soaked it in tea to get the ecru color I wanted. I used it for years on my 120-year-old oak dining room table.
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Those collars are actually older than the 70's. I have some from my Great Gram. Im not a lace person so I never wore them. I did wear the crocheted vest though.
 
My mother in law made doilies. I’ve got quite a few of them but I usually only take them out at Christmas time. This one I leave out all year round. It sits under my flower vase. My mother in law was very good at crocheting and sewing. She made some beautiful quilts for us as well. I miss her very much.

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