Covered with Lace

Yeterday it rained, it rained so much that I actually had to use an umbrella to walk outside. It felt wonderful to need an umbrella again... a sign of spring. When I went to bed it was still raining... so imagine my surprise this morning when I looked out to see all that newly fallen snow.

Oh dear, one step forward... two steps back. So now I am trying to see the beauty in this new snow, to look for the silver lining. For starters, the way the snow fell makes it look like my blue fence has a lace covering. And that's rather pretty.

Doily Bowls

For years I've been collecting doilies: lace doilies, crocheted doilies, eyelet lace doilies, the types of doilies your grandmother made or her mother made or her grandmother made. Having accumulated quite a sizable collection I've been trying to think of ways to use them.

This is a doily bowl that is made by using fabric stiffener. If you search "doily bowl" you'll find loads of entries with instructions, so I won't add them here. The bowls are very pretty and certainly allow doilies to be put to a practical use beyond their original purpose. Best of all it gets them out of the drawer I've been storing them in for oh-so-many years.