Dyed Doily Banner
Supplies: plastic clothes line from the Dollar Store, fabric, Heat n Bond, 5 white doilies ($1 at Michael's), Rit Dye (I used Lemon Yellow, Fuchsia Sunshine Orange), pinking shears, hot glue, bowls for tracing circles, different colors of felt. *Note: I used a total of 9 large circle shapes for the banner (5 doilies, 2 fabric circles and 2 felt circles)
Follow the directions on the Heat n Bond package and iron the Heat n Bond on the wrong side of the fabric. Then the fun part– Rit Dye + a Doily + Hot Water = Delicious Colors
Dye two doilies Lemon Yellow
Two Fushcia
And one doily Sunshine Orange.
Find a bowl that's roughly the same size as the doilies and cut out two circles with the pinking shears.
You can pick "where" you want to cut the circles out of the fabric so the prettiest part shows. Cut two large circles out of felt as well.
Find two smaller bowls to cut smaller pieces of felt and fabric out of.
Do some futzing to figure out where you want things.
Fold the fabric circles in half over the clothes line and secure with small dabs of hot glue.
Glue the felt down too…
And the doilies together…
I used 5 doilies and 2 large fabric circles and 2 large felt circles total.
I like how the banner colors work with my Easter candy and eggs.
Hoppily linking up here.
Malia this is sooooo darling!!! I am absolutely in love with it!!
The colors you dyed it look perfect with the fabric! This is so perfect for spring. ;)
These are so cute and colorful! I love them, the colors make me think of Hello Kitty for some reason :) And… I do have a bottle of Rit under my sink. Still afraid to use it. So silly of me! Thanks for the motivation :)
lovely and colourful :)
Very cute and very thrifty. I love the idea for the banner. Easter is so much fun to decorate. The beautiful pale colors and bright ones too.
xo
Betty
Oh MY WORD! I am actually IN PROCESS of doing the exact same thing! No fabric…just the dyed doily part. How fun is that? So glad I think just like your amazing, crafty mind!
How fun is that!! It turned out sooooo cute :)
This is so cute! I just says SPRING!
so springy and colorful! love it!
gail
love this… I have a doily banner as well… but never thought about dyeing it… must try!
wow…I love the colors!! And the fabric is yummy…great job!!!
Love the wonderful colors and dying the doilies is a beautiful idea!!!
Have a beautiful week!!!
What an amazing idea- I absolutely love it!
So cute! I clicked on your link from Between naps on the porch party and it was you! I love your techniques!
Have a great day!
Jenn
{Redberrybarn}
Malia, how cute and I love the colors. Bright and sunny, unlike the weather!
this is soooooo prettty!!! :D
It’s gorgeous!!! I absolutely LOVE it! How amazing and vibrant are those colors!!! Great idea!! =)
love the spring colors in your banner! so pretty pretty!
Hi! I’m from LMLM and I love this so very much. I am a bit of a garland fanatic, and I like to see something new. This is amazing. Can’t wait to try it myself. Thanks so much for sharing.
Love from,
Greta
Those pastels say Spring! Just love all of them and your bunting so pretty! yvette@twistedvines
this is fantastic! i adore the doilies in their new dyed colors. so pretty and happy!!
That is too cute! I love the dyed doilies – I would have never thought of that! Stopping by from Sugar Bee Crafts
How pretty! Thanks for linking up to Mad Skills Monday!
great ideas malia~!!
Beautiful. Thanks for the simple tutorial!
Love it! What a neat idea!
love the colors you picked! they look soo rich!
thanks for sharing, found you via the diy showoff! :)
Well isn’t this beautiful! Lovely banner and tablescape!
Kathy
What a beautiful project, Malia. I love the dye colors you used. Great idea mixing the fabric with the doilies. Love it!
So colourful and fun, what a clever idea.
That is so cute! I love all the bright springy colors. Thanks for sharing!
Rachel @ Maybe Matilda
Love those colors! I never would’ve thought to dye the doilies! Thanks for linking up!
I never would have thought to dye doilies in those vibrant happy colors. Ingenious. Thanks for linking up to Motivated Monday at BeColorful.
Pam
Oh my gosh – these are FANTASTIC!!! I love these!
;-D robelyn
a fabulous idea. it looks very pretty!
I linked to your tutorial on my blog – thanks for sharing!
doro K.