Showing posts with label Crochet for the home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crochet for the home. Show all posts

Hearts for the Holidays

With this versatile heart pillow plush pattern, in 3 fun sizes, you can easily change your color scheme to crochet that perfect Christmas gift, and share your love in a soft snuggly way.

Choose to crochet colors resembling the American Flag, or perhaps you get along better with Rainbows, or you feel quite Solid, or my favorite; embroider a solid heart designed for Christmas ornaments!

Whatever design you are after, the Doily Designs Heart Pillow Plush Patterns will be a great start for the base idea.




Crochet Heart Plush Pillow Ideas

Crochet hearts are made using Doily Designs, Heart Pillow Patterns. Pattern can be found bundled, or sold separately on Etsy.





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Happy Thanksgiving

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Find Cranberry Pineapple Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern in medium and large sizes, as well as bundles.


American Flag Blanket Pattern


Rainbow Heart Pattern


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October Crochet Memories

This October has been so busy, sadly there has been little time for crochet. But it is very heart warming to visit relatives and see crochet that you have gifted in use. And since she has saved things through the years, it is fun to see the difference in style and skill.  Below are Sunflower Doilies gifted to my MIL. The one with black is from 2017, and the front 2 are 2021.  


It is always nice to know that your love and efforts are appreciated and loved back. <3

These patterns are not currently available through Doily Designs, but you can find Doily Designs Sunflower Applique Pattern on sale now in new Payhip shop. Or find on Etsy, or Ravelry.


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Another pic of the sunflower doilies.  The difference makes me giggle :)


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Doily Rug



Crochet Doily Rugs


The always fun and useful crochet Doily RUG is a summertime favorite of mine.

Pictured above is a custom rug made based on a customers ideas, along with the a Willow blanket for her beautiful nursery. Photo courtesy of the customer.  

Below and front is a rope rug made with Creative Jewish Mom's wonderful crochet rug pattern. To the back is Doily Designs Shells n Lace doily rug.


The first and original of my shells n lace doily rugs were very inspired by the beautiful design by Villa Varisksenmarja of Creative Jewish Mom.  She was among the first, that I found, to share patterns for the doily rug craze in 2011. Her beautiful design had a big influence on my desire to create and crochet in the round, as well as my Shells n Lace rug pattern.
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Below, a larger Shells n Lace Doily Rug.


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A BIG, fun, and challenging Pineapple DOILY RUG. This 7 foot doily rug was for a wedding prop in 2012.


small Black Mandala Doily Rug



Below Doily Designs Shells n Lace Doily Rug and Pineapple Throw







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Best wishes and happy crocheting!!





Diverse Stitch Watermelon Doily

The Diverse Stitch Doily Pattern has been so much fun, that I could not stop with just patriotic, red, white and blue colors. While creating the pattern, I found myself creating several different designs with a very similar pattern. 

One of my personal favorites to emerge from the experiment was the  Diverse Stitch Watermelon Doily Pattern, with its fun summertime look.


Diverse Stitch Watermelon Doily Pattern gives instruction for different edging designs.


All these fun crochet doily patterns can be purchased together to create all the same color combinations and designs suggested, as well as freedom to create your own design with Doily Designs Diverse Stitch Doily Pattern Bundle.


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Diverse Stitch Doily

Diverse Stitches Doily 

Different color combinations give this pattern lots of versatility. 

Create placemat doilies in different colors to match your mood, or make sets to match the current Holiday.

Diverse and interesting stitches make this a fun and exciting project to crochet.

Mandala style doily works up quickly to make enough for a a large table setting in a relatively short time.

The design started as part of the Boho Granny American Flag Collection. Wanting to add Diverse Stitches to the name, and unable to stop with just red, white and blue here, I ended up with the Diverse Stitches Doily, pictured below in;

Ocean Waves, and Autumn Charm colors.

Americana Doily

 

The fun doesn't end there, with its endless possibilities. 


I'm lovin' the WATERMELON one!  πŸ‰

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Crochet Mandala Tiles


 ~ Decorative Crochet Mandalas to match Kitchen Tiles ~


 ⁕ ⁕ ⁕  Crochet Mandalas   ⁕ ⁕ ⁕

Crochet project inspired by kitchen tiles. 

These handmade tiles from the 80's have a sort of eclectic southwestern feel, and inspired me to crochet something to match.  

Hobby Lobby, "I Love This Yarn",  has these great colors that match very closely to the colors in the tiles and I couldn't be happy with how they turned out. They hang nicely on the walls in the kitchen as decoration.

This project reminds me of how you can draw inspiration from so many things around you in life.

Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas.


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Doily Designs

 Doily Designs 

In 2011, I began crocheting in the round and was hooked. ∞ Crocheting itself is very therapeutic and meditative and in the round is the cherry on top. Round and round, row after row, coming full circle. It is so very satisfying. In the round offers so much inspiration, there are endless possibilities of things to make. After making one doily like design after another, like the ones below, the name Doily Designs was born.

A few of my Doily Designs~



Doily Designs earrings from 2011





 Doily Designs Blanket, 2012.

                                                                         



Doily Designs tree skirt, 2012. First published pattern, for purchase,  2018.





2012, Doily Designs Shells & Lace Doily Rug.  Lovingly, inspired by wanting to make my Mother-in-Law a unique and special gift.








Custom Rug and Blanket order for babies room, photo courtesy of customer.





Doily Designs Shirt, inspired design, 2015





Doily Designs, Mint Chocolate Chip Mandala Doily, 2014. 
(Free pattern at Doily Designs)





 I'll finish up with the new large tree skirt pattern.  Large Cranberry Pineapple Crochet Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern now available on Etsy.

2018-2021


Always aspiring to find new concepts and create new joy.....

Keeping the traditions going and growing!

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Bee drawing by Liz 🐝☕🐝

Crochet Christmas Blankets

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Mrs Claus' Crochet Christmas Lap Blankets






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Merry Christmas & Happy Crocheting!




Step Stool Cover

  Step Stool Cover

Fun seat cover made up for this old antique step stool that desperately needed something. This old stool had a hard, cracked plastic cushion, the steps discolored, old beat up wood, held together by rusted metal. At the same time, the stool is just so useful and still very sturdy, so I could not bare to part with it. Like usual, my first thought was~ CROCHET IT!


Starting with the yarn colors, I chose colors from our kitchen, and that I had on hand. Drawing from mosaic looking, mandala type crochet, I started searching for the perfect rectangle, but mostly only found squares. It would need to be rectangle to fit the stool, so I put together some ideas, and ended up with this. 
It didn't turn out too bad, and no one complains about my ugly stool any more. 


     A fresh coat of paint and it is good as new!


This project is all about the Reduce/Reuse/Recycle. I am big on "trash to treasure".  I find that turning something that could end up in a land fill into something useful, to be a wonderful thing. 

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Best wishes and Happy crocheting!

Stool cover completed August 4, 2018

Cranberry Pineapple Crochet Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern

⭐  Doily Designs Cranberry Pineapple  Crochet Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern One of a kind tree skirt is an eye catching take on the classic v...