September Art Bug

As we journey into September, 2023, it has been especially fun doing a painting a day, 7 paintings in 7 days, painting along with this special lady Michelle the Painter, of Berkshire Paint and Sip. 

Below you can see paintings done following along with Michelle, and how her Fall spirit is in full swing, with paintings like 'Ghost in the Rain' and 'Haunted House', plus many more that you will find on her Youtube channel.

Michelle does a wonderful job guiding you through her lovely paintings, as you create something unexpected and fabulous.  Her reassurance and smooth flow, keep you going and assured it is for fun, and to not take it too seriously. In the end, I am always pleased with how it has all come together, following Michelle's simple steps.

One of the most challenging for me, yet also my favorite, was the 'Beach Crab'. My little lopsided crab brings me much joy.

Paintings together;

'Ghost in the Rain'

'Daisy Guitar'

'Billards'

'Haunted House'

'Pumpkin Truck'

With the coming of Autumn, every year, right on time, the art bug bites, leaving me with a very strong desire to doodle and paint.  Here on Doily Designs, there is a designated space for some of my doodle thoughts and doodle shares, which can be found in the 'Art for fun and meditation' section.  

Paintings above done following along with Michelle the Painter on Youtube.

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May you find joy and happiness.

Best wishes, happy Fall & happy Autumn PAINTING!

American Flag Blanket

Crochet American Flag Blanket Pattern

Crochet pattern now available on Etsy, and Ravelry.

Updated pattern includes other ways besides the diverse stitches to create different looks, giving the same versatility to the blanket pattern, as seen in other patterns included in this collection.

Above: Moms Blanket ♡ 2022

With all of the political business going on over the years, it was hard for me to not take notice, and this all got me to thinking, things like how could this pattern be something to bring folks together, in a softer way, so to speak. The "Diverse Stitches" kinda stuck, though the stitches came first. Diverse stitches refers to the different choices of stitches that are used to give texture and variety. To me, this adds an illusion of movement, like that of the traditional American flag blowing in the wind. As well as giving a classic crochet look that some might expect from a crochet afghan.

Dads blanket, 2021

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Going around full circle.

 American Flag Collection 

Crochet Flag Blanket Photos

Boho Granny

American Flag Blanket Crochet Pattern

Photographs from a few crochet American Flag blanket journeys.

March, 2022, Kay's house.

Find pattern for the Boho Granny American Flag Blanket, and more at Doily Designs Etsy, and Doily Designs Ravelry. 

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Rainbow Plush

 Crochet Rainbow Heart Plush Pattern

Small Rainbow Heart crochet pattern now available on Etsy, and Ravelry.

Design your Heart ♡ with your own flair and style.  Versatile pattern allows you to create these cute heart pillow plushies to share your rainbow love and joy. Made with a modern style, and your choice of colors, rainbow or solid, choose edging from simple to shell or shag?

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Best wishes and happy crocheting!!

American Flag Pillow Collection

 Doily Designs

Boho Granny 

American Flag 

Heart Pillow ♡ Crochet Pattern Collection

Show off your American spirit with this fun Patriotic pillow collection.  Begin with the classic, snuggly medium throw cushion, and add the collector's fun plushie size, lastly the portable keychain size is great for gift tags and more. 

Medium, Small, and Tiny Heart Pillow Pattern Bundle available on Etsy.

♡ Crochet Pattern Bundle

Tiny, Small, and Medium Heart Pillow ♡ crochet patterns conveniently bundled together for you on   Etsy. 

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American Flag Pillow Pattern

Crochet American Flag MEDIUM Heart Pillow Pattern now available on Etsy and Ravelry.

Versatile Patriotic crochet pattern offers choice of edge style and color design. Choose to go simple, go with classic fringe, or choose to go with fun Boho shag.

MEDIUM ♡ American Flag Heart Pillow Pattern by Doily Designs ~

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American Flag Blanket

Doily Designs

Boho Granny Crochet American Flag Blanket Pattern, now available on Etsy.

New updated Pattern gives you freedom to choose from Simple or Diverse Stitch Stripes

Share your love for America with this cool crochet flag afghan. This pattern and more can be found in Doily Designs American Flag Collection, Doily Designs Etsy, as well as Doily Designs Ravelry.

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Crochet Mandala Doily Earrings

Back in 2018, I did this post about my mandala doily earrings. In the post, I had mentioned my doily loop earrings I had made for my then 4 year old daughter, whom loved to wear these around the house and play dress up, back in 2011.  

While making a lot of mandala doily earrings, Liz really wanted a pair of her own, and was willing to pierce her ears for them. I told her that she could not pierce her ears until she 7, if she still wanted to do it then, she could.  On her 7th birthday, she pierced her ears. 

In the mean time, I crocheted a loop onto a pair of small mandala doilies, and looped them over her ears. 

They worked great worn this way. She would wear them for hours, dancing around the house with her big girl earrings.

The doily earrings were made by first making a small doily, then simply crocheting a large, ear size loop to hang the doily from. You want it to fit snug, but not tight, so best to measure before fastening off, and weaving ends. 

This loop can then just be looped around a child's ear for light weight, grown up size, earring fun. 

Little ones love them!

The ones below are a little bigger than hers, as well as they are stiffened. Though, I find stiffening is not necessary with slightly smaller mandala doily earring sizes, and so, these were the ONLY pair that I ever stiffened.

Because of the small size, mandala doily earrings are a great for a quick crochet gift, or last minute accessory, for grown-ups and children. 

This picture is also from 2011 😅😂 Now you know why you do not see more pictures of me... I am not as photogenic as my baby girl, even when she is being silly, Liz is adorable.

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Llommy Fun

Llommy having some fun in the sun.

Llommy, the Llama Mama crochet plush, has been one of the cutest projects that I have done in years, and is still a favorite. 

Llommy is made using Nellas Cottage Boho Llama applique pattern, turned into a plushie.

 Follow the Llommy link to read more about how I made Llommy. 

Llommy pops her head up here and there. So say 'Hi' if you spot Llommy out and about. 

🦙👋

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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!!

Instagram Flashback

Doily Designs Instagram Flashback

  2011, My husband, and oldest daughter talked me into getting the Instagram app on my phone, and it was a blast sharing with my oldest daughter.

  Instagram was also one of the first places I started sharing my crochet. Etsy was were I ended up finding most of my clients, so I found myself not using Instagram very much for many years.

  For me, it was not until the integration of mobile and desktop happened, around 2020, that I began to use Instagram once again. I remain somewhat of a minimal user, for whatever reason.

  Since the Doily Designs Instagram only goes back to 2018, I started looking back at all the missed years, and having flashbacks.

  Now that you are caught up 😅 back to why we are here, a walk down Doily Designs Instagram lane....

Doily Designs Instagram Flashback 

2011 -2014

The rustic photos go with the theme.  It starts with a snapshot of some of the first posts that I ever made on Instagram, obviously it was around Autumn. We just Love Fall. 

The spiderweb, blue & black shawls, and the willow blanket, are made by me, but were not written by Doily Designs. As Doily Designs, I designed the rugs, earrings, a doily or 2, and the square blankets.

 

One more, and I will stop, this was my favorite, but it only ever got one like, so I never made it again, and that was that. They were my own designs, but they were square, and I was all about the circles at the time, if you didn't notice. But hey, squares the new round. 😅

feeling  nostalgic   😄 

Follow the link, to catch up on the new Doily Designs Instagram page. 

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Best wishes, and happy crocheting!