Patriotic Doily Banner
My mantle needed a little red, white, and blue love so I whipped up this super easy
Patriotic Doily Banner.
And by super easy, I am so not joking. I let my Silhouette do all of the work!
I downloaded 3 doily images from the Silhouette library and staggered the images so that the 3 could be stacked on top of one another. Then I cut the images in half. I could easily cut the doilies in half myself after the Sihouette cuts them out, but this just saves me that step.
I cut each of the doilies out one at a time on red, white, and blue scrapbook paper.
I made sure to choose doilies with solid centers for my two bottom layers.
Now to glue all of my layers together.
I spread out some freezer paper (shiney side up) and layed out my largest doilies.
(And, yes, I totally used some of my son's blocks as anchors around the corners of the freezer paper!)
I used Mod Podge to glue the layers of doilies to one another.
In that magical way that Mod Podge works, it dried perfectly clear as you can see above.
It also gave my thin scrapbook paper an extra thickness.
I repeated the process glueing with all 8 doily sets.
With my scrapbook paper reinforced with the layer of Mod Podge, I was able to thread some thin ribbon through the holes of the red doilies so I could string them all together.
Ahhh!
Just the coloring my mantle needed!
I'm thrilled with how they turned out!
I think I'll whip up a few more of these to string around in other places in the house.
🙂
Doily images from the Silhouette library:
Red - antique_doily_C00671_20509
White - antique_doily_C00669_20509
Blue - 3_set_doily_C00942_20509 (the largest of the 3)
What a gorgeous banner! Wow! It looks stunning on your mantle!
Really wonderful project! Looks so classy on your mantle.
xoxo
Love this - very clever and very easy!! Happy 4th.
My best - Diane
so wonderfully cool and vintage looking - great job.
tina
embellishments by tina
Love this!! I thought it was fabric and a lot of work when I first saw the picture. Knowing it's paper and cut with a cutter makes it even cuter because it's so easy. Never thought of mod podging them all together, I would have just used a regular scrapbooking kind of glue. Great tip, thanks!!
so freaking cute.
Fabulous!
This is super cute! Can you explain the purpose of the freezer paper step?
Cute, Cute, Cute!! Love them Michele! I haven't made ANY 4th of july decor and guess it won't be happening either, but I'll be remembering this for another time! Thanks for linking up to this week's Catch a Glimpse party.
These are amazing! I am inspired!
Michele!!! I am so behind with blog reading... but what a stunning project! Seriously! I am in awe. I am stumbling, pinning, and tweeting this. It's so lovely!
What a great idea! Super cute and nothing better than red, white and blue for the weekend!! I found you through The Girl Creative Linky party! I am your newest follower. Hope you stop by my blog and check things out. 🙂
Super cute Michele - I love it! It's so fun!!
I love this!!!!! I pinned it, of course!
Cha Cha
Wow! I love this banner!
another reason to buy a silhouette! thanks for sharing- this is darling. I am pinning it as well!
CUTE!!!! I so need to bust out my Silhouette and make something like this. But I most likely won't. But I love it!
love this idea! So cute! I found your blog through a link party and LOVE it! I am your newest follower and would love it if you would check out my blog and follow me too! Thanks!
-Nikki
http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/
@Aileen - I used the cut feature (the knife icon in the left sidebar) to cut the doilies in half.
Love it! I'm a newbie with my silhouette...what settings did you use to cut the doily in half?
Gorgeous, I absolutely love it! Pinning this for sure!
Michele, it's perfect! I LOVE it!!
This is beyond fabulous. It is patriotic with a hint of vintage, yet with appeal to all. You did an amazing job on this...I want one! (and a silhouette so I can make one!)
Great idea! I love it!
Very cute & patriotic!
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Totally awesome!!! you are so creative. Thanks for sharing.
Adorable! Darnit, I need a Silhouette!!
I love it! So many cool crafts... Require a Silhouette. Maybe sooner than later, I'll join the ranks 🙂
This is so cute! I have a silhouette and am looking for new projects for it.
oh wow! this is so neat. very creative. love it.
kathryn
http://www.thedragonsfairytail.blogspot.com
Absolutely the most adorable thing I've seen!!!
Oh my gosh Michele!! These are amazing!!! I think it's so pretty and the colors are perfect!! You are just so stinkin' clever. 😉
great tutorial, it looks wonderful 🙂 🙂
This is so cute! I have seen lots of doilies lately and LOVE them. I love the looking of patriotic bunting. 🙂 Great project!
OK, this is so clever! What a great twist on tradional bunting and a modern way to use doilies.
This is so CUTE!! I need to pull out my Silhouette! Love this!
LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!
This is the cutest patriotic banner ever!!! Love it!
Love your doily banner - such a wonderful idea!
Your banner is so festive. Love the doily design. 🙂
This is fabulous!!! Thank you so much for sharing it at Paper Issues! We featured you today! http://paperissues.blogspot.com/2011/06/patriotic-doily-banner.html
This is absolutely fabulous! Love it!
A few years ago I made a doily garland for my daughters birthday. It involved steps such as dying the doilies, etc.
Your way is so cute and much faster.
CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!!
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Love this!!! So cute! 🙂 New follower from Polly Wants a Crafter.
Looking at the banner before the tutorial, I thought it was fabric and then when I saw it was paper, I was amazed. Very pretty!
Hello, Genius! This is impeccable! I just adore it! Great work and thank you so much for sharing!
Fantastic project!!! Love it!!
This is adorable...what a great project for the upcoming holiday.
So cute! What a great idea - I'm loving all the banners I've been seeing lately.