Monday, September 5, 2011

Doily Brooch

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I was at the Salvation Army and found these crocheted circles for $2…they are only about 2 1/4 inches in diameter.  I think the person who made them was working on a table cloth or a bedspread.  There were about 60 circles. 
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I had all sorts of ideas with what to do with them. 
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I used a tutorial I had seen all over blogland, but here is a specific post you can read about to see how the circles were folded.
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I used a German glass button for the center, in a pretty coneflower blue shade.
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You can find one of these in my etsy shop!
I am linking up to these great parties!
Ellen

19 comments:

  1. OmiGOSH, what a LOT of work that crafter did, and what a LUCKY find for you! Your brooch is just beautiful!

    Deborah (happily visiting from
    http://upcyclingmylife.blogspot.com)

    {Hope you can visit too!}

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  2. What a lucky find…they are very nice and also good that they are in white as you can choose to dye them in a different colour for a another project. My grandmother was an avid knitter and crochetier (is that the right word?) – Luckily she taught me knitting before she passed away, but I never got the chance to learn to crochet. The broach is very stylish!

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  3. What a great find. I love what you did with them. Thanks for sharing at my Sizzle into Summer party.

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  4. What a cute idea! What magical salvation army was this, hahaha?

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  5. Lovely little laceys. Thank you so much for linking up!

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  6. Its so nice to see someone's hard work is going strong. You did them justice.
    Hugs,
    Ellen

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  7. So so cute! Thanks for linking up to thriftaholics weekly! :) Hope to see you there next week!

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  8. What a great find! The broach turned out really nice! Thanks for linking up with DIY under $5!

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  9. What a find! I just saw paper doilies folded in half and made into a banner/bunting...that would be cute!

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  10. Very pretty--how sweet the the craft was continued on! Thanks so much for linking to Share the Love Wednesday!
    Mary

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  11. Beautiful! What a great thrift store find, you're so lucky!

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  12. So pretty! And I'm totally jealous of your awesome thrift store find.

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  13. Why can't I ever find anything like that? I love what you did with them! So pretty? Thank you for joining It's a Party!

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  14. What a great find! I'm always looking for fun stuff like that and I never seem to find it! Great use of the doilies. =)

    www.sewdivertimento.blogspot.com

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  15. Oooh - I'm so jealous of your thrifty find and I love what you created! Love the texture of this pin! Thank you for linking up to WWWW! I'm featuring you today!!

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  16. This looks really pretty! I would love for you to stop by My Dream Canvas. I am also hosting a Giveaway that you might like to join!

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  17. What a lovely idea for the doilies! I love how that turned out!

    ~Linnea

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