Christmas Doily Garland

The other day I whipped up this sweet little deer and doily garland in less than five minutes. As you know I have a penchant for doilys and I want to incorporate them into this year's Christmas decorations around the house.  I was so pleased with how this project  turned out I thought that I'd share the process with you. You can make the garland as long as you like, you just need enough doilys to alternate them along the string. I used three different sizes of doily, but you could use as many as you like (or have on hand). I also used a glue stick, wool and double sided tape. The deers were a gift from a friend (from Ikea). 

Start by gluing smaller paper doilys to the centre of a larger ones. 

 

Then attach decorations to the doilys (you could use any light weight decorations or old Christmas cards or even crocheted flowers etc). I used double sided tape to attach the deer to the doilys.

Fold a round or oval doily in half. Thread a length of string or wool onto a needle and starting about 30cm in from the end of or string lay the string across the fold of the first fold doily and glue doily closed (being careful not to glue too close to the string (it will then move freely if you need to adjust the placement when finished).

Take your needle and thread through the doily holes along the top of your larger decorated doilys.  Repeat until all the doilys are attached to your string. Viola! A sweet little doily garland of your very own!