DIY // Hair Clip Display Tutorial

I suppose it's no surprise that I have my share of hair accessories due to my business. My headbands have a spot, but my hair pins and clips were kind of stuffed inside a drawer. Makes it difficult to see what I have at a glance. Since my daughter's clips have taken over our other hair clip holder, I decided it was time to make one to call my own.

SUPPLIES

embroidery hoop

doily with open crochet pattern

solid color fabric

cotton lace trim

scissors

needle and thread

1. Cut out fabric to fit in the hoop with a couple of inches allowance on all sides.

2. Use a running stitch to gather the fabric in the back; this makes it easy to remove for cleaning. (Alternately, you can glue the fabric to the inside of the hoop.) Trim edges if necessary. 

3. Carefully sew the doily to the fabric, making sure it is secure. I stitched along the outside, and also in the center.

4. Attach the ribbon tails.  

And that's it! I've decided to keep the pieces I don't use as often on the doily section since removing and replacing items often will cause the doily to lose it's nice starchy stiffness. This type of display would also be great for showcasing earrings; dangly earrings would easily slip into the doily, and post earrings would be a breeze to attach to the lace trim.

Have fun creating your own variation!

DIY Doily Hoop Art.

When my husband and I were first married almost ten years ago, my Grammy made me a bunch of lovely crochet doilies. There have been some pretty tutorials lately for doily table runners, doily lamps, and doily buntings, but I'm not sure I have quite enough to complete a project like that. Instead, I thought I would take a couple of my doilies that haven't been used yet and display them in embroidery hoops with a bit of colored fabric for contrast.

For this project all you need is a doily (or two or three), an embroidery hoop, enough fabric to stretch in the hoop, a needle and some thread, and scissors. I purchased these vintage metal hoops on Etsy, and I had just enough green fabric on hand to fit in the hoops. To create your own doily wall art, simply stretch the fabric in the hoop, tack down the doily with matching thread, and secure the piece in the hoop.

I wanted to finish the back of the hoops in such a way that I could remove the fabric for cleaning. My friend Sasha from What. No mints? shared a tutorial with me for gathering or cinching the fabric in the back. Keep in mind that this fabric was a scrap, so there wasn't much fabric to gather in some spots but I made it work. It certainly isn't pretty on the back side though!

I think the hoops add a sweet touch to our tiny living room, and the pop of color on the wall is perfect. They are definitely making me smile. Now we just need to get that second coat of paint up on the wall to get rid of that wonky color look!