doily ball tutorial

my daughter's lalaloopsy party

has a sewing theme to it.

and since doilies have a lace look to them,

i thought the doily pom pom balls

i saw on pinterest were perfect.

i followed the link but could not find a real

tutorial on how to make them.

since i had made these cupcake wrapper pom pom balls last year,

i had a pretty good idea how to try and use the doilies.

you will need doilies, food coloring, a ball & hot glue.

i looked for colored doilies,

but if i had known how easy it is to dye the doilies

i wouldn't have wasted my time.  so easy!

fill a dish with enough water to cover the doilies

and add a few drops of food coloring.

{i used pink from the neon collection.

i thought i might have to add more but i didn't.}

put the doilies into the water.

{i just dropped the bunch in, didn't separate them at all}

it worked really fast!  just a minute or two to soak.

{it takes awhile to separate them and lay them out

and if they sit too long they start to rip.}

 lay them out to dry.

{i just had paper towels spread out on a table.}

 as they start to dry move them around

to get off of the wet part of the towels.

{aren't they pretty?!}

 once they are dry

{mine were dry a few hours later, but i waited til the next day}

fold in half and put a dab of hot glue

towards the center but near the fold.

 fold in half again

 put a dab of hot glue on the corner and press down onto the ball.

{you could probably get away with an even smaller ball}

continue to do this around the ball

{you want the folds to be going different ways

so that the doilies open into each other

instead of forming rows.}

notes...

i think i could've spread them out more.

the ball shows through but if you go back and use double sided tape

to stick the doilies together it solves that problem.

mine was much fuller than the inspiration picture,

but i like that in the original you can see more of the doily.

i ended up using about 30 - 8 inch doilies.

i'll have better pictures when i post all the party details!!