If you're a lover of crafts, you'd love this unexpected but quite practical decor you can create with a vintage teacup and old doily in this fun DIY.

We can hardly resist the feminine and delicate look of a handmade doily. The intricate pattern and ruffled edges can almost instantly bring back a touch of nostalgia, but they can be difficult to ...

Doilies may appear delicate and lacy, but Oakland, Calif.-based artist Lisa Solomon sees the patterned, ornamental mats as having a subversive side. “I’ve utilized doilies in the past to represent ...

A doily crocheted by the author’s grandmother, Adella Kanagy, atop a quilt made by her great-grandmother, Alice Yoder (photo by Ruth Kanagy, courtesy Elena Kanagy-Loux) On April 1, the Fabric Workshop ...

DEAR HELOISE: My mother used to make a starch with sugar. Do you know how to make this? -- Betty Miller, Via E-mail Yes, I do have a recipe for a "sugar starch" that is often used for stiffening ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Time, moving house, and life in general have ways of breaking apart sets of things. A whole tea set becomes a couple of teacups and a saucer ...