Hauntingly Handmade: Doily & Lace Ghosts & Spider Web Décor

Three stiffened lace projects (2 ghosts, 1 spider) on black wood frames on whitewashed background

Hauntingly Handmade: Doily & Lace Ghosts & Spider Web Décor

Add a playful handmade touch to your Halloween décor with these fun and easy stiffened doily and lace ghosts and spider web projects. Simple supplies and plenty of room for creativity make them enjoyable to create and customize, whether you craft them on your own or turn the experience into a festive activity with family and friends.

Supplies Needed:

Aleene’s InstaFuse Fabric Fusion
Aleene’s Tacky Glue
COLORSHOT Premium Spray Paint Blackout
Fabrics for backgrounds (one for each project)
(2) 12” doilies
Lace (approx .12x12” yardage)
Two picture frames desired size (8x11” and 12x10” used here)
Embroidery hoop (10” used here)
Assorted silk flowers and leaves
Black felt for ghost eyes
Decorative spider
Iron
Pressing cloth
Bowl for mixing glue
Disposable plastic gloves
Foil

White doily ghost mounted on black fabric on whitewashed background

GHOSTS:
Step 1: Prepare Backgrounds for Designs

Use COLORSHOT Premium Spray Paint to paint picture frames. Let dry. Cut fabric to size for background.

Step 2: Make Doily & Lace Ghosts

Cut doily to correct size to fit in frame. Mix a small amount of Tacky Glue with water till consistency of thin pancake batter. Saturate doily and lace and fabric piece with glue mixture, gently wringing out excess glue. Roll a sheet of foil into a half ball of desired size, to create ghost head. Drape saturated doily over foil ball and form into desired ghost shape. Allow to dry.

Step 3: Attach Ghosts to Frames

Adhere stiffened doily and lace ghosts to frame with Tacky Glue. Attach silk flowers and leaves to ghost and frame as desired, using Tacky Glue or Turbo Tacky. Cut out “eyes for ghost from black felt. Use Tacky Glue to adhere eyes to ghosts. Let dry. Use Tacky Glue to adorn framed ghosts with silk flowers and leaves.

White doily spider web on circular black fabric secured in embroidery hoop on whitewashed background

Step 1: Paint Embroidery Hoop

Use COLORSHOT Premium Spray Paint to paint embroidery hoop. Let dry.

Step 2: Make Spider Web

Cut doily into a spider web shape to correct size to fit in frame.

Step 3: Attach Doily to Fabric

Use Aleene’s Insta-Fuse Fabric Fusion to adhere spider web doily to fabric.

Step 4: Position Embroidery Hoop on Fabric

Position embroidery hoop on fabric with spider web doily and secure. Turn over and cut off excess fabric from back side. Attach a decorative spider using Tacky Glue if desired.

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Material List

Project Tags Aleenes Colorshot Fabric glue Fabric glue Fabric stiffener Tacky glue Diy decor Fabric crafts Fabric Lace Stiffened fabric Halloween

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