| 单词 | doily |
| 例句 | Mexican ladies are always knitting doilies for everything—doilies for the TV, doilies for vases, doilies for useless knickknacks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Little lace doilies were everywhere—on arms and backs of chairs, in the center of a large dining table, on little tables. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z What Uncle Chester had lacked in niceties—Aunt Ivy would be horrified to find not one doily in the entire room—he’d made up for in reading materials. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The drone of the propellers was hypnotic and lulled us to sleep in the stiff seats with their square white doilies on the back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The three Witchlings and the two older witches settled into cushiony floral chairs around a table covered with an old-fashioned doily tablecloth. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The yellowed doily that the framed photo sat upon draped slightly over the cabinet. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The back of her head was resting on a white embroidered doily. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Cross-stitched roses in plastic frames hang from the walls, and crocheted doilies are draped over every surface. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Laid out on the end tables were the same sorts of white crocheted doilies that my grandmother Shields used to have at her house. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A small black bird flew past and, just for a moment, nipped at the knitted doily on the back of Zane s chair. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There were always aromas of tasty dishes, flowers cut from our backyard in vases, doilies that Grandma India crocheted on tables, and squares of tapestry she had made on the walls. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There's a big old TV with a doily on the top, and an empty goldfish bowl, and piles of newspapers tied up neat with string, and a Bible on this little table by the TV. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m expecting lace doilies, like the ones my grandmother used to crochet before she had to leave her home behind and come to this country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z One of them is chintz, in dirty rose; one is maroon velvet, with doilies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare at everything I might never see again: the dangling plants, the crocheted doilies, the cross-stitched roses that I know so well. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They wore white shirts and little round doilies on their heads. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Grandma sold her sweet potato pies and her shortbread, as well as the crocheted doilies she made. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had looked closely at the elaborate motifs of her tablecloths and doilies and had tried to draw them on lined notebook paper or on flattened grocery bags. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Lourdes lines the display cases with paper doilies and organizes the croissants and coffee rings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We can barely cram in all their things—the red velvet furniture and lamps and clothes and kitchen utensils and crocheted doilies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever it was, it was definitely dour and of a previous century, and only made worse with doily lace. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Would I next see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in front of me, his hair slick with brilliantine, adjusted his doily, pulled it down to his neck. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I packed my clothes and put the doily I had made for Mami into a corner of my small bag. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Basil’s girlfriend must be the doily and lace type. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Gran had booked us in a really frilly inn, and it was funny to see Gramps in his work boots and plaid flannel amid all the lacy doilies and potpourri. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved the room, with its old flowered wallpaper and lace doilies on every surface. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Fresh red tulips in crystal vases sit on white lace doilies on each table. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Before Valentine’s Day we have to cut out hearts of red construction paper at school and decorate them with pieces of paper doily to stick on the tall thin windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We make a huge Valentine’s Day postbox out of a cardboard box covered with pink crepe paper and red hearts with paper doily edging. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I set the glass on a doily on the bedside table and turn to leave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of that, there are porcelain dolls on doilies on nearly every surface of the house. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She turned to look at John, who was grimly destroying the square, tasseled doilies that decorated Florence’s easy chair. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z More doilies, a big lamp with green-and-gold base and white shade. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Lace doilies covered everything, and the furniture was handmade in a style that favored curving lines and dark woods. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I mastered the art of crocheting and tatting, and there was a lifetime’s supply of dainty doilies that would never be used in sacheted dresser drawers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I can crochet a doily and I can knit a sock.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She was crocheting six doilies for Doc’s beer glasses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if she would put my doily on her dining-room table. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Red crocheted roses on bright green petals hemmed the doilies on the side tables. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mom bought love seats and lace doilies and hung up a tacky watercolor landscape she had brought with her from Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody works like an owner, Lourdes thinks, as she places fresh doilies under the chiffon pies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, my face right now, a sort of Munchian scream, probably reveals me to be the kind of prudish matron that carries doilies with which to cover up seductive table legs. The bald truth about shaving off pubic hair | Eva Wiseman 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z On the red tablecloth rests a white crocheted doily. People on Sunday 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z It is all as delicate as a lace doily. No 9 Church Street: restaurant review 2013-05-19T06:37:02Z Full of holes, it dangles like a limp doily. 'Page One' headline: Newspapers still matter 2011-06-22T20:16:05Z She's offered numerous comforts by other puppet creatures — i.e., a "doily cure." 3 late-October plays: grief, trauma, loneliness 2011-10-13T20:15:08Z The vessel culminates in curved lavender shapes that create a turban effect and a scalloped cloud that conjures a doily. ‘Agnes of the Desert’ Joins Modernism’s Pantheon 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z No matter how up-to-date “Eligible” might be, anachronisms lie around the story like lace doilies at McDonald’s. ‘Eligible’: A modern retelling of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z But there’s nothing old-fashioned about a few heartfelt lines written out on a piece of paper — doily optional. Stationery stores are in trouble, but our love for Valentine’s Day cards burns hotter than ever 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Humans are fond of weaving narratives like doilies around gaping holes, so that the holes won’t scare them. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z At the Indianapolis Art Museum: doilies, neckties and women’s underwear. Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z There was, however, a memorable lunch at Alla Luna, a restaurant cluttered with doilies, lace, dried flowers, keys and overstuffed pillows. Vineyards by Vespa 2011-07-01T17:00:00Z Orion Kamphefner, 22, who uses the pronouns they and them, was looking for doilies and found a negligee they were considering bringing back to their roommate. Vintage Lovers With a Dollar and a Dream 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Later, a slow-motion fight between Mr. Jasperse and Ms. Cornell is nerve-rackingly violent; there is a long, strangely poetic sequence in which the dancers and musicians remain almost motionless with white doilies over their heads. Dance Review: John Jasperse Company Performs at the Joyce 2010-06-18T22:13:00Z Also appealing were white lace and knit tops, as rigid as a lacquered doily. On the Runway Blog: Into the Woods with Balenciaga 2012-09-27T12:10:58Z Two soups — cream of chicory with bacon, and onion — were served in cute tureens atop doilies; they were underwhelming. Choice Tables: Eating Out in Amsterdam: Way Beyond Herring 2012-01-20T20:31:43Z My husband confessed that his inheritance of Greek doilies and paintings of fishing boats from his grandmother did not spark joy. Making a Marriage Magically Tidy 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z We’re too busy to fiddle with construction paper and doilies, too sophisticated to scrawl out honeyed doggerel for each other. Review | Email and texting are terrible. There’s an easy solution: Write more letters by hand. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z She made costumes with hats fashioned from paper doilies and designed furniture, interior décor, kitchens — even a meticulously planned broom cupboard. Puppets, Purses and Paintings, Too: An Overlooked Artist With Range 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Wilson’s blank “canvases” are antiquarian books — usually dictionaries or encyclopedia volumes — enshrouded in fabrics, beads, doilies, shells, small bones and other materials. Two fine shows at Northwest African American Museum 2013-01-03T22:17:00Z When the novel begins, in nineteen-sixties England, she is a young homemaker with the personality of a lace doily: decorous, brittle, self-consciously antiquated. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z That explains the assertive bearing of the women in the “Sitting” series, in which the doilies become chairs, perhaps in an executive suite. Review | In the galleries: Exploring how body language is a visual form of communication 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Van Genk called traditional folk art “idiotic doilies,” although one can imagine him identifying with the outrage in Fasanella’s imagery, and his work further shreds the tattered boundary between insider and outsider art. ‘Willem van Genk: Mind Traffic’ and ‘Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z First there's some plot to be getting on with, some loose ends to be fashioned into a neat bow and a dead dullard to be eulogised by a tiny Scotswoman in a doily. Mistresses: series three, episode four 2010-08-26T21:00:00Z One imagines the pre-war bourgeois scene: the heavy, dark furniture brooding in lamplight, the thickly curtained windows, the indistinct carpet, the doilies and the antimacassars, the head-achey air . Rereading: John Banville on Kafka's other trial 2011-01-14T14:18:55Z Across the street, Narfeyrarstofa, with its doilies and lace curtains, may look like someone’s grandmother’s house, but the restaurant serves the best lamb stew in town. Europe's 13 Best Winter Getaways 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Justice would be swift, punishment harsh, and like all decent acts of revenge, a dish best served on a nice doily with a dusting of icing sugar. TV OD with Peter Robinson 2012-08-10T23:05:10Z The whole place is filled with the type of mismatched knickknacks and vintage lamps and doily coasters that have become de rigueur for restaurants and bars attempting to ooze a cozy nonchalance. Bo?te: Cienfuegos Opens in the East Village 2010-05-07T18:07:00Z Stacks of dishes, lace doilies, old lighting fixtures and wooden crates are everywhere. Immersive theater appeals to audiences wanting to take part in art 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The Brook Farm ethos walks a fine line: it’s a sincere, unisex, home-ec utilitarian wholesomeness that manages to create grandma magic without going overboard into doilies or other frippery. Critical Shopper: A Primer for the Wholesome, Happy Home 2011-01-19T23:48:52Z It’s February, time for those candy hearts, doilies and advertisements for diamonds. Review | Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the most romantic month 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z She dressed my father in his favorite pink turtleneck and placed a black doily on his head. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z The artists portray those events with an assemblage of old-fashioned keys, 168 ceramic roses, a punching bag covered in doilies and a nightshirt imprinted with female prisoners’ names. In the galleries: Brick by brick, a dark history emerges 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Another night, we stayed in Bayfield’s 1890s-built Treetop House, a charming bed-and-breakfast with plenty of flowered wallpaper, doilies and sailboat knickknacks. On Wisconsin Islands, a Warm Welcome and Brisk Waters 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z They combined Art Nouveau flowing lines, Colonial American floral patterns and Middle Eastern arabesques for abalone jewelry, stoneware vases, raffia baskets, linen doilies, oak chests and iron candelabra. Antiques: A Collector of Railroad Photos Uses Them to Track the Past 2013-06-27T22:02:44Z It could pass for a muskrat riding a doily. My horrible toupee nightmare: I needed self-confidence, and got a head full of roadkill instead 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z In a group of so-called “Red Paintings,” he was piling on more and more matter: newspapers, posters, neckties, doilies, a letter from his mother, a Twombly drawing, someone’s underwear. Robert Rauschenberg: It Takes a Village to Raise a Genius 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z One unknown visitor even deposited a doily and a jar of oolong tea, to which the public is invited to help themselves. Petition launched to save Griffith Park Teahouse after report it might be taken down 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z As a playwright, he has never been a doily maker. | 'A Life in the Theatre': From Mamet, a Backstage Bouquet 2010-10-13T04:30:00Z Chennai Hoppers serves the dish, distinguished by its soft center and edges like a doily, with a mild curry, cardamom-flavored milk and the option of an egg on top. Review | Head to Chennai Hoppers for some of the area’s best Indian cooking 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z On that day, there happened to be plenty of doilies. Vintage Lovers With a Dollar and a Dream 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z He is a truffle of politeness plonked on a doily of predictability. Agatha Christie's Poirot: time to bid adieu 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z It is doilies, snails, and DIY fairy spoons crafted from seashells. Year of the mushroom: Why 2022 was defined by fungi 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z And his supports were similarly humble: restaurant tip trays, scraps of wood, paper doilies, cheap frames with the price sticker still attached, bottle caps, even pistachio shells. In Chicago, Overlooked Achievements by L.G.B.T.Q. Artists 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Soon afterward Ms. Schapiro began incorporating decorative scraps of fabric, ribbon and trim, and later entire handkerchiefs, doilies or aprons, in acrylic paintings she called femmages . Miriam Schapiro, 91, a Feminist Artist Who Harnessed Craft and Pattern, Dies 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Inside, the décor spoke of Norway’s longstanding quest to become European, sophisticated and refined — chandeliers everywhere, doilies on the dinner plates, pictures of German royals on the walls. Exploring Norway’s Fjords by Car and Boat 2012-06-29T16:47:27Z She filled the place with antiques and doilies and Victorian-era wedding photos — some of which she bought on EBay — with unsmiling brides and grooms. A prostitute's ghost and bullet holes: In rural California hotels, spookiness is the appeal 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Valeria visits her mother, who sits in judgmental silence, crocheting doilies and coasters and place mats. Review | ‘Forbidden Notebook’ is a slyly subversive novel by a writer once banned 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Other decorating tools you might have include colorful washi tape, designs you could cut out from past holiday cards, paper doilies, ribbon, felt, markers, paint and stickers. Handmade holiday cards are gifts in themselves; some tips 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Their great-grandmother had passed away, leaving bags upon bags of needlework and handmade doilies. These ceramicists prove that what we eat on matters 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z With her Department 56 Christmas village and mistletoe doilies in place, Lynda Finch spent last Christmas Eve cooking a smorgasbord for her family to graze on the next day. Casseroles made and missed: Why so many obituaries honor this treasured dish 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Some readers, playing on the idea of a multiplicity of holes, proposed a “colander,” a “doily,” a “lace” and a “warren.” What to Name a Bunch of Black Holes? You Had Some Ideas. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Savannah will wear a doily around her neck to symbolize the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and don a “Make America Great Again” cap as a nod to the upcoming election. Get your hand sanitizer costume. Halloween is still happening. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Some fell vertically like the traditional jabot, and others encircled her neck like a lace doily. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s coded collars taught us that the little things matter 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Inside, doilies cover the windows and an old-fashioned rotary dial telephone sits on the windowsill. The race to save Polesia, Europe's secret Amazon 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z The show-closing bride wore white all right — as in a white, floral lace one-shouldered dress as delicate as a doily, that hugged the curves and tugged on every set of eyeballs in the building. Review: Tom Ford gets in an L.A. mood for fall and winter 2020 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z In fact, a good nonstick pan should not need butter at all — a great thing, as too much fat will break crepes and make them look like doilies through which fillings can seep. Dated but not forgotten, these old food trends deserve a revival 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z They rose to the occasion by finding a polyester material that hardened when heated, creating a mold to contour the polyester into a doily shape. Peek inside a ‘Nutcracker’ costume bible | Provided by Pacific Northwest Ballet 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z “Bed-and-breakfasts were getting a bad rap for the doilies. The modern B&B doesn’t look like grandma’s house,” said Heather Turner, marketing director for the Professional Association of Innkeepers International. A New Breed of Innkeepers for the Airbnb Era 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The other third looks like a biological snarl of crochet suspended from the ceiling: some bits resemble doilies, others scar tissue or dangling intestines. Kicking against the pricks of conscience with ‘Parliament Square’ at Pony World Theatre 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Cake pans are stacked high, along with every shade of food coloring and size of doily and shape of decorating tips. Dave Hasle might not be ‘the cake lady’ fans know and love — but he sure knows and loves Home Cake Decorating 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z She wove a sort of welcome mat outside her door — a net laced with pheromones, which Main would compare to a tea doily. The extraordinary life and death of the world’s oldest known spider 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Victoria McFall, a draper for the costume shop, recalls the initial idea for the Marzipan tutus: Falconer handed her team a Tupperware container with a vintage doily inside. Peek inside a ‘Nutcracker’ costume bible | Provided by Pacific Northwest Ballet 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z In contemporary interiors and furniture design, lace is overcoming its affiliations with English B&Bs and tea-stained doilies and making a reappearance. Lace Takes a Modern Turn in Interiors 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The description of the project from the Woodland Trust suggests that the forest will be less of a green ribbon and more of a sparsely-threaded doily. Plan to grow new Northern Forest 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z She opened the binder to a page displaying a delicate doily that was crocheted by her great-grandmother. Minot couple has passion for genealogy 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z I put the bird's remains down on a lace doily. The last passenger pigeon : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The work took hundreds of hours, but the result was a tutu that looked exactly like Falconer’s vintage doily. Peek inside a ‘Nutcracker’ costume bible | Provided by Pacific Northwest Ballet 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Pogue keeps happily clipping away, joking that he’s “making a doily.” The search for a battery that won’t blow up in your face 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z You got dragged there on Mother’s Day, and all you remember are doilies and overpriced mimosas. How Brunch Can Save Your Soul 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Look, there was a lot going on -- especially right at the end, with that overstuffed “In Memoriam” sequence, Taylor Swift’s implied dig at Kanye West and the heavenly sight of Beyoncé dressed as a doily. Wait, hold on: Did Joe Perry really perform twice on the Grammy Awards? 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Kogelman’s hands expertly wielded crochet needles, making hundreds, maybe thousands, of doilies, baby blankets, trivets, Christmas ornaments and afghans for her family, and for a crisis pregnancy center. Hospice program gives photos of patients’ hands to families 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The purpose of the invention, which looks like the anachronistic love-child of Madonna’s cone bra and your grandmother’s lace doily collection, was to allow a sunbather to achieve an even suntan. Adhesive Bras, the Fashion Trend That Never Quite Stuck 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z There were marine stripes, pinstripes, lace doilies decorating the shoulders of jackets, frilly bow blouses, midiskirts, miniskirts, walking shorts, short sleeves, rolled-up sleeves and no sleeves. Paris Fashion Week: Street fashion, feminist influences hit runways 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z “My First Bra,” by Anne Mourier, is a matching pair of domed glass plate covers, shaped like breasts and sitting atop paper doilies. Art review: ‘Readymade@100’ The inaugural spot features Ms. Shelton riding a bike to a verdant farm in Tennessee, and describing her look as “grandma chic — if I was an object, I’d probably be a doily.” Advertising: Trading ‘Faces’ and Fashion in Ulta’s New Online Campaign 2014-02-06T01:29:40Z Pale green and vaguely ruffled, like calcified doilies, lichens grow all over the tombstones and the old stone walls that fringe properties in this part of the world. Studying Seemingly Immortal Lichens, in a Place for the Dead 2012-12-31T19:13:21Z One is decorated with lace doilies and dark wood where a cat loiters on the furniture. City Room: New York Comic Convention Will Bring Out Costumed Fans 2012-10-09T17:50:51Z My mum likes it - she says it is pretty and looks like a doily. Should you test-drive your first tattoo? 2011-09-26T10:47:41Z Periton made his name with his so-called doily art – intricate paper sculptures cut out by scalpel appropriating subjects ranging from Wallis Simpson to the Sex Pistols. Fashion and art combine for the cultural olympiad 2012-06-11T09:41:31Z Here the use of paper doilies, glasses and attractively shaped china dishes is a great factor in appearance. Quantity Cookery Menu Planning and Cooking for Large Numbers 2012-01-20T03:00:15.687Z I first noticed a similar meal plan among the annual hordes of Japanese beetles that tat rose leaves into doilies. Opinion: Fruit Flies and Love 2012-01-14T18:16:22Z At Penn State, it was all but served on a platter complete with a doily and silverware. Leading Off: At Syracuse, a Sudden Pivot - Leading Off 2011-11-28T17:12:16Z There was no doily, either paper or otherwise, although the usual tray was so covered. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z "Why have you put these fine linen doilies on the arms of the chairs?" asked Mrs. Gano. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Insertions and borders of torchon or other heavy lace make a breakfast cloth suitable for the most elaborate occasion, and separate doilies may easily be made to match. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z Since her earlier school-days Brenda's skill in needlework had developed wonderfully, and she could work very beautiful patterns on doilies and centrepieces. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z She had arranged the jelly in a dainty dish, and now ran into the dining-room for a doily, which she wrapped about it. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z It had been rather fun to arrange the tray with doilies and the daintiest china. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z Time to move on to, say, doily bombing. City Critic: There Ought to Be a Law 2011-08-19T15:36:52Z A green leaf on each plate is a dainty fruit doily. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z I noted the doilies and chintz while searching for a suitable assisted living facility for my father. Assisted living facilities may be wise to appeal more to men 2011-08-01T21:16:03Z Inside the cell were teacups and an electric kettle, arranged on a doily. New Delhi Journal: Rehabilitation Comes to a Prison and to Its Inmates 2011-07-19T00:30:54Z I colored paper doilies as a child and sold them around the neighborhood. The Boss: Bring Your A Game 2011-07-16T17:57:32Z I was most interested in the lace and making doily’s. Teresa Richardson: The 'Crochet Geek' Who's Hooked 60,000 YouTubers 2011-06-21T13:23:49Z Grass table-mats are also used, but always under cloth or doily. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z Covers were laid for nine and the centrepiece and doilies were embroidered in yellow. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z Grant, with his usual lack of system, had started the big job of washing all the soiled bedspreads, doilies and dresser scarves--forgetting that he had an appointment with the dentist in half an hour. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z I can say that Japan exports to the United States every year over $1,500,000. worth of Battenburg and Renaissance work—doilies, covers, and scarfs. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Silver, porcelain, flowers, doilies, were of the most expensive and the most correct. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The small doilies are easily washed, and fresh ones are possible every morning—an assured gain in the way of daintiness. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z It has many glass shelves quite close together, so that each table cloth may have a spot to itself and the centrepieces and doilies may be kept flat with nothing to rumple them.” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z The spreads, scarves and doilies were hanging on the line now. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Nervously her fingers closed upon it, and unaware of the act, she jabbed the sharp point several times through a lace doily centerpiece. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z All the doilies were there, and the magnificent lace centerpiece which Mrs. Rossiter had at various times called on me to admire. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z At each place the breakfast doily, nine or twelve inches square, a small doily for the coffee cup, and another for the glass of water. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z Above Freddy’s crib hang a series of paintings made for Ms. Robinson by her godmother — an angel with sparkles, a girl skipping with a balloon, a collage speckled with doilies. | Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Room to Feed 20 or Play With 2 2011-01-15T00:04:57Z Edith had finished two or three dainty sets of doilies, for she worked out of club hours. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z An exercise in paper cutting for the doily design. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z The American hostess, in so far as she exists, rarely hopes for anything from the clash of minds, and therefore centers her attention on her doilies. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The carafe, muffin plate, platter, and all other bowls, platters, plates, and pitchers not on the individual cover have each a separate doily, with the protecting mat always under hot dishes. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z Under the finger-bowl is placed a small fancy doily, and beside it on the same plate such small silver as will be needed. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z There was Nora's afghan with its rich, warm stripes, there was Belle's fine embroidery,—centre piece, doilies, and other dainty bits chiefly for the dining-room. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z The surface requires little decoration if the doily is pleasing in outline. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z It must be admitted that she has the most tasteful doilies in the world. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The small individual dishes are pleasing, when served on a fresh doily. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z If peaches, or any fruit which will stain, are to be served, a fruit doily should also be given at this time and laid beside the place. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z They laid out the doilies, the teapot and the tale. From the archives: In Search of Tiger Phong 2010-09-13T04:00:00Z Before beginning the doily have a finished pattern. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z In the dining room the polished table is daintily set with doilies under the olive and almond dishes, and under the plates and glasses. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Mine was always an elaborate package of dainties, wrapped in much tissue paper and doilies. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew A fruit doily should be given at the time they are passed, as peaches stain the table linen. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Instead use a handsome center piece with small doilies under the plates and other dishes to protect the table. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions I was so highly commended that I received many requests from these ladies for cushion covers, doilies, etc. The Black Watch A Record in Action Have smaller wreaths around the bonbon and nut dishes, and mats of leaves laid under the plates and dishes and used for doilies under the finger bowls. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Lay it as daintily as possible with your most elaborate doilies, your prettiest candle-shades, and all your odd little dishes of silver. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions Well, you see Norah had to wash only one little doily because of that; if we had had on a table-cloth, all of it would have had to go into the wash. The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys The ice cream is served in the form of strawberries and rests on a paper doily resembling Mexican drawnwork. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions It is best to begin with a fruit course, and, therefore, finger-bowls, fruit doilies, and plates, with the knives, forks, and spoons needed for this, should be on the table when the family seat themselves. Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 Place a lace paper doily on the plate, stand the glass on this and lay a pink rose on the plate. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Put the central vase on a lace centrepiece laid over pink silk, and if your doilies are of lace they, too, may be lined with pink for this one occasion. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions But if we had no doilies, I should use a lunch cloth that would just cover the top of the table, and that would be pretty, too. The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys The cook did not reprove him directly, but she changed the doily with a manner that seemed to suggest that another time she would do the job herself. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance The home spirit, however, is not content merely with coats of paint and doilies; it demands mental as well as material worship. The Intelligence of Woman Cut the cake into squares and pass in silver basket or handsome plate with doily. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Lay the table prettily with the usual doilies, bonbon dishes of almonds, radishes, candies, and crystallised fruits. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions "Brownie, bring me the pile of the best doilies in the sideboard drawer." The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys Liquid nourishment in a glass or cup should be served on a small tray or plate covered with a doily. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick Pile on a lace paper doily in a fancy basket. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes But now we have some nice small cloths, which are less trouble to put on than the doilies. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings The table should be laid with a cloth rather than with doilies, and the centrepiece may be a birch-bark canoe, planted with ferns. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions Many people do, but I think the table looks prettier at breakfast and luncheon and supper with the doilies. The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys Each guest is given a bit of needlework, button-holes to work, or a small doily to embroider and a prize is given for the best work. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Dispose on a small plate covered with a paper doily. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes The berries may be passed, and each person can lift off the finger-bowl and doily at the same time and set it near the plate and serve himself to the berries. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings Lay the table all in white, with doilies and lace centrepiece, and white, unshaded candles, whose glow will save the table from looking cold. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions Put one doily for each person, Brownie, and a large one in the middle for the fern dish, and little ones for the tumblers. The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys Cover the table with the prettiest, whitest damask, and over this lay lace-trimmed or openwork doilies, with a foundation of pink satin underneath. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Serve in a circle overlapping each other on a plate covered with a doily. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes The doilies were in a smaller drawer, all in piles, too, and the pretty centrepieces were fastened around stiff paper made into rolls. A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings Lay the table with lace doilies over pink silk; have several vases of pink roses on the table, and have all the sandwiches, cakes, and ices in heart shapes. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions The table was laid just as they had it at breakfast and luncheon and Sunday night supper, with pretty doilies, one for each person and several over for chafing-dishes and piles of plates and sandwiches. The Fun of Cooking A Story for Girls and Boys Have candles and shades match the color scheme and place silk or satin of the color used under the mats and doilies. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Arrange canapés on small plates covered with a lace paper doily; garnish each with a spray of parsley and serve as first course. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes Small mats can be used as doilies on the table or under the stands of flower pots and the like. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 Oh, I said that while they were doing such perfectly awful things to you, your friends wouldn’t be making lace doilies! In the Heart of a Fool After a few moments she seemed to have lost interest in the view, and, taking up a small embroidery frame, commenced to ply her needle as if she were eager to finish the pretty doily. Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains The well-brought-up young lady diligently prepares for marriage; makes doilies, and hemstitches linen; gets her blue trunk ready and—waits. In Times Like These Pile "log cabin" fashion on a plate covered with a doily, or serve two sticks on plate by the side of cup in which soup is served. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes Sleeping mats and mats intended for floors, walls, stands, and mat doilies are the ones which are suitable for domestic and foreign commerce, and industrial education must interest itself in them. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 The tall gentleman, just folding his doily, is the mate of the ship, Mr. Stewart. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 There were doilies and tidies and pillow-covers of all patterns, crocheted lace and knitted lace and lace made every other way. Treasure Valley They are usually placed before each individual on the fancy glass or china plate that is to be used for the fruit, a fancy doily being laid between the bowl and plate. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Dispose each canapé on a bread and butter plate covered with a paper doily and garnish with sprays of parsley. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes Serve in tall footed glasses, set on your finest doilies in your prettiest plates. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South If a centerpiece and doilies are used, they should be laid at even distances. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Ellen had stopped her own embroidering, to wait until Bruce was through college, and she took to doing towels and table-napkins and doilies for Mary. In Orchard Glen Remove bowl and doily at once to the right hand side, leaving plate free for the fruit. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society "Give me a chance, Frisky, and I'll answer you," said Phillida, who began at the beginning and told all that she could think of, even to describing the doilies and finger-bowls. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York They made pretty clothes, embroidered them; made lace and doilies. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Gertie carefully stuck her embroidery needle into her doily, rolled up the doily meticulously, laid it down on the center-table, straightened the pile of magazines which Carl had deranged, and rose. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life One had a face like a round white doily with brown fringe; the other was spotted with hair like new grass. The Huntress The cakes should be prettily arranged in a cake dish with a doily under them. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Remove the glass and doily; put it in front of your plate a little to the right. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men No table cloths; just small pieces, doilies and plenty of neat, pretty towels. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar Why, each of those corners is as much work as a whole doily.” Patty's Success Order Work for Other Departments: Decorating book covers, desk sets, boxes, dress trimmings—panels, lapels, vests; collars and cuffs, insertions for hand and machine; banding for hats, letters, monograms: designs for doilies, scarfs, curtains, work-bags. The Making of a Trade School Napkins vary in size, from the diminutive, fancy doily, for ornament rather than use, through all gradations, up to the largest sized dinner napkin. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society For the lighter meals, breakfast and luncheon, a center piece and doilies may be used instead of the table cloth. The Community Cook Book Table-centers and doilies embroidered in colors on pure white linen reached a point of beauty which was amazing. The Development of Embroidery in America Deftly he opened the parcel, and gave a quick glance at 103 Patty’s exquisite needlework on the doilies and centrepieces she had brought. Patty's Success Custom Work: Stenciling curtains, scarfs, table covers, sofa pillows; designing patterns for embroidery for table covers, doilies, bags, buttons, shirtwaists, skirts, parasols, and chiffon scarfs. The Making of a Trade School When the ices are removed, the desert plates, overlaid with a dainty doily, upon which is set a finger-bowl, are passed, and the fruits appear. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Then whisking a few tiny crumbs from the couch afghan, Sally gathered up the doilies and went out, smiling contentedly. The Blue Birds' Winter Nest There was a large tidy on the table, a doily his mother had crotched, his mother who started up with a cry of alarm as Mr. Rosenfelt entered, his face white with terror. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country Nan laughed and went away, and Patty proceeded 96 to select certain very pretty embroidered doilies and centrepieces,—two of each. Patty's Success The doily beneath the finger bowl is not meant for use, but should be laid on the table beside the finger bowl. The Etiquette of To-day Some hostesses provide small doilies with which to hold the ear. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The "Ideal Honiton" is one of the prettiest laces made, and is very appropriate for tidies, doilies, squares and scarfs. The Art of Modern Lace Making A white hemstitched cloth and a bowl of snowdrops adorned the center table, and the cakes were set out on paper doilies. The Princess of the School V. Embroidery: Make something small and useful—a doily, stock, collar—illustrating some style of embroidery, or make a model of the first series which will afford you the most new experience. Textiles and Clothing A bowl half-full of water is placed upon a plate covered with a doily. The Etiquette of To-day This doily is frequently an elaborate article of fancy work, not for use but ornament. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society This dainty doily may be made of the point lace braids illustrated at Nos. The Art of Modern Lace Making Also, on side tables were center-pieces, doilies, and napkins of all varieties of embroidery and decoration. Patty Blossom At my father's place lay the Sabbath loaf, covered over with a crocheted doily; and beside it stood the wine flask and kiddush cup of gold or silver. The Promised Land Unless the fruit is passed upon a second plate, the bowl and doily are removed from this and set at one side, the fruit being eaten from this plate. The Etiquette of To-day For a long time they played while Minnie sat comfortably at the foot of a tree and sewed on one of her doilies. The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day The doily just described is illustrated about three-quarters of its actual size; but by using a fine braid a doily of fairy-like texture, and just the size of the engraving may be produced. The Art of Modern Lace Making A foundry is powerful and interesting, but is it beautiful the way an electric fountain is beautiful or a sonnet or a doily?” The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century Cost about twenty cents, and I sent her a perfectly lovely doily embroidered with scarlet forget-me-nots. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays "We used paper napkins and doilies last night." The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained It is much easier to get interested in art doilies for Hottentots than it is to be simply human to the washerwoman at home. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals For table scarfs, tidies, heavy borders, etc., etc., the Battenburg braids should be selected; but for handkerchiefs or doilies, the point or Honiton braids are the proper ones to choose for this design. The Art of Modern Lace Making I. The word beautiful in 1905 is no longer shut in with its ancient rim of hills, or with a show of sunsets, or with bouquets and doilies and songs of birds. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century I like my luncheon nicely set forth on my own mahogany, with the little scalloped linen doilies that we've always used. Contrary Mary The value of the embroidered doily as an article of table napery may be open to question, but its value, in an unfinished state, as an adjunct to discreet conversation, is beyond all dispute. David Harum A Story of American Life The doily should be folded in four, and the letter out-lined in lead pencil in the corner of one of the quarters. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 In the doily illustrated "spiders" and point de Venise stitches are used for filling in the spaces. The Art of Modern Lace Making Let it be shut in with its rim of hills—the word beautiful—its show of sunsets and its bouquets and its doilies and its songs of birds. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century A neat bouquet of sweet peas stood exactly in the center of a snow-white doily, which was exactly in the middle of a shiny, round table. The Stolen Singer To Brush Fringe of a Doilie.—Do not use a comb for the fringe of doilies as it pulls out the fringe, but brush it with a nail brush. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Canapés are usually served cold, on a plate covered with a doily; the canapé is placed on this. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions As represented this doily is about three-fourths of its actual size. The Art of Modern Lace Making We don't use anything but doilies on the dining table now, no tablecloths. Lydia of the Pines The lunch cloth or the hemstitched linen strips may be used instead of the place doilies. The Complete Home The finger-bowl will be brought on a plate with a doily under it. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Now, don't wipe your mouth with the doily! Point Lace and Diamonds The doily is edged with a fine picot-braid that finishes it daintily, and very sheer linen lawn is used for the center. The Art of Modern Lace Making In serving sweet corn on the cob, provide finger-bowls, or a small doily to use in holding the ear of corn. Carving and Serving The formal luncheon table closely follows the formal dinner table, except that place doilies are used instead of the tablecloth. The Complete Home The menu generally begins with grape fruit, served in glasses on small plates and doilies, and on the table when the guests are seated. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada He already had six drawnwork doilies and a vanity box with white and red powder in it. Somewhere in Red Gap As illustrated, the design is of pretty dimensions for a doily or a toilet-cushion cover, or for a handkerchief. The Art of Modern Lace Making But there are a long centerpiece of hemstitched crash and crash doilies, and there are "real" napkins, and at each plate a birch bark napkin ring with a number on it. Etiquette The center with doilies to match is pretty and desirable. The Complete Home The guest lays bowl and doily at his right, lifting the two together, the plate being for fruit, if any is served. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada When this style of table is used, the wood instead of a cloth, is our background, and a "runner" with doilies of old Italian lace takes the place of linen. The Art of Interior Decoration When coarser braid is chosen, the square will be pretty for doilies, tidies or the center of a table spread. The Art of Modern Lace Making Two to six centerpieces, with doilies and lunch napkins to match. Etiquette Centers and large doilies are best disposed of by rolling over a round stick well padded. The Complete Home Gifts for a linen shower may include towels of all kinds, the monogrammed damask and initialed guest towels, embroidered linen pillow slips; centerpieces, doilies, bureau scarfs and many other textile gifts suggest themselves. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada By this expedient you suppress one large item on the laundry bill, the care of the doilies in such cases falling to the waitress. The Art of Interior Decoration The doily is pictured only a trifle smaller than its actual size, and even in its full size is a very dainty affair. The Art of Modern Lace Making A doily goes under the finger bowl, and a fruit knife and fork on either side. Etiquette The plate doilies, either square, oval, or round, and of plain damask or smooth, closely woven, rather heavy linen, are hemstitched or finished with a padded scallop worked with white cotton. The Complete Home They are on a small plate on which is a doily, and the fruit knife, if to be used, is on the plate. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada In a small home, where no great formality is observed, well chosen doilies may be used on all occasions, instead of table cloths. The Art of Interior Decoration A dainty picot braid follows the outer edge of the doily. The Art of Modern Lace Making Or if the table is a refectory one, instead of centerpiece and doilies, the table is set with a runner not reaching to the edge at the side, but falling over both ends. Etiquette Small, fringed napkins or doilies on and overhanging the shelves help to impart an air of daintiness and make a pretty setting for the dishes. The Complete Home He meditated a moment, then, with some misgiving, picked up a small linen doily from the dresser, and carefully folding it, placed it in his breast-pocket, with one corner just visible. Sandy "He's going to make a lot of doilies for the chairs so we won't soil the satin upholstery with our oily hair." Ted Strong's Motor Car This table was not covered with a tablecloth; instead, mats and doilies were used here and there. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors No one looks well in a doily laid flat, but fluffy fair hair with a small mat tilted up against a knot of hair dressed high can look very smart. Etiquette The dainty task of laundering centerpieces and doilies usually devolves upon their owner, unless the laundress has demonstrated her ability to cleanse and iron them properly. The Complete Home Every year she sent forth battalions of cakes, pies, sweet pickles, beaten biscuit, crocheted doilies, and crazy-quilts to capture the blue ribbon. Sandy By the middle of September she was getting in her embroidered doilies. Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents A round embroidered doily in the bottom adds to the appearance of the tray. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Women will rise up and sell sofa pillows and doilies to raise money to buy chewing gum for our soldier boys. Starr, of the Desert The round doily is most used, and offers a delightful field to the worker in over-and-over embroidery for the display of her skill. The Complete Home Lay on paper doilies or surround with bits of asparagus fern. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. If the dessert is fruit, a fruit napkin may be used in place of the doily, the real purpose of which is to prevent the bowl from sliding about the plate in moving it. Science in the Kitchen. The favors were wee Japanese doilies which the guests were bidden to hunt for under a certain group of trees. Entertaining Made Easy I was buying some Armenian doily, with Clare at my side, when a voice said, 'Can I speak to you for a moment, Lady Pinkerton?' and, turning round, Mr. Juke stood close to us. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract And then there must be some doilies to overlay the Canton-flannel-covered asbestos mats for use under hot dishes. The Complete Home Wet with lemon-juice until moist; fill in shells after wiping dry; insert a pimento on top; put on cover of lemon; serve on doily with horseradish and watercress. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. But speak-to-me-only-with-thine-eyes isn't a really reliable reason for embroidering doilies and hemstitching tablecloths. Anne of the Island Serve the ice-cream on wooden plates covered with lace paper doilies, and give as favors tiny wooden household articles such as dolls' rolling-pins, clothespins, barrels, washtubs, spinning wheels, and the like. Entertaining Made Easy But I'm going to begin crocheting doilies tomorrow. Anne of Avonlea The cut-off end may be converted into fringed napkins, on which to lay croquettes, fried potatoes, etc., doilies for bread and cake plates, children's napkins, or tray covers. The Complete Home I took all the doilies from under the ornaments and spoke my mind on the subject of the hand-painted lamp, and Lil hates me for it yet, and will to her dying day. Buttered Side Down: Stories Anne laid her book aside with a sigh and took up her doily. Anne of the Island The salad may be served on shiny tin plates covered with lace paper doilies, the ice-cream in individual patty pans, and the coffee or punch in tin cups. Entertaining Made Easy "I suppose it would be perfectly impossible to keep house with only thirty-six doilies," conceded Anne, with a solemn face but dancing eyes. Anne of Avonlea The pretty present-day fashion of using individual plate doilies on a polished table at breakfast and luncheon is also labor-saving. The Complete Home It was said that she could serve less real food on more real lace doilies than any other housekeeper in Winnebago. Fanny Herself I called, putting down Miss Patty's doily and following him to the door; "good-by; better have something before you start to keep you warm." Where There's a Will A paper or a linen doily on the dish or plate adds to the attractiveness, as does also the manner in which the candy is arranged. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals It may be placed directly on the plate, or a paper doily of the proper size may be put on the plate and the frozen dessert set on this. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies Whichever of these is selected, it may be improved in appearance by the addition of a white linen doily. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads It bought buttons of every size; it stitched away at Battenberg covers, doilies, bedspreads, blouses, curtains. Fanny Herself Why, I can remember when no one thought of putting doilies under the finger-bowls. Ruggles of Red Gap As will be noted, doilies have been used in place of a table cloth for this luncheon. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals To serve, remove from the mold, cut slices from the brick, and place on plates, preferably those covered with paper doilies. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies After the dishes were all out, she shook the crumbs off the little blue doilies mother used for lunches and put them away neatly in the drawer. Mary Jane: Her Book Do not use delicate lace runners or doilies. Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 The plate doilies indicate the covers when a bare table is laid. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration A table cloth, as will be noted, is used, for a cloth is always preferable to doilies for dinner. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals All such receptacles are placed on a small plate either with or without a paper doily of the right size. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies The most fashionable method is to have a large lace or embroidered doily in the center of the table, and smaller ones indicating the position of the guests. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 A glass, silver, or pottery bowl, containing flowers, on the table; plain ecru linen doilies. Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 Within reach of hand the waitress should always have a soft napkin to remove any liquid spilled during the meal, at once covering the spot with a fresh doily. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration Insert in the knot a sprig of Flowers, berries or mint, and place on doily on individual serving plates. For Luncheon and Supper Guests The tray should be spread with a clean napkin or doily. School and Home Cooking A centerpiece of glass, china, silver, is usually used, over the doily or without it, and on top of this, flowers. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 She slipped the Sheffield tray from under the embroidered doily and took it to the light, where she leaned over it, studying the design. Old Rose and Silver The dessert plate is removed with the left hand, the plate, finger bowl, and doily served with the left. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration "Well, I think the woman's place is in the home," sniffed Miss Proudfoot, decisively, tucking away a doily she was finishing for the Women's Exchange and jabbing at her bangs. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man In the case of a contagious disease, a paper napkin or doily may be used. School and Home Cooking When fruit is served, the butler places a glass dessert plate on which is an embroidered doily and finger-bowl, before each guest, and next to it a small fruit knife. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 It was a small lace doily, and pinned to it was a card. Tish Unless you are entertaining guests to the number of a hundred or more, never use paper doilies at a formal afternoon tea! How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration His children were reduced from rich silks to doily stuffs, his servants in rags and barefooted; instead of good victuals they now lived upon neck beef and bullock's liver. History of John Bull They should be placed on plates, with a doily between the plate and finger bowl. School and Home Cooking Often the informal luncheon is served on the bare table, making use of numerous lace or linen doilies instead of the usual table-cloth. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 On mother's anniversary she sent me a set of doilies; and when Charlie Sands was in the hospital with appendicitis she took him a pair of pillow shams. Tish Under her father's directions and under his more drastic modes of encouragement, the little girl was of much help to him in his doily toil. Further Adventures of Lad I took out perhaps a dozen napkins and as many doilies without finding anything. When a Man Marries The finger bowls and doilies are then set aside and the plate used for bonbons and nuts, which are passed on a tray. School and Home Cooking The table is laid the same, except that linen doilies are used in preference to table-cloths. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Whereupon I would demolish everything except the china and doilies. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed We asked if we might help a bit, and give a little teapot of Belleek ware and a linen doily trimmed with Irish lace. Penelope's Irish Experiences A fool and a doily stuff would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. The Way of the World Why is it desirable to use doilies on plates containing crackers, bread, and cakes? School and Home Cooking Covering each one is a dainty lace or linen doily, or an embroidered tea-cloth. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Miss Ainslie's table, of solid mahogany, was covered only with fine linen doilies, after a modern fashion, and two quaint candlesticks, of solid silver, stood opposite each other. Lavender and Old Lace He went back and found Marie's mother still there, packing dishes and doilies and the like. Cabin Fever For formal luncheon or dinner, finger bowls on doilies and plates are brought in, one at a time, when removing the main dish of the dessert. School and Home Cooking The finger bowl and doily should be removed to the left so that the same plates may be used for the fruit course. School and Home Cooking If tea tables are not available, one large table may serve the purpose, but it also must be covered with small doilies at each cover instead of one large table-cloth. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 An informal way is to pass finger bowls on plates and doilies before the dessert course. School and Home Cooking Why are biscuits sometimes served on a napkin or doily? School and Home Cooking They may be placed on a folded napkin or doily. School and Home Cooking Then the finger bowl and doily are set aside as at breakfast and the dessert served on the same plate. School and Home Cooking |
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