DIY Americana Flag Using Lace Ribbon

I love creating home decor using lace and doilies. We recently added a beautiful wide lace ribbon to our website, and I’m so excited to get creative with it. There are so many different ways to use lace ribbon in DIY home decor, but I thought it would be fun to create an Americana flag decoration.

You’ll find the supplies that I’ll be using for this flag listed down below.

1. Wide lace ribbon from our website

2. Two doilies from our website

3. One bling embellishment from Totally Dazzled

4. Scissors

5. Hot glue

6. Bowl and water

7. Deep Midnight Blue acrylic paint by DecoArt

8. Flamenco Red acrylic paint by Apple Barrel

8. One wooden board from Walmart

The first step is to cut your lace ribbon into strips to go across your board. My board measures 24” x 18”, but you can use any size board you want for this DIY Americana flag. I cut 7 strips of lace, and each strip was about 26” long.

You can find the board I used here: https://walmrt.us/3QqLdRY

You can find the ribbon I used here: https://theshabbytreeboutique.com/2-5-wide-cream-lace-ribbon/

You’ll want to color four of the lace strips with your red paint. I mixed the paint with a little water to help it soak into the lace and give better coverage.

You’ll want to do the same thing with the large doily using your blue paint, making sure to lightly dilute it so it soaks into the fabric for even coverage.

You can find the large doily that I used in this pack from our website: https://theshabbytreeboutique.com/set-of-3-grand-cream-doilies/?searchid=798169&search_query=set+of+3

The next step is to attach the lace strips and doily to the board, creating your Americana flag design.

The first step is to lay the lace strips across the board, as shown in the photo above.

Once you place the lace strips onto the board, you’ll then lay down the blue doily. Be sure to decide exactly where you want the doily before gluing the strips onto the board.

The next step is to trim the lace strips along the edge of the doily. You don’t want any of the strips showing underneath the doily.

Once you have the strips trimmed, remove the doily and pull away the lace pieces that were underneath it.

I added small dots of hot glue along the lace strips to help secure them in place.

Once I had the strips secured in place, I added hot glue along the sides of the board to secure the ends of the lace. You can continue the glue onto the back side of the board to wrap the lace ends around for a clean, finished look.

Once the lace strips are glued down, you’ll then glue the large blue doily in place.

The last step is to add the smaller cream doily and your bling embellishment to complete your Americana lace flag.

You can find the smaller doily that I used in this pack on our website: https://theshabbytreeboutique.com/pack-of-5-crochet-doilies/?searchid=798175&search_query=pack+of+5+crochet+doilies

I get my bling from Totally Dazzled! Click here to check out her amazing blings: https://www.totallydazzled.com/?ref=16

This DIY Americana lace flag was so easy to make and will look great anywhere in your home. I hope you’ll get creative and give this flag a try!