Etceteras: Romantic Dream Catcher

Have you ever seen a dream catcher? Dream catchers originate from Native Americans and they are typically made on hoops with netting in the middle and feathers hanging from the hoop.




I took some liberties while creating this romantic dream catcher that is loosely based on the original Native American tradition.

“Dream catchers are one of the most fascinating traditions of Native Americans. The traditional dream catcher was intended to protect the sleeping individual from negative dreams, while letting positive dreams through. The positive dreams would slip through the hole in the center of the dream catcher, and glide down the feathers to the sleeping person below. The negative dreams would get caught up in the web, and expire when the first rays of the sun struck them.”   Source

For my dream catcher, I started with an embroidery hoop and wrapped torn pieces vintage white cotton around the outer edge. I inserted a lace doily into the hoop and closed it up.

My “feathers” are more torn pieces of fabric, ribbon and string.

I need to hang this over my bed to let all the positive dreams in and of course, all the bad dreams will get caught on the web doily.

Wouldn’t this make a nice bridal or wedding gift? 

Thanks for visiting and sweet dreams.

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