Stiffened, ironed and super cool

I have made doilies before, but I had never ever used anything to stiffened it. Now I decided to use something, which our grandmas were using for stiffening sheets and so on - starch. It is so simple!

All you have to do is to mix potato flour and water and cook it together. I am not sure if you can get it in normal shop in UK, I have never seen it there, but honestly - I wasn't looking. If it's not there, any Polish shop in your neighborhood will have it :)

Again: it is so cool!

I have also made and stiffened a couple of coasters to match my doily:

 These coasters were so easy to make:

start with a magic ring
8 single crochet in the ring
2 s. cr. in each s. cr.
db cr, ch 1 in each s cr
db cr, ch 1; 2 db cr, ch 1;
3 s cr, 2 s cr in each ch 1 and in betweeen db cr
ch 3, s cr in every second s cr

Not sure, if it makes sense, but hope you will make it out - it is very simple to make :)