![White paper fan decorated with gold polka dots](https://www.sewwhathappens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Paper-fan-5-scaled.jpg)
Here’s to the magic of polka dots on paper fans!
![a blue paper fan, painted in wave patterns of gold and silver polka dots](https://www.sewwhathappens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5148-scaled.jpg)
I spent an afternoon with a tape measure, a pencil and sharpie pens, painting paper fans in gold, silver and bronze!
![A white paper fan painted with arabesques of gold polka dots.](https://www.sewwhathappens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg)
The pen tips are now worn and flattened out and going fuzzy around the edges from all the polka-dotting, but look at the results – elegant accessories for a Regency ball!
![Three paper fans, white blue and green, painted in varying dot patterns with gold and silver pens.](https://www.sewwhathappens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_5152-scaled.jpg)