Vintage Doily Bunting

I've been collecting doilies for a while with a plan to making some bunting and last weekend made my first one.

 
I decided to use some of my off-white doilies to give it a vintage look.

Some of the doilies were small enough to use whole, 

some I cut in half and some are made from the corners of a rectangular doily that I cut at an angle.

I used linen look fabric tape folded in half to prevent the cut edges of the doilies from fraying. 

It was a little fiddly in places (I could have done with a slightly wider tape), especially with some of the thicker doilies which also caused a few problems with the tension on my sewing machine.

I'm pleased with the result though and more so by the fact that I actually got it done at last!

I'm planning two more; a nice crisp white one and one using doilies on traditional flag/pendant fabric shapes.

 Summer has eventually arrived here in the UK (well for a few days anyway) so I'm going to make the most of it. 
Have a lovely weekend everyone!