30
Jun
07

A Tablecloth For The Patio Table

When I went to my nearest fabric store to buy buttons for the red vest, I found a fabric I could not resist…. (Do you know this feeling?)

It is a yellow and white Gingham with little flowers printed on them. I decided to make a new tablecloth for the table outside. The tricky part is, that this table has also an umbrella in the middle.

The year before I had bought a tablecloth for this table that closed with a zipper. I did not like how the zipper looked and after a few times of using it, it broke. So I decided to use buttons. Here is how I did it:

The fabric did not have enough width to cover the table completely, so I cut it in half planning on sewing those 2 strips together along two selvedges. This seam would run across the middle of the table. Here is a sketch:

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First I folded both of the selvedges 3 cm ( 1 1/4 inch) to the wrong side and ironed them.

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On the left fabric strip I used a pencil and marked the middle of the fold and drew a halfcircle 6cm ( 2 1/2 inch) in diameter with the middle as the center. This would be the hole for the umbrella.

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 I aligned the left and right fabric strips so that the folds were on top of each other,overlapping completely, from one outer edge to the circle. I used Steam A Seam to prevent shifting of the fabrics. I sewed the two fabrics together with two seams: one along the edge and one 2.5 cm ( 1 inch) away from the edge. Then I cut out the circle.

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I finished the edges of the circle with a store bought bias binding leaving short tails on both ends.

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Tucking the tails ends under I sewed down the folds seperately from the circle to the southern edge along the edge and 2.5 cm ( 1 inch) away from the edge.

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 I made buttonholes on the left side and sewed buttons on the right. I hemmed the edges by folding the edges twice about 0.75 cm (  1/4 inch) wide and stitched them down along the edge.  

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And if we only had some warm sunshine, we could actually use it!

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8 Responses to “A Tablecloth For The Patio Table”


  1. July 5, 2007 at 3:35 am

    Hello

    Great book. I just want to say what a fantastic thing you are doing! Good luck!

    G’night

  2. July 5, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    Thank you! And I guess you meant to write “blog” not “book”…

  3. July 9, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    that’s a perfect way to dress up a boring plastic table :)

  4. July 9, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    oh, i love your account name. haha i love the compound word sunny-side

  5. July 10, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    Thanks Myam! Our table has actually a glass top, which is blinding in the sun. You have to cover it ; )

  6. 6 Gail McClory
    April 27, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Can you make me three before May 6th? 2 oval, 1 round, beige? :)
    Velcro would work for me.

  7. April 28, 2008 at 8:18 am

    Oh Gail, I wish I could…


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