custom tablecovers?

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Permalink Reply by Patricia Loboda on March 10, 2010 at 8:17am

Thanks Chris for the tip about polyester material from Wal-Mart. I do sew - well, I have sewn. I have a machine, but haven't used it in a while. I actually made myself 2 pleated table skirts for an 8' table and a 10' table - the type tables you can rent at many art fairs. After making those 2 table skirts, I swore I'd never do it again. I'm hanging on to them, but they are not 36" high, and that's the problem. I got lucky for these 2 skirts because I bought a whole bolt of material from a friend at a highly discounted price.

Chris - When you made your fitted table skirts from the polyester, did you cut 4 pieces of material & then sew them together at the corners (& at the opening in the back, of course)?

Thanks,
Pat

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Permalink Reply by Denise Best on March 18, 2010 at 3:59pm

Just finished 4 out of 8 table clothes, and yes I do sew. One hint, cut the top out first allowing an inch or so bigger than the table top. I rounded the corners so I could create pleats to go around the the corner edges, I also overlapped the front piece by 6 or so inches enabling me to get into the stuff I will place underneath my tables. Quite happy with my results, sure beats paying 50 bucks per table cloth.

After the first one, went pretty good, now off to WalMart for more ploy fabric, hopeully they have some bargain fabric at 2 bucks!@

Hope this helps you, and good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Alison Young on March 21, 2010 at 6:15pm

I just discovered those tables at Sam's, too. I'm planning to make my own fitted covers, using restaurant tablecloths. I shopped around and found LinenTablecloth.com to have the best prices. These are quite big pieces of fabric to work with, cheaper than by the yard, I think. A 60 x 126 tablecloth--that's 3.5 yds--is about $11.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Best on March 21, 2010 at 6:50pm

I just finished all 8 tableclothes, had to purchase a king sheet set, and used all of the fabric including the pillow cases for usable fabric. My tables are 20x48" and 28" tall. I overlapped the front by 6 inches so I have access to my bins under the table.

I needed 145" by 29 1/2" piece of fabric, and I did piece pieces together to get the length. One king sheet set was $38 and completed all four table clothes.

I am now covering bungy cords with muslin, I hate looking at my different colored bungies, I use bundgies to anchor my grid walls, just sewing fabric around so the color can not be seen. I know it is crazy but it will make me feel better about my booth appearence.

Denies

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Permalink Reply by Karole Bowlds on March 25, 2010 at 7:52am

I purchased a satin king sheet set (on sale) in a neutral creamy beige- very pretty, and trimmed it with black fringe 2-3 inches long. From the flat sheet I got 1 table cover and two step riser covers. I haven't used the fitted sheet or pillow cases yet. I have those in reserve for later expansion. My table is 34 inches high and 8 feet long. I also use 2, 3, and 4 step risers. These help me display quite a bit of jewelry on ONE table. I do not drape the back of the table- that is my storage area- and it is much more convenient for me to not drape- I just attached velcro fasteners in 3 areas on the table edge, and the table cloth- this prevents the satin from slipping during set-up and display. I will be using the new covers tomorrow. Will post pix soon.

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