How to Make a Tablecloth and Napkins
Table linens add elegance to even simple meal , but matched tablecloth - and - serviette sets are expensive . you’re able to custom - make your own sets with very little effort , for a fraction of the ready - mades ' Leontyne Price .
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Time:1 to 3 minute
measure and Buying the cloth
Choose woven polyester / cotton wool fabric for wanton care and washability ; print are good because they do n’t show stains . Make the tablecloth at least 12 inches wider than the table , to overhang each end at least 6 in ; make nappy 12 inch square . For a 48 - inch - square cloth and four napkins ( for a 30- or 36 - inch table ) , buy 13/4 yard of woven 48 - in - wide cloth ; the fabric must be a full 48 inches wide . For a 60 - in - square textile and five napkin , buy 21/8 yards of woven 60 - in - wide textile . For wider tables , seam two adequate breadth of cloth together to the required width , at least 12 inches wider than the mesa . For rectangular tables , add distance as required to make the cloth at least 12 inch longer than the table .
If desired , buy fringe to trim the edges of the cloth . purchase supererogatory cloth as required for additional 12 - inch - straight napkins . The specifications hold below are for a 48 - column inch - square material and four napkin ; modify instructions as necessary to fit your requirement .
Cutting the textile
Before cut the tablecloth , square off the destruction of the cloth . unfold the textile out on your work surface . Carefully trim off a 1/4 - column inch - wide strip along each selvage edge . Then make a pocket-sized baseball swing close to one end of the fabric into one cutting off selvage border , and grasp one crosswise thread . Gently draw the thread to suck it right out of the fabric , across the full material width . This will make a line across the fabric where the ribbon was ; cut carefully along the pull - thread job and discard the crooked end .
Measure 48 inches from the squared corner along the baseball swing selvage edge ; make another humble cut in the edge at this point and draw out another crosswise thread . Cut across the fabric on the pulled - thread line of merchandise . The squared and emasculated piece of textile should be 48 in square ; this is the tablecloth .
To write out the napkins , measure 12 inches along the cut selvedge border from the pulled - thread parentage where the tablecloth was cut . Make a small baseball swing , thread out a ribbon , and slew on the pulled - train of thought line , as above . carve up this 12 - inch comic strip into four equal parts ; because the selvage edges were trimmed , each part will be just under 12 inches wide-eyed . hack the four 12 × 12 - inch pieces as above , drawing out a yarn and cutting on the pulled - thread billet .
terminate the edge
make a Self - Fringe : After cutting the tablecloth and napkins , finish the edge . One of the easiest ways to end up them is by fringe – unravel threads to make a fine , even self - outskirt . To fringe the tablecloth , unbent - sew together all along the raw edges , 1 inch from the edge , on a sewing machine ; stitch all the fashion around the cloth . If your machine makes fancy stitches , you’re able to use them here to further decorate the fringe sides .
After run up around the cloth , carefully pull out the long train of thought along each sharpness , one at a time , to fray the material back to the line of sewing , pull in a 1 - in - deep fringe . To fringe the napkins , stitch 1/2 to 3/4 inch from the in the raw edge ; pull threads as above to make a 1/2- to 3/4 - inch fringe .
confiscate a Fringe : For a more cursory effect , polish off the edge of the tablecloth and napkins with fringe ; you ’ll need 11 curtilage of fringe for a 48 - inch - square cloth and four napkins . Make certain you corrupt washable fringe , and preshrink it before stitchery .
Turn the raw boundary of the fabric up 1/4 inch to the correct side of the fabric , and push them into home with a steam Fe . Starting in the middle of a side , lay the fringe over the turned - up edge , outer boundary side toward the edge of the fabric , so that the bleak edge is hide out by the top of the fringe . Pin the fringe into position as you go ; be careful not to load it . At each box of the cloth , make a plait in the fringe to miter it so it will go around the corner without stretch . Where the ends of the fringe meet , overlap them ; turn the top close under 1/2 inch .
work on the right side of the fabric , straight - stitch the lop bound of the fringe to the call on edge of the tablecloth ; backstitch at the oddment of the fringe to secure it . Then turn the tablecloth over and stitch again from the back , along the folded edge of the cloth ; be careful not to catch the fringe as you sew . This enclose the raw border of the cloth between two crinkle of sewing . Fringe the napkins the same room .
Creating a Hem : For a very simple issue , if you opt , make a narrow hem all around the tablecloth and table napkin , fold the textile under twice to protect all new bound . If want , tot plait or other trim about 1 or 2 inches above the hem edges , or aggrandize the cloth and serviette .
