what little girl doesn't want a tablecloth for her tea parties?? emma actually ran up to me and kissed me to thank me after she saw this in her room. i am hooked! what else can i make her?
i have some fabric that i've bought not knowing what i will make with it. i took out 3 fabrics and asked emma which one she liked the best. she made a great choice.
so this is what i did... first i measured her table. it measured 24 by 24 inches, but i knew that i would have to give it some extra length. i used my measuring tape to see how much i would like for it to hang off the side. i decided i wanted an extra 4 inches all around, which made it a 28 by 28 inch square.
i still wasn't ready to sew though. i knew i had to account for the *seam allowance, so i actually cut a 29 by 29 inch square. i figured that after folding over some fabric on each side, i would be left with something close to 28 by 28. i know most projects tell you whether it is 1/4 or 1/2 of an inch, but i decided it didn't matter too much for my little tablecloth.
after pressing my fabric and cutting as straight as i could, i still wasn't ready to sew. i don't know if this was necessary, but i decided to press the edges in a bit on each side. i folded over a teeny bit of fabric and pressed. this way, when i actually did sew i would have a nice, straight, and more importantly pretty edge. finally... i was ready to sew. and boy, was it fun!!
all the prep work was worth it because it went really smoothly. i started with one side, folding the edge over about 1/4 of an inch (i just eyeballed it.) then i sewed the side directly opposite from that. this way, all the corners would end up looking pretty and folded the same way... there may be a better reason, but i don't know it yet. ;-)
so that was it! about 20 minutes later i had a pretty new tablecloth for my girl's play table. i couldn't be more pleased!
*seam allowance- this tells you how far away from the edge of the fabric you sew...
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