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Christmas tablecloth
By Serena Nabeta | September 25, 2008
I agree with the rest of you on the placemats – the red borders with the green triangles! That’s my favorite as well.
The tablecloth – This is the first thing I thought of doing with the beautiful borders in this collection. Those large, beautiful borders on that bolt of fabric are just calling for mitered corners!
The red background with the holly on it will be on the outside and probably on the other side as well that joins the border to the rest of the tablecloth.
The edge is figured out, so now it’s time to make a decision as to what’s in the middle. Here’s some of the images I played with in BQ and I think the choice is pretty obvious. I put the placemat with red borders on top to see the results. The red version also has the placemat with green borders on it because the red borders just get lost.
What do you think?
ivory center
red center
gold center
green center
Then for finishing the edge, I also have a couple of choices:
1. Roll hem the edge. This is quick and easy and I really like a rolled hem edge, but it’s not quite as durable as a turned under and under hem.
2. Turn the edge under and under in a 1/4″ seam and straight stitch.
3. If I line it, I can stitch the edges together with right sides together and then turn it to the outside for a finished edge.
4. Or if I line it, I could also stitch a binding around the edge. This would add another fabric into the mix and would add a little weight to the edge to hold the tablecloth down which wouldn’t be a bad idea. Of course, this would also be the most time consuming.
Hmm…..choices, decisions….I’m going to start cutting the fabric on these next week, so I still have a little time to make a decision.
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September 25th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
ivory center!
~Brittany
September 25th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
I like the gold center. I think the placemats really “pop” against that color.
I have no suggestions for finishing it since I’ve never made a tablecloth. I’m interested to see how you decide to finish it.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Ivory center, definitely!
October 1st, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I like all your choices depending on what dishes, what napkins, what color your room etc. If you already have a table mat, then an unlined cloth works well. If not, I line them with something like Warm & Natural that does not need much quilting to stay together. Or sometimes I just back them with something. One trick for speed is to use inexpensive polar fleece, no batting, no quilting is needed. However, a binding is needed so that the fleece does not show on the front. The fleece sticks well to the front. Choices! Choices! You will just have to make more and try them all. LOL Can't wait to see what you choose.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I like the placemats. I think they look best on the cream background. Love that border you are using.