Make a pattern and cut the fabric for your tablecloth locate a piece of paper that is slightly larger than one half the diameter of your table you ll use this paper to make a pattern for cutting the fabric.
How to make a round floor length tablecloth.
Add 1 1 2 inches 3 4 all the way around for the diameter of the piece of fabric you ll need.
Seams were required since when you make a round tablecloth you need to create a large square of fabric in which to cut the round shape circle out.
Making round tablecloths is way easier than it seems.
Make the string 1 2 the length of your finished tablecloth mine was 54 and tack the loose end down to the floor in my case in the double folded corner.
Make a tablecloth for a round dining table or round end table by following a few simple steps.
You can use it to make tablecloths for your home or for any type of e.
Measure from the tabletop down to where you want the tablecloth to end.
The width is the shorter side the length is the longer side.
Also measure the length from the tabletop to the floor if you want to make a round tablecloth that stretches to the floor.
This is how much fabric you would like to drape over the edge of the table going down towards the floor.
If you aren t sure what drop length to use measure your table s height.
If you d don t want the homemade tablecloth to reach the floor measure the distance you d like it to fall to.
If you want a floor length tablecloth measure from the top of the table to the floor.
Draw a simi circle from corner to corner.
And it s such a useful technique.
Double that number and add the result to the diameter.
Maybe this round table is 20 in diameter.
Or maybe like my round table it is bigger.
Determine your preferred tablecloth drop.
The drop length for such a tablecloth is the table s height or close to it.
Cut a length of fabric that measures the diameter plus twice the length plus 1 inch 2 54 cm for a hem.
To make the square you need to seam two or more pieces of fabric together to get the fabric wide enough to cover the table and drape to the floor.
A formal tablecloth ideally reaches the floor.