{"id":5505,"date":"2010-01-29T18:52:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T23:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2015-01-06T01:12:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T06:12:58","slug":"special-occasion-tablecloths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/29\/special-occasion-tablecloths\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Occasion Tablecloths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Making special occasion tablecloths\u00c2\u00a0is one of the easiest, most satisfying and cost effective projects you can undertake.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0For weddings, birthdays or showers, you can make tablecloths\u00c2\u00a0for a very reasonable price and in less time than it would take to locate\u00c2\u00a0just what you want, if ever you could.\u00c2\u00a0 The splash of color and coordination with the\u00c2\u00a0decorations or color theme makes the affair seem a bit nicer.<\/p>\n

The use of a serger\u00c2\u00a0certainly streamlines the process, but\u00c2\u00a0with a sewing machine and a little more time, you can still achieve the same satisfactory, economical results.<\/p>\n

For most occasions, a square of print or colored 60″ wide fabric works very well.\u00c2\u00a0 I keep my eye on the $1 py clearance fabric at WalMart and JoAnn’s and usually, with few weeks advance notice, can find just what I need.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Fiber content does not concern me.\u00c2\u00a0 For $1.66 per cloth, I can throw it away if it doesn’t wash.<\/p>\n

Generally, I just serge the edges with a rolled hem, as I have done with the sheer pink fabric above.\u00c2\u00a0When using decorator fabric, I stitch a shirttail hem.<\/p>\n

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\"side<\/a><\/p>\n

After our daughter’s garden wedding for the cocktail hour, I layered two cloths.\u00c2\u00a0 Nine years ago, I made a dozen 60″ squares of the floral decorator fabric @ $5 py (clearance, of course!) for my niece’s wedding.\u00c2\u00a0 They have been used three other times and were pulled out yet again for Rebecca’s wedding.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Even at a cost of $7.50 each, I have more than gotten my money’s worth.\u00c2\u00a0 The pink fabric was $1 py, of unknown fiber content, but washed very nicely.<\/p>\n

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\"RoberNcakes\"<\/a>

machine embroidered transformer inset into birthday tablecloth<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00c2\u00a0The transformer tablecloth for Robert’s 4th birthday party was a little more time consuming, but a real hit with the boys.<\/p>\n

He insisted that he wanted a Superman\/Transformer party, so we called it a SuperHero party.\u00c2\u00a0 Each corner featured a different machine embroidered transformer.\u00c2\u00a0 The boys examined each design and enthusiastically\u00c2\u00a0discussed their favorite transformer. \u00c2\u00a0Who would have thought that a tablecloth\u00c2\u00a0would impress\u00c2\u00a0and\/or \u00c2\u00a0catch the interest of\u00c2\u00a04-6 year old boys?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0This was real junk fabric, but\u00c2\u00a0to my surprise it laundered quite well.<\/p>\n

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\"SpecOccHapbir\"<\/a>

HAPPY BIRTHDAY text tablecloth<\/p><\/div>\n

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When I found this cotton 45″ HAPPY BIRTHDAY \u00c2\u00a0fabric, I knew the text would make up for the lack of width.\u00c2\u00a0 I made up several and the colors were perfect for Robert’s 3rd birthday Wiggles party.\u00c2\u00a0 These tablecloths has been to more birthday parties than a\u00c2\u00a0popular 10 year old.\u00c2\u00a0I liked it so much that I lined Robert’s Wiggles Jon-Jon birthday suit.<\/p>\n

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\"sheer<\/a>

sheer table topper coordinated with chair bows<\/p><\/div>\n

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For\u00c2\u00a0Rebecca’s wedding\u00c2\u00a0reception, I needed 14 tablecloths.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The clearance table finally had the perfect sheer gold I wanted (@ $1 py) but had enough for only 9 tables.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Later, I found the same shade in a decorator weight fabric ($2 py) and used that.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I doubt any of our guests\u00c2\u00a0noticed or cared about the difference in texture.\u00c2\u00a0 At least, no one asked to be seated elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0The next time you host a shower or birthday party, consider making a tablecloth.\u00c2\u00a0 With the right fabric, you might really impress a grandchild or someone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Making special occasion tablecloths\u00c2\u00a0is one of the easiest, most satisfying and cost effective projects you can undertake.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0For weddings, birthdays or showers, you can make tablecloths\u00c2\u00a0for a very reasonable price and in less time than it would take to locate\u00c2\u00a0just … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,31,29],"tags":[518,517,519],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5505"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32793,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions\/32793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}