Wednesday, June 15, 2011

It's What I've Been Working on Wednesday!

Well, since I created the guest tutorial for a play food cereal box this week, and I was working on next week's tutorial (can't show you yet!), I didn't have much more time for other sewing, but I made a couple of practical things this week. One night this week, I was really in the mood to sew something in one sitting, so I made my son another water bottle cozy.



And though it isn't made of wool, i'm still going to show you my fitted table cloth because i'm proud of it ;) . We have been worried about ruining our new kitchen table, and since all the place mats were too big for our table, so I needed table cloths. I looked in the thrift stores, and found nothing, and the ones I found new were just too expensive. I hit my fabric bin, and found this great vintage print fabric that I found at a garage sale a couple of years ago, that I love.



The biggest piece of it overhung the table by just a couple of inches, so it hung weird. I decided to turn it into a fitted table cloth & love how it turned out! I just made a hem, then zig zag (I've been using my zig zag a lot lately, haven't I?) stitched a piece of elastic to the edge.

(inside & outside of hem)

I stretched the elastic as I sewed, so when I was done it hugged the table top perfectly! The upside to the fitted tablecloth is that my wiggly 5 year boy is not making the table cloth move around at dinner time :) .



So what have you been working on? Please feel free to post your finished recycled wool projects on my Facebook page!

8 comments:

Secret Mommy said...

You are a genius! I'm glad you shared your tablecloth! I LOVE tablecloths, but quit using them when this became a household with toddling children who'd grab it and pull it off. I think I'm going to turn a couple of my old yet beloved cloths into fitted ones! Thanks for the inspiration!!!!!!!!! :)

Janda said...

I am a vintage tablecloth lover and LOVE THIS. The elastic is a wonderful idea. Never have seen anything like it. Time for a patent or copyright! This is great.

Resweater said...

Thanks, ladies! Unfortunately i'm not the first one to have that idea. I just Googled "fitted tablecloths" and it's been done before, so no million dollar patent for me ;).

Shane said...

That is the most creative idea I've seen lately. I take care of my 16 month old twin grandsons, and I feed them mornings and afternoons during the week. I can't wait to make this. Thanks for sharing.....I'm excited, I can't wait to make it.

Resweater said...

I'm so glad I could help :)! It was actually quite fast & easy to do.

Anne Magee said...

Love the tablecloth! I wonder how difficult it would be to make one for a rectangular table for outside?

Resweater said...

Hi Anne, I would assume it's the same for a rectangular table, but maybe cut the corners so they are rounded? These are perfect for outside tables!

Anonymous said...

How do you measure the material to the table measurements for perfect fit? I have an oblong kitchen table