If you want a floor length tablecloth measure from the top of the table to the floor.
How to make a round floor length tablecloth.
If you aren t sure what drop length to use measure your table s height.
Mar 11 2013 maybe you have a round table in your house.
Determine your preferred tablecloth drop.
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.
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.
Make a tablecloth for a round dining table or round end table by following a few simple steps.
Double that number and add the result to the diameter.
Maybe this round table is 20 in diameter.
And it s such a useful technique.
Decorator fabric is 54 wide.
If you d don t want the homemade tablecloth to reach the floor measure the distance you d like it to fall to.
This is how much fabric you would like to drape over the edge of the table going down towards the floor.
Cut a length of fabric that measures the diameter plus twice the length plus 1 inch 2 54 cm for a hem.
Also measure the length from the tabletop to the floor if you want to make a round tablecloth that stretches to the floor.
Or maybe like my round table it is bigger.
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.
Draw a simi circle from corner to corner.
Measure both the width and length of your table or the diameter if it is round.
Making round tablecloths is way easier than it seems.
A formal tablecloth ideally reaches the floor.
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.