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Dew Kitchen A taupe kitchen gets a makeover with warm, traditional earth-tone fabrics and paint. From "Material Girls" episode DMTG-210

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April and Sarah sew a tablecloth for the round kitchen table. The tablecloth has a scalloped drop and cording is added along the edge to help the fabric hang nice and straight.

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Round Tablecloth

Round Tablecloth

Materials:

fabric (Waverly 667863 Paddock Shawl Antique)
lining
scissors
measuring tape
pins
sewing machine
ruler
chalk
painter's paper
cording
iron

1. First measure the diameter of your table. (In our case it was 55".) Add an extra inch for seam allowance. (This gave us 56".) Then multiply by pi (3.14) to get the circumference of a round table. (We took 56 x 3.14 = 175".) Cut the fabric accordingly.

2. Quarter the fabric by folding it in half and then folding it in half again. Now with the fold facing toward you, place a ruler at the corner of the fold and measure down half the distance of the table measurement. (In our case, it was half of 56 which is 28".)

3. Use the ruler as a guide and mark from one end of the folded material to the other end with fabric chalk. Cut around the chalk line.

4. Cut a piece of lining the same way, and serge the two pieces together.

5. To make the scalloped piece that will go around the table, first create a pattern out of painter's paper. You can either freehand the design or use a plate or platter: Any curved object will work. Note: Make sure you know how big your pattern is before you start because you don't want to cut one of the scallops in two; you want them to meet perfectly. To do this take the circumference of the table (in our case 175) and divide numbers into it until you come up with a measurement that will work evenly all the way around (in our case it was 11") and that is the size you make your scallop.

6. Attach cording to the top of the scallop. Just fold the fabric over the cording, pin in place and sew. You may need to clip the cording in the corners of the scallops to make it lay flat.

7. Pin the scalloped piece to the table top, all the way around, face sides together. Next sew a straight stitch all the way around. Then, press around the hem.

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