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Finishing Touches: Café Curtains, Chandelier Shades, Tablecloth and Mat The Girls create beautiful accessories to complete the dining-room makeover. From "Material Girls" episode DMTG-110

It's time to add the finishing touches. Beautiful floor-length curtain panels are hung on either side of the windows, and a sheer café curtain is added to each; a console receives a slipcover out of the same fabric used for the runners; and fabric shades are added to the room's chandelier.

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Café Curtains

Café Curtains

Materials:

fabric
pins
scissors
sewing machine/needle and thread
measuring tape
rod

1. Measure the length of the area to be covered by the curtain panel; add 8"for the hem and 6" for the rod pocket.

2. Fold a double 4" hem at the bottom; pin in place and sew.

3. Turn in the side hems; pin and sew.

4. Fold the top of the panel down with a double 3" hem; pin and sew. This creates the rod pocket.

5. Simply slide the rod through the top pocket and hang.

Chandelier Shades

Chandelier Shades With Trim

Materials:

fabric
scissors
lamp shape
spray adhesive
glue
trim

1. Cut the fabric according to the size of the lampshade.

2. Cover the lampshade with spray adhesive; place the fabric on the lampshade and smooth into place.

3. Glue the ends of the fabric on the inside of the lampshade to cover the top and bottom edges.

4. Glue trim along the bottom edge for a decorative touch.

Sideboard Tablecloth

Sideboard Tablecloth

Materials:

fabric
tape measure
sewing machine
thread
pins
scissors
fabric pencil

1. Measure the length and width of the tabletop

2. Determine the desired amount of table cloth overhang; add this number plus one inch to the tabletop measurements.

3. Place the fabric wrong side up on a cutting board. With a fabric pencil mark the desired table cloth dimensions and cut the fabric.

4. Fold the raw fabric edges under one inch.

5. Pin the tablecloth hem so that the pins are perpendicular to the edge of the fabric.

6. Finally sew around the entire hem.

Table Mat

Materials:

two types of fabric (one decorative and one backing fabric)
sewing machine
complementary colored thread for sewing machine

1. Determine the dimension of the table mat by measuring the table length and width (the dimensions should allow 10" of exposed table surface on all sides).

2. Trim fabrics to size, leaving enough on all sides for seam allowances.

3. Place the two fabrics on top of each other. Fold the backing material face up and the show fabric face down, then pin in place. In our case, we selected a brown microsuede for the top and a silk for the backing material.

4. Once the seams are pinned together, sew a standard topstitch around the mat.

RESOURCES :

Fabric (café curtains)
Product #UR096 (European Linen Celadon)
Fabric.com
Website: www.fabric.com

Fabric (sideboard tablecloth)
Product # 57522 (Patchwork Green)
Website: www.peachtreefabrics.com

Fabric (table mat)
Product #54653 (Cristina)
Peachtree Fabrics, Inc.
Website: www.peachtreefabrics.com