To make the square you need to seam two or more pieces of fabric together to get the fabric wide enough to cover the table and drape 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.
A formal tablecloth ideally reaches the floor.
Mar 11 2013 maybe you have a round table in your house.
Also measure the length from the tabletop to the floor if you want to make a round tablecloth that stretches to the floor.
Draw a simi circle from corner to corner.
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.
The drop length for such a tablecloth is the table s height or close to it.
Maybe this round table is 20 in diameter.
Decorator fabric is 54 wide.
This is how much fabric you would like to drape over the edge of the table going down towards the floor.
If you want a floor length tablecloth measure from the top of the table to the floor.
And it s such a useful technique.
If you d don t want the homemade tablecloth to reach the floor measure the distance you d like it to fall to.
Measure both the width and length of your table or the diameter if it is round.
The width is the shorter side the length is the longer side.
Double that number and add the result to the diameter.
Make a tablecloth for a round dining table or round end table by following a few simple steps.
Determine your preferred tablecloth drop.
Measure from the tabletop down to where you want the tablecloth to end.
Cut a length of fabric that measures the diameter plus twice the length plus 1 inch 2 54 cm for a hem.
Making round tablecloths is way easier than it seems.
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.
Add 1 1 2 inches 3 4 all the way around for the diameter of the piece of fabric you ll need.