Table cloth designing and decoration in interior designing and decoration

A CIRCULAR CLOTH 

Decide on a finished diameter for the cloth: for a full draped effect, make the cloth slightly longer than twice the height plus the diameter of the table. Decide on a suitable finish and include a hem allowance. For a lined cloth, include a 5cm turning all around the outer edge. To interline the cloth, the best method is to cut a separate circle of interlining to fit the table and place under the cloth. This saves cleaning problems.

MAKING TABLE LINEN 

For a lined cloth cut a circle of lining the same size as the main fabric, on both circles of fabric cut notches all around the edge at regular intervals 2.5 cm to allow the hem. to lie flat. Turn under 2.5 cm (1 in) all around the lining and the main cloth. Lock- stitches the lining to the cloth if it is large. Position the lining on the cloth wrong sides together and slip stitch the folded hems together.

Press, without making a crease in the hem of the cloth, a faced hem gives a crisp finish to a circular cloth. Cut the fabric into a circle as before, allowing a 1 cm turning. 

Cut a 2 cm (1 in) wide strip of fabric on the bias to match the circumference of the finished cloth. Press under 6 cm down each long edge and join the ends, or you can purchase binding. Position the binding around the hem of the cloth, right sides facing, and stitch so that the fold of the binding is 1cm inside the raw edge of the fabric. Press, then turn the hem allowance and binding to the inside and press again. Slip-stich the free folded edge of the binding to the main part of the cloth, easing in the fullness as you works. The cloth may also be finished with a simple top stitched hem, and trimmed with braid or bullion cord at floor level.