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A simple question, "What kind/ size table should I be working on?", leads to a great discussion on ways to create your own table.
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After searching for decorating ideas for my small table and two chairs I finally bought a pair of insulated drapes to match my oval rug. I took the drapes apart, washed them and pressed the fabric.
Taking the old chair covers off I used them for the pattern to make the new ones. Using a power stapler simplified the job tremendously.
My table has an newly shortened white table cloth to which I added a home made runner trimmed with white braid. Add a fruit basket and the look is complete.
The cost, $12.99 for the drapes from a local second hand store and the price of the new braid and good thread. Not much for a totally new look.
A few tips:
- I cut each back piece a bit larger than the original pieces because I added padding and so that I could clip the curves for proper fitting before stapling.
- To add extra padding to the chair seat and back I used an old blanket. Mine was a thermal blanket and I used four layers. Again I stapled this fabric in the corners to hold it in place. What a nice difference!
- To give the chair backs that finished look I made a wide bias tape with my fabric, (as wide as the wide of the back), stapled the wider edge along the edge of the front chair back and then hot glued the other edge of the tape to the back of the chair top.
- The chair seats were cut a bit larger to give them a bit more ease. To make the corded trim I simply folded a strip with right sides together and inverted it. I threaded four strands of wool into the strip to give it fullness. Sewing the three pieces together was a breeze, just remember to clip the curves for ease.
My table now sits on the oval rug and the whole look is complete and really quite pleasant :) Thanks for listening empty spools (Canada)
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