Showing posts with label outdoor table cover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outdoor table cover. Show all posts

Monday, June 24, 2013

Easy Outdoor Table Cover



It's impossible to find a pretty outdoor table cover with a hole in the middle for my umbrella -- so I made one for about $10.  Here's a photo of one I just finished: 


Measure your table -- mine is 42" across.  You want it to drape, so add at least 6" for draping on each side to the overall diameter (e.g., 42" + 6" + 6" = 54").  Then go find your perfect fabric! Also - many fabric stores will have plastic of various thicknesses -- Hancock Fabrics had plastic similar to a shower curtain for $3.99/yard.  Get some plastic to protect against rain if you want.  Luckily, both my fabric and the plastic was 56", so I only needed to cut one circle -- no sewing.  I drew my circles on both fabric and plastic simply by finding the mid-point of the fabric and drawing the circle with a Sharpie from the midpoint: 





I actually cut the fabric first, and then the plastic -- cutting both at the same time would be too bulky...


I then cut an "X" in the center for the pole to fit through......






And voila!   One custom table cover with a hole in the middle! :)