Making tablecloths

BB1984

Hello,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but if it has, I can't find it!

After being quoted c. £8-10 each :eek: to hire tablecloths for my wedding, I've decided to make my own...

My question being - what sort of fabric should I use? I haven't done a lot of sewing (apart from making the bunting for the wedding!) so I don't know what types of fabric there are, which would be heavy enough etc.

Any pointers as to where I might buy said fabric also gratefully received...

Thanks very much

BB

Skint_Catt

Depending on the sizes you're making you're probably better off wither paying the hire charge or buying cheap white ones from somewhere like Dunelm though someone with more experience will probably be along shortly

mouseymousey99

Depends on the look you are after? Maybe a roll of muslin and I'd be tempted to use fabric glue (again it depends on the sizes etc etc) cover the sins with flowers. You may be dissapointed as you would get thinner cloth and the table would show through. Actually, I don't think the hire price is that high either (sorry) if you are getting white/cream linen (laundered afterwards) people do horrible things at the table, the price reflects that...You probably wont be able to use yours for anything afterwards anyway? Are they supplying napkins too - thats not bad.
Can you access a C&Carry card - maybe caterers tablecloth(yes, they are paper - on a huge roll) if you dress it up it looks terrific! I dressed a 'country' wedding once with it, using garden flowers etc etc - I bet you wouldn't notice what it was in the photos!

jenid

Hi,

Just to let you know we bought Asda's cheapest white sheets to use as table cloths at our wedding and it worked out fine. I'm sure most of the supermarkets basic range would do ok for tablecloths?

By the time the table is covered with plates, glasses, favours, name place markers, flowers there's not much table left to see!

I gave all the sheets to a charity shop after too so they went to a good home!

I hope you have a lovely wedding. Good luck

jenid

noynoy

we got just single bed sheets from a discount bedding shop for £2 each they had a few differnet colours we went for classic cream

champys

noynoy wrote: »

we got just single bed sheets from a discount bedding shop for £2 each they had a few differnet colours we went for classic cream

I second that - my mother used to love dressing up her dinner table and practically all her tablecloths were bed sheets - she'd get them in the sale, probably a colour nobody wanted as a bed sheet, and then she bought candles in a colour to match and found flowers in same shades, paper napkins...... she had lots of fun with that and it never cost very much.

homeaway

What a brilliant idea to use sheets. I think that to make them yourself by the time you have bought the fabric would work out quite expensive.

Valli

I was going to come in with the bedsheets idea...single obviously! Maybe a discount bedding warehouse?
You have to bear in mind that your quote there is to include laundering after...

kippers

noynoy wrote: »

we got just single bed sheets from a discount bedding shop for £2 each they had a few differnet colours we went for classic cream

What a wonderful idea!

BB1984

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I will definitely investigate the bedsheets idea - I might buy one or two and try it out on my table at home first.
I realise that the £10 hire charge includes laundering, and as such I don't think it's too steep for what you're getting - but I just hate hiring things as it feels like I'm throwing my money away! At least if I buy my own, I can (hopefully) use them again, or turn them into something else. At worst I've got some new dust sheets...!

BB