Comments on: Outdoor Tablecloth Hack

By: KAREN

KAREN — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:36:51 +0000

i’ve made a lazy susan for my 70″ round table..i either buy a ready made cloth, or buy fabric,i buy the round pine wood at lowes, buy the mechanism for the bottom with the ball bearings, attatch it to the bottom of the round wood. than i make numerous round table covers for it. i add elastic to the material…you can have a tablecloth for the lazy susan to fit any holiday, birthday, or any other theme you want.
my hand gets a little sore pulling the elastic while sewing but get a lot of compliments on them.i just tell them to not look underneath.hahahah..it all started when
i went on the internet to find a finished lazy susan that was 36″ round, and all of them were very, very expensive. i got this brain storm, and has worked out beautifuly..i am now making one for my daughters 60″ round table which will take 30″ round wood…lowes didn’t have a 30″ round wood, so i bought the 36″ round wood and a man at the woodworking shop is going to make it a 30″‘ for me.
i did not stain my wood, but am going to stain the one i make for my daughter…mine is always covered with a tablecloth that i make…

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:29:10 +0000

Denise – You could try that, I bet it would work for a square table over those corners. If you try it, let me know. I’d love to know if that works, I’m always out for something done easier!

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:27:35 +0000

Love this idea!! And the bar stool variation, too! Also, could be made for indoor tables for when do crafts- to have easier clean up and no hanging tablecloth corners for little ones to walk by and tug on!

For the longer wooden rectangular picnic tables, do you think it would suffice to put elastic around the two “short” ends and the corners? (Sort of like some fitted sheets are). Or would you need elastic to run the entire perimeter?

By: yournontoxiclife

yournontoxiclife — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:40:31 +0000

Can this be sewn by hand. Obviously I have no machine : (

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By: Vintage Hallow

Vintage Hallow — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:25:08 +0000

What an ingenious and fantastically simple idea! Maybe you should mass product the idea. ;)

By: Onna Holland

Onna Holland — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:22:27 +0000

This is a great idea! We’ve all had our tablecloths blowing away before.

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By: Miranda @ Keeperofthecheerios

Miranda @ Keeperofthecheerios — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:14:50 +0000

This is a GREAT idea! :) I’m going to add this to my Blog Love Top 10 tomorrow. This is so much better than using rocks or heavy objects to hold the cloth down.