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Monday Made It: Table Skirts

June 25, 2012

It’s Monday again, so you know what that means: Monday Made It. This time I made table skirts to hide the junk supplies under our computer table. I think they turned out pretty cute. After I played with the first one, the rest weren’t too hard to make at all. 


I decided to do purple polka dots to stick with our bright, polka dot theme. I added a bright green ruffle to the bottom edge. The edges of my table are 40 inches, so I need to cut the ruffle a bit longer to make up for the gathers. The green fabric ended up being 6 x 92 inches. I had to cut two strips and sew them together in the middle because my fabric was only 46 inches long. I also hemmed the green fabric across the bottom and up both sides.


Next it was time to gather the fabric. Just like my curtains, I used the gather foot so I didn’t have to zigzag them and pull by hand.



Then it was time to attach the green ruffle to the purple table skirt. Our table is 25 inches tall, so I cut the purple fabric 26.5 x 41 to leave room for the hems and velcro to attach it to the table. I folded the bottom of the purple fabric under to hem it and attach the ruffle at the same time.

I used a zigzag stitch to make the finished edge a little more attractive.

After the skirt was all sewn together, I hemmed around the sides and the top to make it look finished and prevent unraveling too. I used a skinny hem along the sides and a double hem along the top (by folding it over twice instead of once) to provide extra support for the velcro when I attach it to my table. I need to add a few more pieces of velcro to hold the skirt tight and keep it off the floor, but this is what it looks like so far.



That’s it! It wasn’t too hard at all. I repeated this process for the remaining two sides of my table. I kind of adore the way it looks. Much better than my supplies anyway. 😉

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  1. Mrs. Shepherd says: June 25, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Looks great! I am always so inspired by your wonderful ideas! I really need to get moving.

  2. Amber @ Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher says: June 25, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    These look awesome! Love it!

    Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher

  3. Brandi says: June 25, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    That looks amazing!

    Brandi
    Success in Second Grade

  4. Lisa R. says: June 25, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    I love that table skirt!! I want to do something similar to my reading table. Thanks so much for sharing that!
    Lisa
    Learning Is Something to Treasure

  5. Kate says: June 25, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    I LOVE this idea! I have some things I my site you may like so stop by and grab them. Oh and be sure to join. I'm doing a giveaway very soon!

  6. Sara Soucy says: June 25, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    That is gorgeous!! Could you make one for me?! It looks great in your room.

    Sara 🙂
    Smiling In Second Grade

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 26, 2012 at 5:03 pm

      LOL! It's easy, I promise!

  7. Tara says: June 25, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    So fun and colorful!!! I really adore them too;) Wish I had a sewing machine:) Thanks for linking up:))

    4th Grade Frolics

  8. Miss Kindergarten says: June 25, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    Adorable!! I need that green polka dot fabric!!!

  9. Mrs. Reimann says: June 25, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    They are so cute! Thank you for sharing.

    Lorena
    Little Treasures

  10. Corinna says: June 25, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    LOVE it!! I plan to do this with my teacher's desk, it needs a makeover!!

    Aloha,
    Corinna
    Surfin' Through Second

  11. Heather Temske says: June 25, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    That looks great. Do you think mid 40s is too late to learn how to sew? I love seeing your projects. Thanks for sharing.

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 26, 2012 at 5:04 pm

      Not at all! I'm totally self-taught. If you mess up, you just rip the thread out and try again. 🙂

  12. April Kreitzer Wolfe says: June 25, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Looks great!!! Is that a special foot for your sewing machine that gathers the fabric?

    April
    Wolfelicious

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 26, 2012 at 5:04 pm

      It is! So much easier than doing it by hand. If you can sew a seam, you can use the foot to make a gather. It's the best $5 I've ever spent. It's called a "gathering foot" or "ruffler."

  13. Anne Tussing says: June 25, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    Very cute! I love the ruffle:)

  14. Laura says: June 25, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    Love the skirt! Definitely something to aspire to!

    Laura
    Peace, Love, and First Grade

  15. Lana says: June 25, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    That is adorable!!

  16. Nicole says: June 25, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Ahhhhh I LOVE this!! I need to do the same thing to my computer table for the smartboard – it is SO ugly and out of place!
    Nicole
    Rowdy in Room 300

  17. Jessica Tobin says: June 25, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    Amazing! I am actually going to make drapes this year for my windows and I believe this pattern should work with the drapes.

    I have given you the Lovely Blog Award. Hop on over to my blog to check it out.

    Jessica
    secondgradenest.blogspot.com

  18. mjfavre says: June 26, 2012 at 2:53 am

    Love the blue and green together!!! I have table envy.

    Megan
    I Teach. What's Your Super Power?

  19. Creating Brain Wrinkles says: June 26, 2012 at 3:11 am

    This is incredible! Thank you so much for posting directions. I'm going to give it a shot for two of my tables. I doubt that I can handle the ruffle (I'm a beginner sewer, that's for sure), but I can sew a hem! I love the fabric–where'd did you find those bright colors?

    Ansley

    • Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 26, 2012 at 5:06 pm

      If you can sew a hem, you can make a gather. It's a special foot that you put on your machine and you just sew a straight line and it does the rest. Easy! The fabric is from Hobby Lobby and Joann's.

  20. Dana Lester says: June 26, 2012 at 6:05 am

    I love this! I wish I could sew or that you'd ship me one!! Great job!
    🙂 Dana
    Stop by & visit me @ Fun in 1st Grade

  21. EveryNewBeginning says: June 27, 2012 at 3:21 am

    I so wish I had the ability to sew. It looks just awesome and will really add to your classroom. Super cute!!!

    Every New Beginning

  22. Just Wild About Teaching says: June 28, 2012 at 5:10 am

    omg came out awesome =)

    Just Wild About Teaching

  23. jers52 says: June 29, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    How happy that table skirt looks! Have to check out the rest of your blog now!

  24. Elizabeth says: July 1, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    I love the table skirt! I will have a table that is just like that one next year and I think I might try to make them. 🙂

    – Elizabeth
    http://firstyearinthe3rdgrade.blogspot.com/

  25. Anonymous says: July 26, 2012 at 12:32 am

    love the table skirt!!!!but how did you place the curtains under the table??? did you use curtain rods ????

  26. Carmen says: January 21, 2014 at 7:10 am

    I want to do this around my craft table but am wondering if the self adhesive velcro will come off if we want to remove the curtain. I am just trying to cover up some things for the time being. Do you know?

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