Fall tablecloth - with owls

I bought this fall fabric a year ago with the intention of making an autumn tablecloth and it somehow got lost in my craft room.

I found it during a cleaning session and immediately got my sewing machine out before it could disappear again. It's not a hard task to hem fabric on a tablecloth, but it is a lot of material so there is a lot of tugging and wrestling on my behalf when I do it.

Now I have a tablecloth perfect for that transition between summer to Halloween. Someone asked me "Are owls fallish?" I don't know, but I'm campaigning for it!

Strawberry Tablecloth

It is prime strawberry season here and I have strawberries on the brain. I got out this tablecloth my mom got me. Vintage strawberry tablecloth!

It is in mint condition, so I get a little nervous eating on it. Placemats are key!

Christmas bell tablecloth

My mom found this vintage Christmas tablecloth for me.

I think it's my favorite one so far.

I have four Christmas tablecloths in my vintage tablecloth collection and this is my favorite. I am rotating them this season. When we eat at the table I cover as much as I can with placemat to prevent a disaster.

I need to get some of this Retro Clean. Some of my other vintage tablecloths have some pre-existing stains. Retro Clean is a safe for vintage linens and can remove brown age stains while enhancing and brightening the color. Sounds like a miracle soap!

So our yardsale yesterday was pretty successful. I even found time to walk around and visit other people's yard sales. I found these vintage tablecloths for $1.50 each!

Nice condition with lilies of of the valley.

I liked the pink of this one.

This one is square and too small for my dining table, but it was too cute to leave behind.

My mom also gave me some vintage tablecloths when I was home. Luckily there was an article in the latest Martha Stewart Living on how to take care of vintage linens.

This is a picture of my grandma's table right before all the Christmas yummies were piled onto it. She just got this vintage tablecloth from my great aunt and I was admiring it all during dinner.

I kept seeing tablecloths like it when my mom and I were going to the flea markets and antique shops. Mom told me she thought she had some at home that I could have. Lo and behold she pulled them out of her sewing room and they had big chunks cut out of them! "Oh yeah, I made dish towels out of them" she says. Arrrrghhhhh!

My mom promised to keep an eye out for some more for me. I am hoping for some beauts like these. Or these.