Isabel Maria shares a fringed brocade tablecloth as a newly completed item in Southron Gaard’s UFO Challenge.
Entered in the categories:
- I just couldn’t wait (a project that has been used unfinished, which has finally been finished)
In Isabel Maria’s words:
“Many years ago, I ran across a sample of a beautiful, but discontinued furnishing brocade. It reminded me of various tablecloths I had admired in my youth, and was just the right size to fit the folding table I use at Canterbury Faire, so I snapped it up. The plan was to hem it (to hide the nylon-thread overlocking) and to add a weighty fringed hem.
“While I started the hemming process well before the Covid lockdowns, I did not finish it until June 2024. During the intervening years I was unable to find a fringe that really suited the fabric – some didn’t have the necessary weight, others were a colour that seemed to drain the life out of the brocade. So, once I completed the hemming, rather than put the project away because it wasn’t fully finished, I started using the tablecloth as is. It was too pretty to leave folded in a cupboard for any longer.
“After using the cloth at Baronial Anniversary, I found a fringe that was the right weight, and a suitable colour. A little hand-sewing later, to secure both the top and bottom of the fringe band, I have the tablecloth I originally envisioned. And I love it!”
Read more about the UFO Challenge and the entry categories here.
