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You are here: Home / Sew / How to Make a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth

How to Make a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth

March 6, 2017 by Jenny Gomes 3 Comments

This post will share how you can transform a vintage tablecloth with a few simple sewing steps into a farmhouse style, completely unique shower curtain.

How to Sew a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth | This farmhouse style DIY sewing hack shows you exactly how to craft a unique shower curtain from a vintage tablecloth. This is a super simple, easy sew tutorial and it is super clear! Click through to read it now!

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The thing that you have to know about vintage tablecloths is that they are often roughly showered curtain size. You also need to know that because you’ll be sewing the tabs (those fabric loops that connect to the rod) at whatever interval you want, you can make a tablecloth fit a shower.

You may have to hem, and that is ok.

The advantage of using a vintage tablecloth is that they are pre-washed and thus preshrunk, they are often inexpensive (though I have passed up many a gem printed with giant roses that were just a bit too much for my budget), and they are probably not being used as a tablecloth. Also, a tablecloth is already hemmed, most likely, which means your sewing project will be completed in no time.

In addition to a vintage tablecloth, you need double fold bias tape (which you probably can score for not that much at a second-hand store, or new via Amazon. This is a long strip of fabric that is folded hot-dog style twice, and the edges are treated so they won’t fray. It is a small price to pay for a really easy tab solution. You could absolutely use something like a hemp rope, gingham ribbon (melt the cut edges with a lighter carefully, just a touch) or you could make your own fabric tabs.

You will need:

Vintage tablecloth (that links to new and used ones on Amazon)

bias tape

universal sewing needles

all-purpose sewing thread

Use a shower curtain as a simple guide for marking where you will sew your tabs. If your table cloth is really wide, you might mark your marks 9 inches apart while the standard, store-bought shower curtain is probably spaced 6 inches. IT IS OKAY IF THIS HAPPENS. Your curtain will just be a bit more “ruffle-y” than standard. Who wants to be standard, anyway? Not me.

Use a pen or pencil to mark where you will sew your tabs.

How to Sew a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth | This farmhouse style DIY sewing hack shows you exactly how to craft a unique shower curtain from a vintage tablecloth. This is a super simple, easy sew tutorial and it is super clear! Click through to read it now!

My shower curtain was actually a bit narrow, as compared to standard, but I have a clear plastic shower curtain on the inside and it doesn’t make any difference.

How to Sew a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth | This farmhouse style DIY sewing hack shows you exactly how to craft a unique shower curtain from a vintage tablecloth. This is a super simple, easy sew tutorial and it is super clear! Click through to read it now!

The length of the tabs you cut from the double fold bias tape will be determined by how long you want/need the shower curtain to be, which of course is determined by the size of your tablecloth. I cut my tabs 8 inches, which made a 4-inch space between the shower rod and the hooks to the top the shower curtain. You could do twice that or more- think cafe curtain but in shower curtain form- and if you have a great tablecloth to use, I bet it would look amazing!

How to Sew a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth | This farmhouse style DIY sewing hack shows you exactly how to craft a unique shower curtain from a vintage tablecloth. This is a super simple, easy sew tutorial and it is super clear! Click through to read it now!

Use matching thread and a universal needle and remember to back stitch. Sew tabs along the top of your vintage shower curtain. Hang and admire!

How to Sew a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth | This farmhouse style DIY sewing hack shows you exactly how to craft a unique shower curtain from a vintage tablecloth. This is a super simple, easy sew tutorial and it is super clear! Click through to read it now!

See how mine is a touch narrow? Also, see how it doesn’t matter at all? Easy peasy, right?

Happy sewing, Wildflowers!

I know lots of you might be new to me; I’m Jenny and I am a huge fan of saving time and money by creating things at home for yourself.

Jenny of The Domestic Wildflower

I wanted to show you another super cute, lightening fast home decor project I created recently! How adorable is this burlap garland?

How to Make a Burlap Garland | This DIY tutorial is so farmhouse adorable, and so easy to sew! Perfect for rustic DIY decor for the home, this fixer upper style banner is right at home in a kitchen or for Valentine's Day

Read that post here!

If you want to learn how to sew, check out the courses HERE!

How to Sew a Shower Curtain with a Vintage Tablecloth | This farmhouse style DIY sewing hack shows you exactly how to craft a unique shower curtain from a vintage tablecloth. This is a super simple, easy sew tutorial and it is super clear! Click through to read it now!

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  1. Done and Dusted says

    March 27, 2017 at 9:26 am

    It’s beautiful! But is it water proof? I’d worry that it might attract mould over time and be a bit difficult to clean?

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    • Jenny says

      March 27, 2017 at 10:45 am

      Great question! I use a plastic liner behind it but the curtain is 100% cotton and I want to try using it alone in the summer and see if it dries quickly in the bathroom. I’m trying to get rid of plastic, bit by bit. For now, it washes just fine in the washing machine!

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