Bedskirt to Tablecloth

Under our Thanksgiving dinner you can see the white tablecloth I just got around to finishing. (In the picture, it wasn't hemmed or anything, just a big piece of asymmetrical cloth with raw edges.)

The cool thing about this tablecloth is that it used to be a bedskirt. The bedskirt was packaged with a blanket I bought from a thrift store. Love the blanket, but the bedskirt...well, sea foam green wasn't really what I had in mind for the color palette of our bedroom. (Wow. Right after I typed that, I remembered that that IS what color we painted our bedroom in our first house. Weird that I completely forgot.)

For Thanksgiving, I cut the ruffles off, washed the white cloth, and put it on the table, with threads hanging off it and everything. Last week, I cut the shape to be more uniform. Yesterday, I hemmed the "tablecloth." No more dangly threads or almost-but-not-quite rectangular shape!

When I hemmed it, I folded the fabric so the raw edges would be tucked inside the hem so none of the loose threads could escape. Some did anyway, as you may be able to notice on the right side of this picture, but it looks better than hems I've done previously.

Bad:
1. This is an incredibly thin, cheap piece of cloth, 70% polyester and 30% cotton. Actually, you can see the table through it.
2. For some reason, the cloth smells like rotten milk. I've washed it like four times, once with bleach, and it still smells.

Good:
1. I have a white tablecloth!