felt with drawstring

[dberg]

Hey guys,

I saw this product on ebay where it was a tabletop felt with a drawstring so you can turn any table into a poker top. Problem is the material is this wool like material and i Know its gonna pill and be useless. What i would like is the same idea but with speed felt or velveteen so it will have a longer lasting surface and be nicer.

Does anybody know how or where to get such a thing? Basically just felt that would snap to any table..

thanks

[redd38]

Just buy whatever cloth you want to use.... cut it into a big circle/oval/whatever.... fold over the outside inch and sew it.... run a string through the loop you've just created.... that'd be pretty much it

right?

[PocketRocket]

Might want to put a pad of some sort on the table as well. Clay, ceramic, or the Chinese plastic-slug chips can do some serious damage to a wood table if people start splashing the pot and the chip edges hit the wood on impact.

Just buy whatever cloth you want to use.... cut it into a big circle/oval/whatever.... fold over the outside inch and sew it.... run a string through the loop you've just created.... that'd be pretty much it

right?

[R Deckard]

Here's my cheap and easy (no sewing!) solution:



Faux suede over automobile headliner foam, both bought from JoAnn's Fabrics, $55. Safety pins and elastic used to secure and tighten everything down. Works great, wife doesn't mind it being on the table permanently, compliments from players--just do it!

[jalsing]

Both of my tables use this method because I need to be able to store them in small spaces. They are table 'toppers' like you commonly see, but I wanted something that played nicer. I cut the traditional oval table shape for the table, but it's in 3 pieces which are dowel joined together. I didn't want the seam which is common in folding table toppers, so the foam/felt is one piece and I put it on with the drawstring method. The foam is headliner foam pre-cut to 1" larger than the table top and is stored rolled up. The felt is <insert felt choice here>, I used 'crushed panne' from Jo-anns because it was cheap $4.99/yd but still pretty nice. Cut it oversized and used a no-sew method to hem up the edges. Get something called 'witchery tape' it is iron in hemming method. Don't hem all the way to the fold, of course, leave room to run some cord through there, put in an eyelet so you don't rip the material when you pull the cord tight, and put a 'cord-stop' on the two ends of the cord. My felt can be pulled REALLY tight this way, and it won't loosen because of the cord stops.

I have pictures but haven't uploaded them yet. I can provide more detail if needed.

[saper88aa]

Thats a very nice setup deckard.Ill stick with my topper for now

[dgold41]

I bought it to save the time and energy. I don't have any sewing skills. I was very pleased with the product, I bought the velvet one, not the felt and it's great!