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To make a Cheese, Cracker and Fruit Table: Cover a round table with cloth.
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Place large soup pot in middle of table.
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Cover with material and tuck edges under loosely.
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Cover the top tier with grapes and whole fruit.
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Surround tier with: Stacks of small plates and napkins.
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Cheese boards and several blocks of cheese.
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Drape inexpensive baskets with material and fill with crackers.
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Place plates of grapes, blueberries, whole strawberries, cherries, kiwi slices and any other fruit in season.
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This cover will hide coolers filled with fruit and cheese supplies and extra baskets of crackers.
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Other wedding tips: A gallon of punch serves approx.
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24 servings.
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Distilled water will freeze clear, regular water will be opaque.
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If using plain ice to chill punch make the punch a bit strong.
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An ice ring or block filled with punch and frozen won't dilute the punch.
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Cover for a round table: Measure from center point to the edge of the table and then measure to the floor.
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For example: from center of the table to its edge is 36 inches and from table top to 4 inches* off the floor is 25.
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The radius would equal 61 inches.
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61 x 2= diameter The material for the circular cover has a diameter of 122.
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Find a solid colored inexpensive queen or king-size top sheet that is large enough to cut a circle.
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Lay sheeting on the floor.
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Take a push pin and stick it in the middle of the sheet.
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Tie a piece of string, the length of the radius of the circle, to the pin.
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Tie the other end to a piece of chalk.
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Roughly mark out circle.
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Cut.
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Trim: 6+ yards of contrasting printed material, Circumference= 3.
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14 times radius (61 inches).
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Amount of trim needed= 192 inches of finished trim.
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Trim will be about 3-4 inches wide and gathered.
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Amount of material needed to make trim: Cotton weight material= 176 x 2= 351 in.
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(93/4 yards) Lighter weight material= 176 x 3= 528 in (14 yards) 5- 6 yards of half inch of non roll waistband elastic.
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Cut material the desired width and sew strips together.
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Sew material to elastic, stretching elastic as you sew so it will gather.
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Attach trim to cover.
