My old buffet was the wrong style for my new dining room.  But with so many projects pulling at our budget, buying a new one didn’t even tempt me.  I found a few yards of white fabric in my stash (That I have been saving for 10 years! gasp.  And that my mother bought many, many years before that.)

I made a simple table cover for the buffet by hemming the fabric into a huge rectangle. (That way I can still use the fabric to sew a gorgeous blouse one day–like I have been meaning to do for 10 years, grin.) The only problem was that the corners pooled on the floor–a tripping hazard and not very attractive either.

Maybe it was the white fabric that inspired me, but I instantly thought of a wedding dress bustle and applied the principle here. Here’s what I did:

1.  Fold the corner in half and find the center of the length.

2.  Bring the center up until the corner end just graces the floor.

4.  Cue the dancing baby while you tack the bustle in place with a needle and thread. (Which is totally removable so you can still make a blouse.)

5.  Accessorize and admire :).

Here’s a side by side before and after shot:

I can’t decide which part of this makeover is the best.  That it only took 20 minutes or that it was free.  Okay, now that I say that out loud–the free part is the best :).