All that's left now is for Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, with President Obama's guiding hand nearby, willing to throw a few bones to some stubborn members before closing the deal on the nation's first universal health care bill.
If the staples have ripped the fabric, preventing it from lying out evenly, add an extra inch around the entire pattern. For the average dining room chair (16â³ x 18â³), you can get two seats out of Â¾ of a yard, of 54â wide fabric.
For a round table, measure the diameter of the table and divide by eight. A 50â³ round table seats six comfortably. A simple rule for rectangular dining tables is that a six foot dining table seats six; an eight foot dining table seats eight, etc. Obviously, the width of the dining chair can be a factor. Most dining chairs are between 20-24â³ wide.