I’ve always wanted to make my own table runner, but it has been on the back burner for a few years now as I get so busy around Christmas with gift makes that I just run out of time to make it, and it just doesn’t seem right making a Christmas runner in the summer! I had a spare evening the other day and some material that was just perfect for it so I decided to get it made now while I had the time and before I assigned the fabric to another gift!
I decided to do a patchwork stripe table runner with an organza overlay on one side. This meant it could be used on either side for a different effect; one just the patchwork stripe pattern, the other a patchwork stripe with a snowflake pattern over the top.
Fabric gifted by The Craft Cotton Company.
Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Table Runner pattern
Materials:
- Fabric:
- Stripes and Stars fat quarter set by The Craft Cotton Company.
- Silver organza with snowflake pattern by The Craft Cotton Company.
- Scissors.
- Pins.
- Batting.
- Paper for the template.
Christmas Table Runner Pattern – Assembly:
- Cut a piece of paper 130x26cm wide, this is the full size of your table runner. If you want your table runner to be wider or longer just increase the width or length. Now cut out one piece of organza from this pattern piece but make sure you leave a 0.5cm seam allowance when cutting.
- Take the pattern piece and cut into strips of different thicknesses, I chose to do 5, 6, 7, and 8 cm strips.
- Cut out the fabric using the pattern strips allowing a 0.5cm seam allowance when cutting. You will need to cut two pieces of fabric for each pattern piece so you have one for the front and one for the back.
- Sew all of the front strips together length ways, first placing the first two pieces right side together and sewing down the long edge, then placing each subsequent piece right sides together with the previous piece and sewing down the long edge. Then repeat for the back.
- Place the front and back pieces right side together with the organza piece in-between them. Pin, and then sew around the edges leaving half of the top edge unsewn.
- Turn the runner right way around and hand sew the unsewn edge closed with a slip stitch.
- Give the runner a run over with an iron to flatten it out and square the edges – make sure you don’t iron the organza side or you’ll melt it!
Hook Stitch Sew 