Revisiting the Tabletop Runner

Can you believe it is June already?  We can’t either.  Following a little tradition we have started here at The 2 Seasons, we want to bring back a post we ran in June, 2012.  It’s a cute little DIY table runner that I saw in Country Living magazine.  It was simple,  inexpensive, and put a nice little summer spin on our dining room table.  You can easily make one with the colors/patterns of your choice for just a few dollars.  Our dining room has undergone some changes since last June, and my photography is a lot better than it was then, too.  Enjoy!

 

 

I love color, and I want to try to add some bright color to my house for summer.  We do not always have sunny days here in Syracuse so any color I can add helps on the not so sunny days.  I found this table runner from Country Living magazine and thought, “Hey that looks easy and fun for our table”.

 

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Here is our dining room table.  We do not have an eat in kitchen so all of our meals are at this table, formal or not.  We purchased this a couple years ago from Ikea in the scratch and dent area for $50.  We couldn’t find anything wrong with it excect the box had been opened.  At first I was not a fan of this table.  I thought it was too big for the loft we were living in down in Atlanta.  However, it has grown on me.  Because the table is so long, I rarely have runners on it.  So I decided to make one.  Enter the Country Living inspiration.

 

 

I purchased five bandanas from Hobby Lobby for 99 cents.  They had a huge selection, and  I decided to go with bright summer colors.

 

 

Basically, I just sewed the ends together, piece by piece.  I have a sewing machine but can only do a straight line.  Or at least I attempt to do a straight line, so this was my type of sewing.  My grandmother did teach me to always iron the seams as you go along, which I did.

 

 

 

After I sewed all of the bandanas together, I went back to iron again, and this time I used starch.  It helped give it a crisper look.

 

 

And voila!!!  Here is the quick and easy summer table runner.  Even our Tiffany bowl looks great on it.

 

 

 

Now I can’t wait to add some dishes, get some fresh flowers and have a colorful tablescape!

 

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