Simple No Sew Table Runner

by Hibiscus House

1 Material

$10

30 Minutes

Easy

Sometimes I want a little something different to use for a touch of added color. There are times when the almost completely neutral color scheme in our home can become, well, boring.

The other day I was looking in the fabric cabinet for an idea of just what to sew. I brought several pieces downstairs and laid them on the table to see if anything would strike my fancy. Do you sewers do that?

Simple No Sew Table Runner

Choose 1 yard of fabric that you like
Open fabric piece up and fold in half crosswise.
The *selvages* should be on each end. see note below
Fold piece in half to give you an idea of the center
Open up and fold the raw cut edges on each side of the fabric to the center. Depending on the width you would like you may lap one edge over the other. It is your choice.
Press lightly without pulling and stretching your fabric. This might stretch it out of shape because you are working the the crosswise grain which does indeed stretch.
Steam press both sides. If your selvage edges do not lay straight take the underneath piece and pull back corner press to hide. See picture on the right above.

*Note Selvage is the finished edge of fabric. The straight of grain. The selvages will normally be white in color a finished edge that does not stretch. On the bolt fabric is normally sold with the selvages together comes off the bolt selvage to selvage.

I chose this very nice premium 100% cotton fabric. I really like the soft pink and white stripe pattern. I thought about it for awhile and decided not to cut and stitch this time. With the way my mind changes and how much I want to change something it just would be a waste. So why not steam press the raw edges under use for a short while then wash and make something else to enjoy. A double life for the fabric.

Look how pretty! The beauty of selecting a fabric and just folding and ironing in place is that you can change at a whim. You can then sew something from the fabric. The price you spend on this project is entirely up to you and can vary from $5 clearance to $99 decorator fabric. Spend as little or as much as you wish for your own decorator look.

When I tire of this it will become maybe napkins, place mats, an apron or maybe even a pillow cover. I call this my frugal, easy, table runner. I used to would never do such a tacky thing but hey, who will know? Besides this fabric will have a new life very soon as something useful.

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