FREE TUTORIAL: Send Me to the Woods Table Runner

Looking for a quick and easy to bring the wilderness indoors?
Need a gift that will make the recipient go “WOW!!!”?
Love a lodge decor theme and want to make something new?

Send Me To the Woods Table Runner to the rescue!

Created with three Economy Blocks the finished table runner measures approx. 36″ x 12″

Below are the basic instructions and fabric requirements to put it together once you have created your Economy Blocks.

Click here to see detailed directions for creating Economy Blocks >

Tips for Designing Your Table Runner

As an artist and fabric designer I get a lot of questions about choosing fabrics and hear that that is often the hardest part for many sewists and quilters. So I thought I’d try to give you some tips for designing your table runner while still giving you lots of flexibility to create the colors and look you want!

The three Economy Blocks you create will determine the look of your table runner. The color combinations you choose for the fabrics as well as the animals and how you arrange them all make a difference.

With 21 prints to choose from in my Send Me to the Woods fabric collection from Riley Blake Designs there are a lot of options to choose from!

I recommend choosing three fabrics for your table runner. You want at least one of them to have a lot of contrast from the other two – lighter or darker. You can see how I played with the tone of the fabrics in my table runner.

By creating two blocks in one way and another the opposite, you create a balanced and interesting layout.

In my example, I used the dark forest fabric as the outside triangle fabric and the buffalo plaid for the inner triangle fabric for the end squares and reversed them in the center.

Below are three ideas to show how you can create a variety of looks from the Send Me to the Woods fabrics – I’ve shown the fabric bolts and then mocked up a sample table runner for each.

I hope this helps!

Sample layouts using the fabrics shown above:

Create Your 3 Economy Quilt Blocks

Decide on your fabrics and then create the 3 blocks you will use to make your table runner.

New to Economy Quilt Blocks? Click here and follow the directions in THIS QUILT BLOCK TUTORIAL POST >

Assemble the Table Runner

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS TO FINISH THE TABLE RUNNER:

Backing Fabric: 39″ x 14″
Batting: 39″ x 14″
Binding Fabric: 3 WOF (width of fabric) strips, 2.5″ wide

(If you are new to quilting, you always want your batting and backing larger than the top of your project or quilt. Once you quilt / sew the layers together you then cut to size. That way you don’t end up with a backing that is too small by mistake!)

Sew the three Economy Blocks together.

Press seams.

Layer the backing fabric (face down), batting and 3 Block topper (face up) together and pin.

Quilt as desired.