Several people asked me about making a table runner like the one I made for my Giveaway.
I think is my first tutorial, but considering that I was a teacher for more than 30 years, I should be able to give decent instructions.
My materials are drop cloth , paint and stickers.
I am big on making things quick and easy so I simply tear the fabric - there will be a more detailed pictured later on in this tutorial.
For the method of stenciling on this piece, I needed to mask off an even stripe down the center of the runner - the white book in the left corner is my measurement - I'm obviously not an engineer!
I'm also big on crooked letters so that I don't have to be exact.
My runners definitely have a primitive homespun feel because it is difficult (for me at least) to get the paint perfectly even on cloth.
I remove the stickers and the tape right away - it helps to have a trash can right next to the table so paint doesn't get on anything.
After the paint is dry (Annie Sloan Chalk Paint dries quickly) I put the piece in the dryer to heat it.
The hardest part of the runner is the fringe because the long sides of the drop cloth tear and fringe easily, but the shorter sides are thicker and fringing is much slower.
To make the knots, I gather 4 strands in each hand and tie a knot and then a second knot.
After I used the sticker, I used the outer edges as stencils to make a pillow.
I get double use out of the stickers, but I don't save them for re-use because they lose their stickiness.
And now I just need to sew the pillow together.
Here is the finished runner just before I packaged it up to mail off this afternoon.
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