Burlap Yarn Christmas Table Runner

It’s December!!

The large vacation calendar month is upon us!

This is my starting fourth dimension twelvemonth blogging in addition to sharing my ideas alongside the people also my woman bring upward in addition to best friends (although I LOVE yous guys for following!!).

I was SO excited to hold out asked to participate inward a Christmas Home Tour (coming upward on Dec 9th!!!), that I gear upward my heed to making a few projects to spruce upward my Christmas domicile decor!

This burlap in addition to yarn tabular array runner, is the starting fourth dimension of eight projects that I volition hold out sharing alongside yous – remain tuned EVERY DAY for a novel projection equally I Pb upward to my Christmas Home Tour :) 

I chose to start out alongside a tabular array runner, because yous can’t demonstrate off a kitchen without a lovely tabular array runner in addition to centrepiece, tin you?! lol. #bloggerproblems

Materials:

Burlap

(mine was 8 ft past times twenty inches to gibe my tabular array in addition to centerpiece)

Measuring Tape

Pins

Thread

Sewing Machine

Yarn (I chose ii shades of red)

Tapestry Needle

You start out past times mensuration out a half-inch border ALL the agency around your rectangle of burlap in addition to pinning it inward place.

Then yous repeat this process. Folding every border over past times a 1/2 inch again, in addition to re-pinning inward place.  When yous are finished this step, all the borders volition hold out folded over twice, in addition to in that location volition hold out no frayed edges showing.

Here’s a pic of the edges folded inward the corner.

(Sorry for the awful picture!).

Next, yous sew together the burlap alongside a 3/8 seam allowance. I sewed the entire runner alongside a conduct stitch, in addition to hence went dorsum in addition to sewed over the entire runner over again alongside a zig zag stitch to forestall fraying.

And instantly it’s fourth dimension to teach your yarn out! This is the most slowly purpose of the project…

You start out past times knotting a slice of yarn (about 1.5 times the length of your runner), in addition to pulling it through the exact centre of the runner (widthwise). I chose to start out five inches upward from the bottom of the runner lengthwise. I pulled the starting fourth dimension thread from the underside of the runner (as yous tin run into below).

Next, yous stair out 1.5 inches frontward in addition to sew together through the burlap, making certain that yous are inward the exact centre widthwise too. This is the tricky purpose because if yous are similar me, the grain of your burlap volition non hold out conduct all the agency downwards the runner, important yous can’t simply business upward the burlap lines.

I used rulers lengthwise in addition to widthwise to brand certain I was constantly at the centre.

When yous are done that row, the other rows become MUCH faster! All yous convey to produce is business upward your yarn 1 inch away on either side of the centre yearn business in addition to thread it through the burlap all the agency downwards the runner. I alternated when the thread came upward in addition to went down, hence that my blueprint alternated on the move on of the runner.

 And you’re done!! You convey a squeamish long Christmas burlap in addition to yarn runner for the table!

I finished off the ends of mine past times adding a sprig of pine, in addition to a pinecone, in addition to hence tying the ends of the yarn around it.

There are endless possibilities for ending the runner though – teach creative!

As always, delight portion whatever questions or comments!

Stay tuned tomorrow for some other groovy Christmas project!

{xoxo}