A Table Runner Ruffle

The sun is out today!! Can I get an amen!!

It's amazing what a little sunshine can do for the spirit.

I hope that you are all having a great Thursday today!

I have seen so many tutorials in the blogosphere making a 

table runner with a burlap ruffle.

I absolutely love it and decided to give it a shot.

I used a runner that I had picked up at PB outlet several months

back and it just wasn't doing anything for me on my

table..kinda boring.

I am a frugal girl so I wanted to use what I had on hand.

It worked and I am loving it now!! 

I also thought this would look really cute using a dropcloth as 

a table runner and making a ruffle using burlap..I'm sure someone

has already thought of that..I'm a little slower than some.

Have you seen the darling bedskirt made out of a dropcloth over at

Restoration House (it's in my sidebar)?? If you haven't you must go check it out!

Let's get started..

I cut 2 burlap pieces for the ruffles

Make sure to cut them a little longer to allow

for gathering

 One boring linen table runner

 Turned under and pinned the edges

 Pinned the burlap piece to the runner

I gathered up small sections and pinned them individually

Does that make sense??

I pinned it all on and sewed the whole thing at once

It might be easier to sew the edges and then

add the ruffle to the runner.

I am to impatient for that...sorry!

 Ta-dah!! I love it!

A little less boring on the table..I think!

Have a blessed day my friends!!

A little random picture of myself on my way out the

door to go thrifting. Do you have a hat day...those are my days to

not wash my hair and do nothing with it..lazy I know!

I have linked this post to The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday)