Bright Jewel Strip Pieced Table Runner Tutorial

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I have another fun Jewel table runner tutorial to share with you. This one is a skinny table runner and if you are looking for a wider one then you might want to take a look at the brown and teal strip pieced table runner.

You can also download a PDF of either one or both, keep reading.

Bright Jewel strip pieced table runner on deck

This is another strip pieced table runner made with bright jewel colors and a tutorial to show you how to make it. The Jeweled tablerunner was originally posted in 2015.

Bright Jewel Strip Pieced Table Runner Tutorial

Table runners are always fast and easy to make and you will be surprised how easy it is to make this table runner.

Bright Jewel strip pieced table runner on deck with flowers

Size 12″ x 44″

I picked six fabrics from the fat quarter bundle and also used muslin for the neutral strips.

  • Cut each of the 6 fabrics into 4 – 1 1/2 inch strips by the longest side of the fat quarter (22 inches).
  • Cut the muslin into 10 – 1 inch strips the width of the fabric, then sub-cut to 20-22 inches for a total of 20 strips.
  • Sew with a 1/4″ seam allowance. Join pieces together.
Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics

It is a good idea to sew the first two strips together and then switch directions for the next strip. Change back and forth when adding each strip. This will keep your piece from bowing.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together

Make 4 sections. Press after adding each strip. Your section should measure 9″ tall.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together

Square up each section and cut  2 – 9″ x 9″ squares. You will have a total of 8.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together and squared


Cut each square in half diagonally.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together cut diagonally

Cut each block exactly the same way.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together cut diagonally

Take 4 pieces and lay them out as shown below.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together cut diagonally and sewed

Piece the sections together.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together cut diagonally and sewed

Make 4 blocks.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial fabrics sewed together cut diagonally and sewed

Add a 1″ muslin sashing between the blocks.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial blocks for runner

Add backing and batting and quilt as desired. I cut some additional 2 1/2″ strips from the leftover fat quarters to use for my binding.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial blocks for runner binding

My daughter was here last weekend and claimed this table runner. She just redid her bedroom in these colors and this will work perfectly on her bedroom dresser. She would like 2 small mats for her end tables. I think I have just enough leftovers to make them.

Bright Jewel Table Runner Tutorial blocks for runner binding

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Bright Jewel Colors Tablerunner is fast and easy to make using the strip piecing quilt method

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214 Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing the pattern. I love making table runners and have made many for gifts. I love the colors in both of yours.

  2. How pretty! I love the combination of so many vibrant colors. Thanks for sharing your tutorial at Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make Party. We’ll be featuring your jewel table runner at Saturday’s party at Across the Blvd.

  3. This is beautiful Connie! I’ve used fat quarters as napkins but nothing this ambitious. Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story, have a great weekend.

  4. This is beautiful, Connie! I love the colors.
    Thank you for sharing this week at Brag About It link party on VMG206 (Mondays at Midnight). I plan to feature you next week!

    ~ Megin of VMG206

    1. Thanks Connie,
      I really enjoy reading your blog. I would love to be your neighbor. I love the beautiful things you make and it inspires me to get busy and make things too.Glad you are feeling better and hope you stay healthy. Sincerely
      Marti

  5. I am just happy to have internet access once again so I can read your blog. I do have a runner in the guest room on an antique dresser. My runner is simple fabric and not as lovely or pieced or quilted like your beauties. I would love those fabrics in my stash. Thank you dear…

  6. Well, sorta. I have a runner on my dresser that was woven by my sister, but not a quilted table runner per se.

  7. This is really pretty but I'm not into table runners at all. I really think it would make a beautiful bedspread. though (larger, of course). I left a comment on the F-Q blog, too.

  8. I use a table runner in the bedroom but not on a table or dresser. It runs across the foot of the bed in the winter as an extra layer of warmth, and it looks cute, too! 🙂

  9. Connie, thank you for such a great giveaway.I left a messsage on the tutorial post. I do not use runners in our bedroom — only scarves. I'm thinking these would be wonderful gifts. Tutorial was easy to follow.
    Linda "Cookie" Lawrence
    Mandeville Louisiana
    lbcookie1@gmail.com

  10. No, I only have one table runner and it's on the table. I'd like to make some more but can't seem to find both a pattern and material at the same time. This bundle would be the answer for a new one for me and an extra one for me to give to a new friend. Thanks Connie!

  11. I visited the inspired by fabric blog. I love your instructions on how to do this "it sure looks hard" table runner. I am looking forward to making this! Thank you again for your instructions.

  12. I don't have a runner in my bedroom. . . but if I could clear off the dresser tops, I would love to have one. . or two. . . and even a smaller on for the end tables. . .Love this design!

  13. I don't have a runner in our bedroom. I always have one on the console table in the living room and have one on the cabinet in our front entry. I also like to use one on the dining table when we have company. tkmattson@hotmail.com

  14. I do have a runner in the bedroom, but it is crocheted. I do want to make quilted bed runners for all my rooms this winter though. Such a managable size to play with. 🙂

  15. Recently I've been making bed runners, table runners that are longer for the end of my bed just to add a spark and a hint of the changing seasons to the bedroom. I love the pop of color.

  16. I need to make some new table(dresser) runners for my bedroom. They really help me cut down on clutter because I want the runner to show off.

  17. I have hand made scarves/runners my grandmother crochetedfrom little scarves to a bed spread. I prefer to sewing runners, etc., myself and is as far so I have gotten; however I have plans to make a runner for my (king size)bed. Thanks.

  18. I left a comment on the Fabri-Quilt blog about your wonderful table runner and tutorial. This will be fun to make.

  19. No table runners in the master bedroom, but do have some table toppers on the end tables in the guest bedroom. Do have lots of table runners through out the house the house.

  20. I don't use table runners in my bedroom. I confess to keeping a very messy dresser top, so a table runner would be lost there!

  21. I have a runner in the bedroom but not for the usual purpose. Mine covers our portable air conditioner when it is not in use. It looks pretty and saves dusting those pesky louvers. I have four other runners in the works for our night tables and dressers to save on dusting them. Less dusting means more time for quilting. Today's post might just be the incentive I need to finish up those bedroom runners!

  22. No, I do not use a runner in my bedroom. But with all of the wonderful table runner patterns I have been seeing lately, I do believe I will be making quite a few and one will go on my dresser. LOL. Thank you for sharing and for this wonderful give away. Have a wonderful creative day! brend_ack@yahoo.com

  23. I mot certainly do … saves on the dusting in the bedroom!!! Thanks for this wonderful opportunity to share in this beautiful fabric. Judy C

  24. this is gorgeous. no I don't have a table runner in my bedroom. but I remember now that my grandmother always had a runner on her dresser, and I always loved it. Hmmm I think it is time I made one for our bedroom. thanks for reminding me and for the great tutorial.

  25. Nope no table runner in bedroom, in kitchen, in living room, but not in bedroom. Thanks for a chance to win!

  26. I've left a comment on the Fabri-Quilt blog. Never thought about using table runner on a dresser. Wonder if it would mean less clutter. Haha

  27. I love table runners! I mainly have them in the living/dining room/kitchen areas, but occasionally will put on in the bedroom for the holidays. Always fun to add a splash of color to my surroundings.

  28. I have no runners in my bedroom, but do in the dining room and TV room. Have thought about bed runners, but have not made any yet as I have many afghans folded at the bottom of the beds. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway.

    Janet

  29. I don't have a table runner in my bedroom. But maybe I should, so that I'd have a reason to keep some surfaces clear! 😉

  30. What lovely fabric. I don't use a table runner in my bedroom but I did make a crazy quilted dresser scarf for my son and his wife. They have cats and wanted to save their furniture.

  31. I don't have a table runner in my bedroom because I would have to clear all the junk off the dresser to put one there.

  32. I do use a runner in my bedroom! Don't change it out, though! Made just that one and never made another. Perhaps it's time to remedy that. I could use a quick and easy finish right about now!

  33. Yes, I DO have a runner in my bedroom, but I need another one for the top of my husband's dresser. Here's a funny—one day my wallhanging fell off the wall above our bed. It was stuck up with that sticky putty. Anyway, my husband put it back on the wall upside down, and it is still hanging that way now—over a year later! I don't think he ever looks at it, but I am still waiting to see if he notices–haha!

  34. I have three quilted table runners in my bedroom…dresser, blanket chest, and an antique sewing chest…none of them match.

  35. No table runners in my bedroom. However, I have an old "hope chest" that I use for storage and have always thought I should make a "cover" for it.

  36. I don't have a runner in my bedroom, but this one would look great on my dresser. Thanks for the tutorial and giveaway.

  37. Sadly, I don't use a table runner in my bedroom. BUT, seeing this one, I need to re-evaluate that idea and get one going! I do have one in my dining room on the hutch and I like to switch it out every month or so. Yours is drop-dead gorgeous!

  38. Love your table runner. I do have a runner in my bedroom. I love table runners. It is a quick quilting fix. Thank you for the giveaway.

  39. Nope, I don't use table runners in my bedroom. Have wanted to make a bed runner, though, as my feet are always cold!

    Sandy A

  40. Not yet but there is a runner planned for the top of the bookcase that arrived just this past Saturday afternoon!

  41. None now. I used to keep a runner on the dresser until the cats discovered if they jumped up near the edge, they could catch the runner and pull all the goodies off! I really like the colors and design of this runner.

  42. I don't have any table runners in my bedroom. Not sure why, I think I may have to remedy that. Your table runner is wonderful! Thanks for the chance.

  43. No runners in bedroom but there are runners in every other room excepting the bathroom. I love the one you are showing today
    -want to do one with selvedges rather than batiks

  44. I left a comment at the Inspired by Fabric blog. Your tutorial was awesome! The table runner looked very hard to make but your tutorial was very easy to understand and made it look easy to make. Those fabrics really pop in there.

  45. i don't have a table runner in my bedroom. I use a vintage dolly that was made for me a long time ago.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

  46. Nope, no table runners used in my bedroom. I'd love to, but things get dumped onto the top of our dresser too often and it would be covered too often to bother making one for that spot. 🙁

    I really love this runner you've made using this fabric collection. Gorgeous colors. Just beautiful.

  47. Yes, I have use a table runner in my bedroom, two in fact. I am slowly making table runners or toppers for all furniture. I'd rather shake or wash them rather than dusting. That is one chore I really hate. I love your table runner and I would love to win those beautiful fat quarters!! Thanks for the chance to win!

  48. What a gorgeous tablerunner Connie! I love the colors and the bold design. No, I don't have any runners in my bedroom but I do have one on the kitchen table.

  49. I left a comment on the tutorial page – the fabric is awesome and the tutorial is great.
    Pauline
    perry94022 at hotmail dot com

  50. Trying again to post: I don't use a table runner in my bedroom, but it's being redone seaux maybe in the future.Love this creative idea!!

  51. I have a few runners on my dressers. I love how it looks! I made one for my mom, too. I left a comment on the Fabric Quilt page, as well. Thanks!

  52. I don't have a table runner in my bedroom, but that is a great idea, I have a place for one. Thanks for sharing, now I will make one.

  53. YES! I have a table runner in my bedroom on my dresser but I haven't tried one on the bed yet(although a great idea)! Love your runner – very attractive! Thanks for sharing!

  54. No, not in bedroom, but thanks for the idea. We need a spot for the clickers and maybe a runner with a drop on bedside of dresser with pockets would work great. Have to think about it some more.

  55. We do not use runners in our bedroom. My dresser was built for me by my father, and even though I am 6' tall, I can just barely see the top of it. And my Husband's dresser is buried under stuff. Love your colorful runner though.

  56. I think a table runner going across my dresser would be quite lovely. This is a great idea. I will have to make one. I am working on picking the fabrics for one on a sideboard in my dining room right now. I love how they can change the look of the room.

    determineddebby at gmail dot com

  57. I do have one in the bedroom. It's on the cedar chest that my father made for me years ago. I sometimes think it's more of a cat bed for Riley and Amber but if it works, right?

  58. I also made a comment on the Fabri-Quilt blog page… Inspired by Fabric. Thanks for the chance! Hugs, Dawn : )

  59. No table runners in the bedroom but I would like to make a bed runner! I think your table runner would be perfect! Great tutorial too! Love the fabric choices.. Hugs. Dawn : )

  60. Actually DO have one on my dresser in Bedroom…my Daughter made it & it fit so nicely…left it in there! 🙂

    Thanks for sharing the Tutorial, and chance to win the Beautiful Bundle!

  61. I do not use a table runner in my bedroom. I am making a table runner for my mom, whose dining table is always center of everyone coming and going. She would definitely display a beautiful table runner – for everyone to see!

  62. What a fun tute! You give such great instructions. I enjoyed reading it. It was a nice site to visit. Thanks for the tute.

  63. Love your table runner! Yes I use 3 of them in my bedroom. I love them. The fabric is really beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!

  64. Love the runner and the fabric great giveaway. I use a runners big and small all over the place and yes even in the bedroom.

  65. I don't have any table runners, but I do appreciate the time and effort it takes to publish a tutorial on how to make a table runner.
    I also commented on fabri-quilt and left a comment
    Thank you. Looking forward to hearing if I won

  66. You bet I have a table runner across the dresser in my bedroom. Also, have one across the end of my bed – I use that instead of a bed runner, since I already had the extra one made.

  67. That is really sharp – so graphic! And the colors are great.

    I don't have a table runner in my bedroom but am wanting to add a small storage cabinet and that would be a perfect location for a runner.

  68. No table runners in the bedroom, but still have a lot of my moms dresser scarves that she embroidered back in the 50s. Do have runners for the dining table. Great fabrics.

  69. I don't have any table runners at all (though I did make a Christmas one last year). I have lots of your tutorials/patterns savd tho and someday I'm going to make them all!

  70. Nope no runners in my bedroom. There's one on my dining room table in the winter months and one in my Studio on the desk.

  71. who doesn't love free fabrics??
    Sorry no table runner or bed runner in our bedroom, only a Bonnie hunter quilt from I think 2 yrs ago that is "rarely" on the bed 😉

  72. Nope, no table runners in the bedroom. If company is coming, I will sometimes put out the dresser scarves that my grand mother crocheted out of thread, they look like lace.
    dragonfly9716 at yahoo dot com

  73. I left a comment on the Fabriquilt blog, remarking on how the deep colors off-set by the white sashing really "pop"! Thanks for a great tutorial, Connie.

  74. I do use some table runners, but mostly tend to make them as gifts. I may need to change that trend, the way I decided to make more quilts for us to keep and use and we've been so happy about that.

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