Easy Scrappy Batik Table Runner

A scrappy batik table runner can be one of the easiest quilt projects to make!

Scrappy Batik Table Runner
13½” x 27″

I’m unsure how long ago I pieced this brown scrappy table runner. It has been moved from one house to another and recently I put it on my design wall so something would get done with it.

I am getting ready to load a large quilt on my longarm and I still had a backing and batting on it that I was practicing with. I decided to go ahead and quilt this table runner!

Saving your scraps

Whenever I am making a new quilt project, I cut up the leftover small pieces into the sizes of squares that I like to keep on hand. Below you can see my drawer of 2-inch batik squares.

This is my cutting table with all of the scrap drawers under it. Here is my Organizing my scrap fabrics post.

Scrappy Batik Table Runner

I recently bought a tabletop fire pit that is so neat! That is real fire!

I know someone is going to ask about the tabletop fire pit. I bought it on Amazon and it is for indoor/outdoor use. We have been using it on our deck as it is made of marble and weighs 14 pounds.

We don’t have to worry about the wind knocking it over. For fuel it uses household 70% alcohol, high Iso-Propyl alcohol and we can even toast marshmallows over it!

Rusty on the table runner

It is hard to believe but Rusty has the cutest perked-up ears. I have yet to get a photo of him that way. I just bought a new phone with a much better camera so I’m hoping to get better photos of him.

Two color brown batik table runner

This morning I went into my Electric Quilt program and made the Scrappy Brown Batik Table Runner with just two colors so I could give you an idea of how much fabric you would need to make a table runner this size.

Scrappy Batik Table Runner
13½” x 27″

Yardage for scrappy table runner

• Cream Batik scraps – cut (81) 2-inch squares
• Brown Batik scraps – cut (81) 2-inch squares
• Dark Brown Batik – 1/4 yard – binding
• Backing – 1/2 yard

Yardage for two-color table runner

• Brown Batik – 1/4 yard – cut (81) 2-inch squares
• Cream Batik – 1/4 yard – cut (81) 2-inch squares
• Dark Brown Batik – 1/4 yard – binding
• Backing – 1/2 yard

Sew the 2-inch squares together with a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Press to the dark fabric or press open, both ways work.

Table Runner Rows

Make 18 rows of 9 squares for the table runner.

• Make 9 rows starting and ending with the cream batik
• Make 9 rows starting and ending with the brown batik

Alternate sewing them together to give the checkerboard look.

Binding the table runner

I still prefer to complete the binding on my quilt projects by machine. I have a tutorial to show you how to add binding to your quilt by machine.

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