Chevron Runner

Ha ha!  Guess what I finished making yesterday?  Another table runner!  It's actually a dresser scarf that I made it to fit the top of my dresser for my room.

I recently had some painting done in my home and chose some soft grays for my bedroom.  I picked out a light-colored gray for the top of the wall and a medium gray for the bottom.  I added a white chair rail to divide the two colors.  It has a nice peaceful look to it.

For the dresser, I wanted to make a runner with some sort of chevron design. I found this pattern on Pinterest.  It has a chevron that sort of runs sideways, but it was easy to make and I like how it came out!

Do you decorate with grays?  What colors do you like to put with it? 

More Table Runners?

Okay, I admit- I have a love for table runners!  I think they dress up an area and give it a warm and comfortable look.  I like them tables, counters and dressers.  And more!

I worked on this runner for my son and daughter-in-law for their living room and gave it to them for their anniversary.  It fits perfectly on their console table and coordinates with the runner that I gave them last year for their coffee table.

Here's what the previous one looks like.  They both contain the same colors so that they match! Wait until you see what matching item they get for Christmas! 

Do you like to use runners as part of your decor?  Do you have any in an unusual place?  I'd love to hear new ideas for places to put them. 

Pink Cheetah Runner

I made this runner for my daughter for Christmas.  It fits perfectly on her dresser.  (It's sort of like a table runner, only for the dresser.  You know that I love to make runners!)  This one took me a long time to make.  I think we measured her dresser to be 72" long!

She loves hot pink and all sorts of animal prints, especially cheetah prints.  She just adores it!

What do you think of the pink mixed with the animal prints?  What color would you put with the animal prints?

Striped & Gathered Table Runner

I just love the colors in this table runner! To make this,  I cut every other row twice as long (22") and gathered them to fit the 11" rows in between!  It's kind of hard to see the texture in this photo, but I like how it came out.  It's definitely not something that you'd want to make in a hurry because it took a long time to gather and then fit the gathered rows in, but definitely something that I would make again.  

Of course I gave this as a gift to someone.  I used some fabrics that I had purchased from Joann's a couple of years ago.  They have cute little birdcages on them and I thought that they worked up nicely in this project.

I was feeling rather ambitious so I made a little owl to match the runner.  He's made with the same fabrics as accent pieces.  I made his body out of an old gray sweater that I felted.  My friend likes owls and birds and she really loved these gifts!