I set about to make my own, really how much easier can you get? Ever since I put a table cloth on my table, for July 4th and my littlest ones first birthday, I have fallen in love with table linens. It's funny because that tablecloth was a cheap little vinyl one however I now find the need to have a tablecloth on the table! We currently have a cute vinyl Halloween one on our table but come Nov 1st that ones out and fall decor will take over. I've already bought a pretty cloth autumny one and when I saw this a couple weeks ago I thought it would be a perfect accessory for the tablecloth.
I won't go into the details about how this runner caused me to want a plain fall tablecloth to go with it. Which then caused me to want something to put on this runner. Which then caused me to go on a manhunt to find something nice to put something else in. That caused me to buy a bunch of gourds because the colors are just fabulous but I still needed something to put the gourds in. I couldn't just throw then on the runner! Well last night I finally found a wire basket which is exactly what I was looking for (how often does that happen) and it was only $5. Since I finally found the basket I could finally make the runner. I wanted to make the runner to the size of the basket/tray/whatever I found.
Today I finally sat down and made it while my son was making some Halloween decorations. I didn't sew it but I hot glued it and it worked fine. I will say hers looks better but I think that has a lot to do with the fact that her leaves are much better looking! What can I say, I found them for a buck. Now on Monday I'll be all set to switch out the table cloth and put the runner, basket and gourds all to good use. Once everything's in place I'll snap a pic! Until then here is a snippet of my runner.
