Table Runner

• Two colors of silk fabric
• Colored stamp pad
• Needle and sewing thread
• Matching broadcloth
• Computer and printer
• Two 6-inch squares of paper-backed fusible web

1. Determine the desired finished length of your table runner; subtract 4 inches. Use this measurement to cut an 11-1/2-inch-wide center section from one silk fabric and two 3-1/2-inch-wide side border strips from the second silk fabric. Also, cut two 3-1/2-x-16-1/2-inch end border strips from the second fabric.
2. Make letter stamps following the All-Purpose Letter Stamp directions on page 2.
3. Test the stamp and ink on a scrap first, then stamp the letter images on the side and end border strips. Repeat the stamp as many times as necessary to completely cover each strip. Let the ink dry.
4. With right sides together, sew a side border strip to each long edge of the center section with a 1/2-inch seam allowance. Press the seam allowances away from the center section. Sew an end border strip to each short edge. Press the seam allowances toward the border strips.
5. Use the pieced front as a pattern to cut a matching shape from the broadcloth for the back. With right sides together, sew the front to the back with a 1/2-inch seam allowance, leaving a 3-inch opening on one side. Trim the seams and corners. Turn the table runner right side out and press. Slip-stitch the opening closed.
6. For the monogram, use your computer and printer to print a 4-inch-tall letter; cut out the letter. Fuse a square of web to the back of a 6-inch-square of silk, following the manufacturer's instructions. Place the letter right side down on the paper backing. Trace around the letter and cut out. Remove the paper backing. Position the letter, web side down, centered on one end of the table runner about 1 inch from the end border; fuse. Repeat for the opposite end.