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Four Seasons Table Runner

Completed Four Seasons Table Runner project, featuring A Country Panel Scenes designs

This dynamite table topper will instantly charm your family and friends with its unique shape and Amish styling. It's a great focal point for your table top, and will gracefully highlight any centerpiece or gourmet delight.


And, with designs that celebrate the four seasons, you can use it all the year through.

Supplies & Materials:

Supplies needed:


  • 1/2 yard of off-white fabric
  • 1-1/2 yards of contrast/backing fabric (blue)
  • Four 3-inch tassels
  • 2 packages of piping (3-1/4 yards)
  • 1 yard of batting

Embroidery Designs from Embroidery Library:


Four seasons panels - Large

Log cabin quilt square - Med

Instructions:

Sew out each of the seasons panels on the off-white fabric. Leave at least 3 inches between the embroideries on each side. Sew out the quilt square in one corner of the contrasting fabric. Leave at least 2 inches of fabric on each side of the quilt square.

Four textile panels with embroidered tree designs in various seasons and a small patchwork square piece on a blue fabric background.

After you have finished the embroidery, trim the seasons panels to 5 inches wide by 11-1/4 inches tall. This will leave about a 1-inch border of fabric on each side of the panels.


Trim the quilt square in its backing to a 7-inch square. This will leave about a 1-inch border of fabric around the quilt block.

Five textile panels on a black surface: four vertical with tree-themed embroidery in different seasons and one horizontal quilt block in blue and brown tones.

From the blue fabric, cut 3 strips that are 2 inches wide by 45 inches long.


Also from the blue fabric, cut 2 squares that are 5-1/2 inches by 5-1/2 inches. Cut the squares in half diagonally.

Blue fabric pieces of various shapes, including triangles, a long rectangle, and several strips, arranged on a black background.

Assembling the top:

Cut the strips into 11-1/4 inch lengths, and sew the strips to each long side of the seasons panel pieces. Use a 1/2-inch seam allowance.


Stitch the long side of one triangle to the bottom of each assembled panel using a 1/2- inch seam allowance.

Two quilted rectangular fabric panels with embroidered tree scenes. Left panel: green-leafed trees with white fence. Right panel: orange-leafed trees with red house. Both bordered with white and blue fabric, shown on a black surface.

Using a 1/2-inch seam allowance, attach the top of each assembled panel to one side of the quilt square center piece.


Now the top piece is assembled!

Table runner with four rectangular embroidered panels arranged in a cross, each showing seasonal themes surrounded by blue borders on a black background.

Use the assembled top piece as a pattern to cut out the batting and backing pieces.

Two fabric X shapes layered, one in white and one in blue with small black dots, placed on a black background.

Use a zipper foot to attach the piping around all of the outer edges of the assembled top piece. The piping should be placed so that the sewing line is 1/2 inch from the edges.

Cross-shaped quilt piece with four rectangular panels showing spring plants, summer sunflowers, fall pumpkins, and winter bare trees on black background.

Lay out the batting piece first, then the assembled top, with the right side up. Then put the backing over the top, with the right side down. Line up the edges as closely as possible.


Use a zipper foot to sew the layers together as close to the piping as possible. Leave one 11 inch side open for turning, but do not turn the piece quite yet.

Blue fabric cut in an X shape with one white corner, partially folded to reveal a partially visible playing card underneath against a black background.

Adding the tassels:

Cut an 18-inch piece of heavy carpet thread, and place the thread through the top loop of a tassel.


Bring the ends of the thread together and thread them into a large-eyed hand needle.

Pair of yellow chains with lobster clasps laid on a purple grid mat, alongside a folded light blue cloth with darker blue specks.

Bring the threaded needle inside, between the fabric layers.


Poke the needle through the backing, near one of the four points of the topper.


Pull the thread and tassel loop through the backing fabric.


Tie a knot in the loop to secure the tassel in place. The long thread will help to make the knot close to the fabric.


Repeat at all four of the points of the topper.

Close-up of a blue fabric corner with yellow thread stitching using a sewing needle, placed on a grid cutting mat with orange lines.

Turn the topper right side out and close up the opening that you used for turning.

Table runner with four rectangular embroidered panels in a cross shape, each panel depicting different plants and flowers, bordered in blue fabric with black tassels on the corners. Center features a square patchwork pattern.

Now you are ready to quilt the topper. I topstitched along the outside edge and stitched in the ditch where the pieces join each other.

Close-up of a sewing machine foot stitching fabric with dark blue floral pattern next to a white textile embroidered with a brown leafless tree branch.

Get Inspired:

Place on the dining table for color and beauty, the whole year through.

Table runner with four embroidered seasonal panels—winter ice skaters, spring flowers, summer beach, autumn harvest—bordered blue with black tassels on a wooden table.