Yes a runner it is, for my dining table.

I have a huge old table which is 2.6 (yes that's right) long.

It occupies what should be the lounge room, called a theatre room these days.

I bought this house because it was one of the few which would fit the table. It is probably only used about 10 times a year, but I won't part with it until I am put in a nursing home!

It is french, pine, made in about 1860s, heaps of marks, burns etc. including the marks where my kids did their homework and didn't put anything under their paper like they were told too. And where they carved their names when they hated their dinner!

The room it is in is painted entirely in chinese red though and has lots of oriental influences, carvings etc. so will go for a black/cream/red oriental theme.

So, roughly can anyone tell me how much fabric would I need for a runner roughly 3mtrs long by 40cm wide, or doesn't it work that way?
Does it depend on how many colours etc. Is there a kind of calculationss you can use?

I would love to make a really special runner for it instead of the ones I had bought in Singapore or from the markets.

So....that is my next project.

sorry ladies, you will have to be very patient with me when I ask for help all the time.