Silk and Wool Roving Table Runner

Pieces cut from thrifted silk blouses.

 

The finished runner.

 

Puckered silk fabric squares.

 

Close-up.

 

I recently did a swap with my friend, Diane...

...who makes absolutely incredible dyed silk...gauze, velvet and ribbons.

She is living a life that sounds, to me, like a romance novel...

...having recently moved to France to be with her new, much-beloved and
younger husband (swoon!).

She has been redecorating, since the move...

...and has a long, black, wooden table which needed a little brightening up.

Since I wanted the runner to coordinate with gold, dark red, and saffron...

...I cut squares from some re-purposed silk in those colors, that I found in my stash.

I edged the squares with gold merino top...

...and felted them all to a base of white wool roving.

I hope that the gleam of the silk and the brightness of the white wool...

...will enliven her dark table and be a nice focal point for the room.