15 FREE Easter Table Runner Patterns: Quick, Easy & Stunning!

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Did you know you can take table runner patterns from any season or holiday and turn them into Easter décor? Table runners are a beautiful foundation for holiday decorating that can easily be adapted for any season. Why not beautify your home with a handmade Easter table runner this year from one of these tutorials?

Even though many of these gorgeous table runner patterns were designed with a different holiday season in mind, I’ll give you tips with each pattern that show you how to make them all perfect for Spring. Your secret is safe with me, no one will ever know that your Easter Cross table runner or the Easter Egg table topper could also be themed to use as Christmas decorations!

‘Easter Egg’ Crumb Catcher

A quilted table topper featuring colorful floral and patterned hexagon appliques that resemble decorated Easter eggs.
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This table topper looks like you spent a lot of time on it, but really you can finish it in a snap because the hexagons are applique. English paper piecing is beautiful and I do that too… but I love to find ‘cheater’ projects when time is short. The name of the tutorial is ‘Snowball Crumb Catcher,’ but ‘Easter Egg Crumb Catcher’ made you think those hexi’s looked like Easter eggs, didn’t they?

Easter Bunny Applique Table Runner

A white quilted table runner featuring a cute grey bunny applique with a pom-pom tail, perfect for Easter home decor.
Photo credit: The Sewing Loft

Put a bunny on your Easter table with this delightful Easter bunny table runner! This easy pattern can be adapted for any season, just change the applique design for beautiful holiday decorating.

Scrappy Carrot Table Runner

A playful quilted table topper shaped like a large orange carrot with a green fabric stem, made from various orange fabric scraps.
Photo credit: Amy Smart / Diary of a Quilter

Learn how to make to make your own super cute table-sized carrot!  I promise this Easter table topper project is quick and easy – even adding the carrot top.

Bless This Nest Quilted Table Runner

A quilted table runner with intricate patchwork blocks in farmhouse-style fabrics, featuring a "Bless This Nest" theme.
Photo credit: Sarah Ashford / Polka Dot Chair

Sew this quilted table runner to add a homemade touch to any festivities. If you have a large table, add on extra blocks and make it longer!

Hexagon Table Runner

A handcrafted table runner made entirely of interlocking fabric hexagons in various patterns and colors.
Photo credit: mypoppet.com.au

Here’s a beautiful handmade table runner sewn from hexagons.  Hand-piecing projects like this are perfect for taking on the go with a small sewing kit. You’ll never be bored and have beautiful projects like this to show for it.

Polka Dot Glitter Table Runner

A festive no-sew table runner made from white fabric with gold glitter polka dots and a scalloped edge.
Photo credit: Melissa Mortenson / Polka Dot Chair

No time to sew? You will love this no-sew table runner tutorial that has so much glam!

As always, I love to see your sewing projects using my free patterns and tutorials. Please post a picture to Instagram and tag me @sewcanshe so I can take a look! 

Basic Table Runner Tutorial

A blue and white gingham plaid table runner laid across a wooden dining table, styled with a grey potted plant in the background.
Photo credit: Sew Much Ado

Let’s start with a basic table runner that anyone can make! If you already have a fancy tablescape planned, this might be exactly what you need or want. Or use this free tutorial with gorgeous fabric that compliments the simple design.

The Fastest Table Runner Pattern

A close-up of a floral print fabric table runner with pink blossoms, styled with a white pitcher and a bowl of fresh strawberries on a light wood table.
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Need a fast and easy tutorial? Try my 5 Minute Table Runner pattern. You’ll need just one yard of fabric, some matching trim (optional), and thread. It’s magic! 

Improv ‘Cross’ Table Runner

Modern patchwork table runner with vertical and horizontal fabric strips that create a cross or gift-wrapped box design in bright spring colors.
Photo credit: Amy Smart / Diary of a Quilter

The actual name of this free table runner pattern is the Improv Gift Wrap Table Runner, but in pretty spring colors, those wrapped boxes will look like crosses. It might be one of the most truly Easter table runners you could make!

Modern Table Runner Pattern

A modern geometric table runner made with half-square triangles in chic teal and grey tones, resembling a row of flying geese quilt blocks.
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My Modern Table Runner with half square triangles is like a small quilt pattern – put some chic flying geese-like designs on your table. Table runners like this one are perfect for holiday decorating using leftover fabric from quilts you may be working on.

Simple Skinny Table Runner

A narrow "skinny" table runner made from colorful fat quarters, shown draped over the edge of a wooden table.
Photo credit: Melissa Mortenson / Polka Dot Chair

The Skinny Simple Table Runner is a fat quarter friendly! You can keep going and make it as long as you want.

Wild Poppy Applique Table Runner

A white quilted runner featuring large, vibrant red poppy flower appliques with green leaves.
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My Wild Poppy Applique Table Runner can also be a beautiful wall hanging for any time of year. If you like, leave plenty of white space around the applique design so  you can practice your quilting.

Sochi Table Runner Pattern

Photo credit: patchworkposse.com

Make your own gorgeous multicolored table runner to put a rainbow of cheer on your table. Notice how the Sochi-Inspired Table Runner gradually moves through each color.

Ruffled Burlap Table Runner

A rustic burlap table runner with a gathered fabric ruffle along the edges, styled for a spring-themed tablescape.
Photo credit: Sew Much Ado

I love burlap, and I love projects that mix burlap with other fabrics. There is something earthy about it that always looks pretty mixed with color or lace. Make this Ruffled Burlap Table Runner with some spring green or coral pink fabric (especially a floral) and it will be the star of your table.

Scrappy Quilt as You Go Table Runner

A colorful patchwork table runner made using the quilt-as-you-go method with various fabric scraps in a striped pattern.
Photo credit: Melissa Mortenson / Polka Dot Chair

Melissa makes this fun and scrappy table runner with Halloween fabrics, but any fabrics in your scrap bin will work great!

Dutchman’s Puzzle Table Runner

Traditional Dutchman's Puzzle quilt blocks featuring orange and white windmill patterns arranged into a long table runner.
Photo credit: Amy Smart / Diary of a Quilter

Here’s a table runner pattern with a fun setting for traditional quilt blocks like Dutchman’s Puzzle. Learn how to make this table runner for unlimited options!

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