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30+ Free Table Runner Quilt Patterns and Quilted Table Toppers

Brighten up your kitchen table with these DIY table runners that are perfect for quilting beginners!

By: Claire Hawkes, Editor, FaveQuilts.com

Kitchen table looking a little boring? Make your home look fabulous with any one of these stunning patchwork quilt patterns for sewing gorgeous quilted table runners!

Are you looking for a cute table runner tutorial or table topper design to spruce up your home decor?

Well, you've come to the right place! Creating quilted table runner patterns is the quickest and cutest way to dress up any dining room table or small coffee table.

Check out these 30+ Free Table Runner Quilt Patterns and Quilted Table Toppers to get some of this season's most original ideas for quilted home decor.

Whether you want to make a dainty table topper pattern for an afternoon tea party or a colorful patchwork table runner quilt pattern, you are sure to enjoy quilting for your home.

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30+ Free Table Runner Quilt Patterns & Quilted Table Toppers

Make a few table runners and table toppers for keeping a couple around the house and for giving as great quilted gifts. No matter what style you're looking for, you're sure to find a table runner or table topper you love within this collection!

It doesn't matter if you are looking for the most traditional or free modern quilted table runner patterns, you will find a huge assortment of DIY table quilts that work for nearly any home and occasion.
 

Charm Pack Modern Table Runner

Use one charm pack and a table runner quilting pattern to add some contemporary quilting to your home with this lovely project. The Charm Pack Modern Table Runner use one charm pack and a background fabric (white in the example) to piece together a table runner that will work year-round.

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Rainbow of Hexies Patchwork Table Runner

English paper piecing patterns provide a retro, but always chic look for any style of home decor, and this unique table runner quilt pattern ensures that you won't have any trouble piecing together your free hexagon quilt patterns into the right design. 

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Retro Patchwork Table Topper Pattern

Give your kitchen some colorful, retro charm with this simple table topper pattern. The Retro Patchwork Table Topper Pattern uses bright, vintage fabrics and red rickrack trim for a playful table decoration that will cheer up your dining area. 

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Modern Maple Leaf Table Runner

Create a beautiful decoration that looks good year-round with this Modern Maple Leaf Table Runner. Though maple leaves may typically be thought of as fall decor, this quilted table runner uses bright, bold colors that can be incorporated into just about any decoration scheme at any time of year.

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Sweet Spring Quilted Table Runner

Use this Sweet Spring Quilted Table Runner to bring a breath of spring to your decor during those gloomy winter days. When it comes to quilt patterns, free is always better, and this easy-to-follow tutorial won't cost you a dime. 

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Peaks and Valleys Table Runner

Give your table some serious style by using table runner patterns to show off your quilting skills. Patterns like this DIY table runner can seriously up your dining room game in just a few hours. The Peaks and Valleys Table Runner is a quick and easy quilting project that works up in just one afternoon.

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Aquamarine Table Runner Pattern

Easy to construct and made out of bright blues and greens with hints of black, white, and navy, the Aquamarine Table Runner Pattern will look chic is just about any home on the block. Plus, the hint of matchstick quilting on this table runner tutorial breaks up the big block of color with subtle yet noticeable accents.

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Strawberry Split Table Runner

This cute Strawberry Split Table Runner makes a wonderful project to sew for your home. The pink and white fabrics of this quilted table runner pattern have a lovely seasonal flair reminiscent of springtime picnics and tea time.

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Roasted Coffee Table Runner Tutorial

Looking for an elegant and expensive-looking table runner that's perfect for playing with colors like hazelnut, cream, and mocha? Then you'll want to completely drink in the beauty of this Roasted Coffee Table Runner Tutorial.

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Lickity Split Rail Fence Table Runner

This surprisingly quick and geometric pattern is created using a rail fence pattern with narrow strips to give the quilt a more concise look that offers a ton of movement. The example is designed with red, white, blue, and grey fat quarters, offering a patriotic look.

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Retro Mini Quilt Table Topper

Take your home back in time by putting a twist on your average table topper pattern by making the Retro Mini Quilt Table Topper. You'll make a pattern similar to a twister quilt or pinwheel quilt pattern that will catch the attention of anyone sitting at your table.

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Kentucky Derby Table Topper Pattern

Celebrate the Kentucky Derby in style with this creative table topper pattern. With jersey and horseshoe appliques in the winning colors, this Kentucky Derby Table Topper Pattern is sure to bring your favorite horse a little luck.

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Apple Core Table Topper Pattern

This Apple Core Table Topper Pattern comes together in no time with an apple core die. Just piece nine apple cores together in a nine-patch to make this curvy little quilt. Of course, if you want to piece it the traditional way, you can always print out an apple core template and cut the pieces yourself!

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Geranium Table Topper

The Geranium Table Topper features one flower made with heart-shaped petals surrounded by an easy patchwork border. New spring quilt patterns like this are perfect for bringing the best part of the outdoors to your table.

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Vintage Autumn Table Topper

Once you see this completed table topper pattern, you'll instantly "fall" in love with the romantic purples, fawn browns, and pale pinks within it's autumn-inspired color palette. Not only is the charm pack quilt fabric on the Vintage Autumn Table Topper totally gorgeous, it also saves you time on cutting fabric.

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Triangle Illusion Table Topper

Make your dining room table stand out by making this modern-looking quilt pattern called the Triangle Illusion Table Topper. The only materials that you need to make this free table topper pattern is a few strips of scrappy quilt fabric, quilt batting, and a free weekend.

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Homecoming Table Topper

With flying geese, a pinwheel quilt pattern, a half square triangle quilt block pattern, and an hour glass quilt pattern, this quilt couldn't be a better representation of your designer skills when it comes to home decor quilting.

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Ocean Ripples Table Topper

If you've never made any DIY home decor before, this is a great design to use to teach yourself how to make a fabric table topper! Combine fabric colors and patterns for fun design that will brighten up any meal.

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Umbrella Friendly Patio Table Topper

Intermediate quilters will love the way this original table topper design uses jelly roll quilt pattern to make a durable wedge-like texture that can encircle the umbrella of a patio table. Whether you give this project as a gift or use it at your next party, this table topper pattern will add a blast of summertime color to any outdoor event.

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Candy Cane Christmas Table Runner

This pretty pattern is made out of cheerful colors and prints, will look great on your table, and is much cozier than anything you would buy at the store. Requiring half a yard of a holiday print and three other fat quarters, you could easily use this Christmas quilting project as a stashbuster after making larger holiday projects.

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Christmas Hexie Table Topper

This table runner is just the thing if you need a decoration to bring your table settings all together for Christmas dinner, but the pattern is so easy and beautiful that a little switch up of fabric means you could use it any point during the year!

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Holly Berry Table Topper

Capture the classic elegance and cheerful nature of some of the most popular Christmas designs in the Holly Berry Table Topper. Your favorite green and red fabric can freshen up your home this Christmas season as part of a table topper pattern that you can easily put together with strip quilt piecing.

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Pinwheels and Holly Table Topper

Make a refreshing table topper pattern filled with traditional Christmas colors in fun little designs by creating your own Pinwheels and Holly Table Topper. This fun-sounding Christmas quilt pattern can be made with scrappy quilt fabric, which means you can cut your home decor budget this holiday season.

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Poinsettia Free Motion Quilt

Put that pedal to the metal and stitch these beautiful winter petals. This Poinsettia Free Motion Quilt pattern would be gorgeous on a quilt, pillow, or table runner. This intricate design would also make a festive embellishment to holiday cloth napkins or a tablerunner.

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Holly Berry Red Table Runner

Make something that has a truly chic and modern quilting look with this table runner. Using Dresden shapes in a rotating pattern, this table runner pattern easily utilizes holiday colors with a subtle tree-like pattern without overwhelming your space with too much holiday cheer.

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Christmas Miracles Table Topper

Even if it doesn't snow this Christmas, you can be part of one of the season's most special events with the Christmas Miracles Table Topper. Piece together half square triangle quilt patterns in your most colorful and festive fabrics to create beautiful little snowball quilt blocks.

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Candy Cane Table Topper

For an easy table topper pattern for the holiday season, check out this adorable design for a Candy Cane Table Topper. Not only is this small quilt project one of the "sweetest" quilted Christmas designs, but also the stripes are quite easy for a beginner quilter to piece together.

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Simple Pinwheel Table Runner

Combine the clean and simple look of pinwheel quilt patterns with the quick creation of table runner patterns to add some traditional quilting flair to your kitchen or dining room. The Simple Pinwheel Table Runner uses pinwheel patterns to create a table runner that is classic without being boring.

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Hearts Give Chase Table Topper

Made with scrappy reds, it is a good way to use up the last of a jelly roll, or bits of reds you have from other projects. The design of the table topper means that everyone sitting around the table will have the same view, but if looked at from above it looks like these adorable pieced hearts are chasing one another.

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Heart Embers Quilt Block

The contrast of the red and pink hearts with the charcoal grey background makes the hearts look like they're truly glowing. Show a loved one how much you can with this beautiful pieced quilt. The two-tone design gives the block a warm feel that will make any room seem just a little more welcoming.

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Heart Strings Table Runner

Use all your red and pink fabric scraps in this free quilted table runner pattern meant just for Valentine's Day! The Heart Strings Table Runner features a string quilt pattern that looks like diamonds lined up along the length of the runner.

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Country Heart Applique Quilted Candle Mat

Say goodbye to wax stains on your hardwood with the Country Heart Applique Candle Mat! This beautiful table topper pattern is perfect for a romantic Valentine's date - and a great way to use up any scraps you have lying around.

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Berry Bouquet Tabble Topper

Break out of those dreary winter blues by designing a pretty table topper that has us wishing for spring.


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