Free Quilted Christmas Table Runner Pattern (PDF)

Looking for a festive project to spruce up your holiday table? This free quilted Christmas table runner pattern is just what you need! Featuring five of my Christmas Tree Quilt Blocks, this table runner is designed with sashing and a single fold binding for a clean, polished look. With a solid fabric backing, it’s reversible—perfect for transitioning your table décor from holiday magic to everyday elegance.

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A holiday table runner is an easy way to add holiday cheer to your home for the holidays. This modern table runner features a patchwork Christmas tree with a simple star. It’s so much fun to make and you don’t need year of quilting experience to make this. It’s beginner friendly and full of festive cheer.

The color scheme is totally up to you, have fun and play with fabrics. For a colorful touch, make the background fabric for each colored block from one of your favorite Christmas fabrics. It’s the perfect size, works on a long coffee table or your Christmas dinner table. 

Give it a scrappy feel by using different prints for the background fabric. It doesn’t have to be Christmas fabric. Choice colors that work with your color scheme or palette. This cheerful table runner is very versatile and looks good with white fabrics for the background or colored fabrics. There are no half square triangles in this quilt block either. Beginners can easily finish this this free table topper pattern using basic quilting skills. 

About the Free Quilted Christmas Table Runner Pattern

This beautiful table runner is not just decorative—it’s practical too! With five Christmas Tree blocks framed by sashing and bordered for extra flair, it makes a bold statement on your holiday table. The solid backing gives it a reversible option, so you can flip it over for a more neutral look once the celebrations are over.

Finished Size: 10.5″ x 51.5″

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Techniques Used: Piecing, simple quilting

Whether you’re hosting a big family dinner or just adding seasonal touches to your home, this table runner is a quick and satisfying project to complete.

Free Quilted Christmas Table Runner Pattern – Materials

Here’s what you’ll need to sew your reversible table runner:

Finished runner measures 10.5″ x 51.5″.

How to Make the Christmas Tree Table Runner

Piece the Christmas Tree Blocks

Follow the Christmas Tree Quilt Block pattern and free tutorial included in the PDF to make five blocks. Two blocks with the light background and three blocks with the dark background. The combination of squares and strips with flippy corners creates charming, easy-to-assemble trees.

Assemble the Runner

Arrange your five blocks in a row, adding sashing strips between each block and along the top and bottom. Start the row with the dark background block, then the light background block facing the opposite direction, and repeat.

When sitting at your holiday dining table, each side of the table will have tree blocks facing them. One side will have the light background blocks facing them. The other side of the table will have the dark blocks facing them. I think that’s nice but you can arrange however you like. Attach the border to frame your blocks.

Layer and Quilt

Layer your backing fabric (solid side), batting, and quilt top. Take some yardage fabric and unfold it. The table runner will just fit the standard width fabric with about an inch extra on all sides for quilting. This is fine, it worked our perfectly. This table runner did not shift at all when machine quilting. I used 505 Spray Basting spray for this.

Use a simple quilted design or free motion quilting design in festive stars or snowflakes. I’m keeping this simple and modern so not a lot of quilting. Just followed the seam lines in one direction, only sewing along one side of the seam and not on both side. But have fun and choose your favorite machine quilting design for your table runner.

Trim Quilt Sandwich

Trim the quilted table runner with your rotary cutter and cutting mat. Use a long straight line quilting ruler and just trim right along the edge of the blocks so no batting is visible. I did not square up the corners and it still came out straight and even when folded in half.

The key is to not have batting visible for when you attach your binding. If you leave a little batting visible, you run the risk of your batting showing after you have sewn the binding on the first side of your quilt project. We don’t want that.

Bind and Finish

Use the single fold binding method to secure the edges, and your reversible table runner is complete! I used 2″ strips for the binding because that’s the side I used for the sashing. I started attaching the binding to the back of the quilt.

Pressed open with iron, flipped the quilt over and folded binding in half and then iron/pinned in place. This wider border allowed me to omit sewing a border around the quilt before binding. Again, keeping it more modern and simple. I prefer to sew binding on quilts and have the stitch show on the back of the quilt.

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Tips for Sewing the Christmas Tree Table Runner

• Press Seams for Accuracy: Press seams open or toward the darker fabric to keep your blocks neat and flat.
• Choose a Contrasting Backing: Opt for a bold or neutral solid fabric for the reversible side to suit any occasion.
• Customize Length: Add or subtract blocks to fit your table size perfectly.

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This Free Quilted Christmas Table Runner Pattern is an easy and rewarding project that’ll add handmade charm to your holiday celebrations. With its reversible design, it’s versatile enough to use all year round. Table runner tutorials are my favorite, creating beginner-friendly designs that are easy to follow and make. This pattern is jelly roll friendly too. Download the pattern today and start stitching!

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I hope you enjoy making this easy quilted Christmas table runner using the Christmas tree quilt block. It’s a simple design and would look wonderful in a larger quilt. Don’t forget to check out my Jolly Christmas table topper pattern and Little Stars pattern. Your family will be so impressed when the come to your house and enjoy the holiday homecoming.

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