What you'll make
Picture the music starting and a long strip of natural hessian, edged in white lace, leading across the lawn straight to your partner. It looks like something a barn venue would hire out, but it's one afternoon with a glue gun on the garage floor. About £57 for a 15 m runner.
Materials (per item)
- hessian (burlap) fabric, 1 m wide · 20 m (two rolls)the runner itself£33.98
- white lace ribbon, 4.5 cm wide · 32 medges both long sides£11.19
- hot glue sticks (full size, 11 mm) · about 20 stickssticks the lace and hems down£5.94
- U-shaped metal ground pegs · about 24pegs the runner to the lawn£5.99
- DIY cost each£57.10
Tools
- Full-size hot glue gun
- Tape measure
- Sharp fabric scissors
- Long straight edge or chalk line
- Flattened cardboard boxes
- Metal spoon or lolly stick
- Cardboard tube or pool noodle for rolling
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