Batting for Table Runner
 

What do you use for the batting for your table runners? Can you use a table to replace a hot plate mat?

Depending on what use you have in mind - ie simply decoration or a more practical use such as placing hot dishes on it - I always use whatever is on hand according to the purpose.

I have finished doing a runner which is purely decoration and just used flannel as a batting. Recently I finished off a couple and used wool batting that was leftover.

Fusible felt. I use hotpads/trivets for my casserole dishes. For those, I use the Insulbrite batting.

this was my thought, too. my aunt's table is very sensitive to hot or very warm dishes.

I wouldn't dream of putting hot dishes on my table runners! They are for show not for hot dishes!

I usually end up using my Hobbs 80/20 batting scraps.

I use Warm and White for my table runners in case I forget and put a hot pot on it. I know the scrip is poly, but I have not had issues so far.

I will be watching the responses to this thread. My little kitchen table is very dear to me (one of the few things I requested from my grandmother's "estate"). It is oak, and has painted decorations applied by my mother when I was a toddler. I have a roommate who means well, but it is just a matter of time before he puts something on it that he should not...possibly a hot pan. I was thinking about an edge-to-edge table topper, with maybe two layers of Insulbrite. I wonder if that would be enough.

Insulbrite is designed to work best with a single layer. I have put hot pans on it with my oak table & haven't had any damage.