Getting fed up with living in the Highlands! Shopping is not fun!

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have a look at overstocks, I have had a lot of very beautiful items via the worldstock fairtrade section

http://www.overstock.com/search?keywords=table+runners&SearchType=Header

there is a 13 x 90 ins in the gemstone and you will probably find lot more but you`ll have to delve

125 under this search

http://www.overstock.com/search?keywords=table+runner&SearchType=Header

Taliahmai

If you come across any that are in any of the shops near me, i wouldnt mind going out and getting it for you and popping it in the post if thats helps at all ....mind you its finding one in a shop first i guess lol.

Are you on facebook? I have quite a few people who run businesses for handmade goods on mine, im sure someone like that would gladly make you one and the postage would be a lot better too

aliasojo

Taliahmai wrote: »

If you come across any that are in any of the shops near me, i wouldnt mind going out and getting it for you and popping it in the post if thats helps at all ....mind you its finding one in a shop first i guess lol.

That's a very kind offer, thank you. I've had another kind poster making the same offer and I'm really very touched just how kind and helpful MSE'rs can be. I really appreciate it.

As you say though, I'm struggling to find the right thing in the first place.

kittie, will go check out those links now, thank you.

aliasojo

slightlyconfused1 wrote: »

Hi

Just wanted to say I empathise completely. I live in the middle of the Cairngorms National Park. Mostly I love it but sometimes it all gets a bit much ...

If you are really stuck for a runner how about a (cheap) red curtain? One glorious day when I was trying to sell my last house and the baby had just spilled juice all over the middle of my beautiful white table cloth I folded a thin curtain in half (cut off the tab tops though) and created a runner "artfully" placed over the stain. I received lots of comments on how well I had dressed my room and how everything blended.

Oooohh cheating. What a good idea. :T:rotfl:

ab7167

If you can find fabric you like, I can make you one to your exact dimensions? I'll even do postage at cost :-) I love a good crafty challenge :-)

What's your deadline?

luxor4t

Can't make a helpful suggestion but sending sympathy.

25 years ago DH applied for a job in Fort William, at that time we had a 6 month old baby and lived very conveniently in London. I still remember his face hurtling downwards when I explained, in some detail , exactly why I didn't want to go off into the wild blue yonder ...

These days I have birds in the garden (including a wild parakeet) a huge park close by and a beach 15 minutes walk away all while living in a city

aliasojo

ab7167 wrote: »

If you can find fabric you like, I can make you one to your exact dimensions? I'll even do postage at cost :-) I love a good crafty challenge :-)

What's your deadline?

Thank you. I'm not sure what's worse....looking for a runner or looking for fabric. _pale_:rotfl:

Will definitely keep your kind offer in mind. :T

I was hoping to have a lovely table for the weekend as I've got family visiting but clearly that's not going to happen now. :rotfl:

aliasojo

luxor4t wrote: »

Can't make a helpful suggestion but sending sympathy.

25 years ago DH applied for a job in Fort William, at that time we had a 6 month old baby and lived very conveniently in London. I still remember his face hurtling downwards when I explained, in some detail , exactly why I didn't want to go off into the wild blue yonder ...

Now ironically, every time I'm checking Argos website for some clearance bargain or other, the ONLY place that ever still has stock up here is Fort William.

And when I collected little mole ornaments, there was one very limited edition model that I struggled to get, I got a stockist list from the manufacturer and called every name on the list literally from Land's End to John O'Groats. Guess where I tracked one down? Yip Fort William! :rotfl: I can only assume no-one wants to live there so there's always plenty stock to go round. :rotfl:

(Sorry to any/all happy Fort Williamers, just jesting. )

It's miles and miles away from me though so a bit far to browse for a table runner.

ab7167

What kind of red are you after? Coca cola red? There would need to be a join in there somewhere as most fabrics are only around 150cm wide. Unless you want to buy 2.5 meters of fabric and take a strip off the edge, but that's not very MSE when could make a feature out of the join!

aliasojo

Not fond of joins tbh. Think I'd rather buy the longer fabric. I know that's not MSE and I should feel ashamed....but I just don't. :rotfl: