Yesterday a big, heavy package arrived on my doorstep. I was so excited when I realized that what was inside was an integral part to the weddings I'm styling in May-burlap! That's right, a roll of 300 feet of burlap was sitting at my front door. I immediately got it out, and went to work on the first order of business, table runners. My brides are using 60" round tables so I knew I needed 108" for the table runners, measuring 6" less on each side than the tablecloth itself, which is 120". After figuring out the length, I began to unroll the spool and measure. Once I got the length right, it was time to start cutting, first the length and then the width. The width of the burlap straight from the roll was 20 inches, a little too wide for what I needed. Plus one side had white stitching running down the side that had to go. Cutting burlap in a straight line is relatively easy because you can simply follow the lines of its large...