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Some households want the season stated outright rather than hinted at in a check. This runner prints Hello Fall across the plaid, with pumpkins, maple leaves, wheat heads and a few autumn blooms worked into the pattern. At 13.8 by 73 inches it covers the center of a dining table, a kitchen table or a buffet cabinet during a meal.
The greeting does the job a sign on the wall would do, without needing a nail or a shelf. Guests walking into the room read it before anyone says anything about the season, which is useful at a Friendsgiving where half the table has not met. Pumpkins and maple leaves sit around the lettering so the words are not floating on empty plaid.
Beyond the plaid there is detail to build around: wheat heads, maple leaves, autumn florals and pumpkins in the orange and brown range. That gives a centerpiece something to match, a jug of dried stems, a run of tea lights or real gourds from a farm stand. Nothing on top has to be bought new to coordinate with it.
A lettered runner has more to lose in the wash than a plain one, since faded words look worse than faded check. This one goes in the machine and the plaid, the pumpkins and the Hello Fall print come back bright, which is what keeps it in use for several autumns. Wrinkle resistance means it does not need pressing before the next dinner.
Autumn events outside the holidays get use out of it too. Barn weddings in October, a birthday that falls in the middle of harvest season, a fall festival table and a coffee table in a rental where nothing else says the season. The polyester rolls into a bag for transport and lies flat on arrival rather than coming out creased.
Turkeys, pumpkins and fall leaves on plastic wide enough for the dining table, with a second cover for wherever the children eat.
Printed covers at 52 by 87 inches, two in the pack, that fit a standard eight-foot table and later tape to the wall as a photo backdrop.
