Sewing a Table Runner

I need to paint our sad wooden table.  It's a dull, beat-up pine.  I have grand plans to refinish it, but I'm stuck in the deciding stage.  While I am stuck on paint colors, I am going to sew a table runner to help camouflage the table top .  I found THIS tutorial, and fell in love with the simple, shabby design.  Honestly, I don't think it could get any easier :) 


Here are the fabrics I'm using: