Gloria's table runner

Gloria sent me an embroidered table runner and told me to have fun.  Boy - did I ever  . . .

It's 13 x 43

Here is the before:

and here's the after:

I used matching thread and outlined the embroidery:

Then I filled in around the outside to flatten it out.

That left the whole middle to have fun with:

I found a backing that had the right orange color, and already had the orange I used for the binding.