Several years ago I discovered the Norwegian designer AnnAKa - and I absolutely fell in love with her designs. This pattern is Stjernedryss - which translated means Star Sprinkles - and there certainly are LOTS od stars in this selection of fabrics! These were perfect for the special project that I wanted to make, and I'd actually chosen the fabrics before I'd decided which pattern I wanted to use. This tablerunner is pieced together and quilted very simply, then adorned with machine appliqued stars...
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...I've used a neutral coloured Aurifil 40wt thread to machine quilt the centre of the runner, although if you look carefully you can see a couple of lines of machine quilting have been stitched with a metallic gold coloured thread, to add a little bit of sparkle. I've used Lite Steam-a-seam 2 for the fusible webbing, and I've used the same metallic gold thread to secure the stars into place, using a machine blanket stitch. The outer borders have also been quilted with a matching coloured Aurifil 40wt thread. The trickiest part of making this was the mitred corners of the binding, as the angles aren't the same as with a rectangular or square tablerunner, however I was pleased with the results...
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...the single fold binding was then folded over and hand stitched to the back of the tablerunner using ladder stitch. I've also added one of my pre-made labels, which I sourced from Woven Labels UK...
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...and here's the completed Stjernedryss tablerunner, before it was wrapped and gifted to a very special couple as a wedding gift. This was so enjoyable to make, I might have to make another one for me!
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