We love batting, right?! Even if it is that hidden layer in the middle of the quilt. It is as important as fabric! And in some situations, it becomes even more important than usual. I am thinking about the trapunto and shadow trapunto techniques. You probably already know: trapunto is just a design enhanced with an additional layer of batting that gives it a pronounced “stuffed” … [Read more...]
Trapunto Fun!
More about it on Monday. I sent this design to nine quilters, are you making progress on it? Will you share your quilt on Monday too? I am really anxious to see your versions. Now, after some trapunto fun, I am having fun with colors and polka dots. Pictures tomorrow! Geta … [Read more...]
How to make Trapunto Quilts – tutorial
This trapunto quilt tutorial is part of the series 1 Design - 5 Quilting Techniques. In just a few words, trapunto means a quilt design raised with an additional layer of batting and with a pronounced "stuffed" effect. While it wasn't an easy technique in the past, today's quilters made it easier- you just have to try it. Here is a small sample I made. You can see below (you can … [Read more...]
Trapunto quilts
My adventures with shadow trapunto started a few years ago with ...trapunto.These are a few quilts I made in the last years.Sometimes I stitch the motifs using a zig-zag stitch and a variegated thread. One thing I don't like about trapunto is trimming that thick batting. It seems that the trapunto motifs are enhanced by light colored fabrics. or shining fabrics (like this taffeta).These are the … [Read more...]
Wasted time (and fabrics too) ! Timp pierdut (si materiale de asemenea ) !
A few days ago I pieced 4 blocks for 4 pillows.I made simple blocks and I wanted to enhance them with trapunto.I don't have a dense and thick batting so I used for trapunto 2 layers of batting, just to be sure that the motifs will show well.Acum cateva zile am pisuit 4 blocuri pentru 4 pernute. Le-am facut simple si am vrut sa le infrumusetez cu trapunto pe centru.N-am avut vatelina foarte groasa, … [Read more...]