Originally Posted by
Bree123
The second issue is that if you plan to wash it on a regular basis, the far apart quilting lines will put a lot of stress on the applique fabric; it may wear out faster or have the stitches anchoring it to the quilt snap from the stress on it whenever the quilt is pulled, sat on, laundered, etc. I would at least stitch around the door & window to provide enough support for the applique pieces.
I was planning on the "faux-trapunto" method that you described.
There is no applique on this quilt. The trees and houses are all freezer-paper pieced. It's meant to be a wall hanging so I wouldn't wash it often. I was thinking of stitching around the doors, windows, and the roof line separating the house and roof. My concern is that it would be too much trapunto and wouldn't look good which would defeat the purpose of the trapunto... and it would be heavy... Maybe limit the trapunto to the trees?