Kitsie

Wanting to try a small sampler piece for handworked trapunto. I've searched Google, etc. but almost all of it is for machine and I know there is a good tute here on the board for that.

I just want the old "hand sew and stuff it" method. Any help much appreciated!

DOTTYMO

I did it by hand and used a back stitch instead of machining , and the stuffed usual way. It worked but sorry no picture .
Not sure what else you need.

Kitsie

Thanks Dotty. Not truly sure of what stuffing the "usual way" is, but I did find a method using toile behind the design, stuffing in wadding and then putting regular batting and backing on before quilting. Seems it might work!

ajpadilla

Have you checked this one?
http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/2011...o-by-hand.html

Borntohandquilt

Hello Kitsie,
you could also have a look to the video by Tim Latimer how he does his Trapunto:

http://timquilts.com/2013/03/26/trapunto-video/

Hope that helps!

Jackie Spencer

I bought a book on Trapunto. Have'nt tried it yet, but the book will be handy when Im ready.

Hinterland

John Flynn wrote a book about Trapunto and stippling that has directions for his method.

Janet

quiltingloulou

When I was taught trapunto at school, wool or soft string was threaded through the narrow channels and soft batting inserted into the larger decorative forms.

AliKat

There are several books and a few You Tubes available. No reason you cant do it in the same manner as a machine made trapunto. You'll just be doing the sewing by hand like every one used to do before we had such great machines easily available.

I did find some techniques for hand trapunto suggested cutting into the backing fabric. It is definitely against my sewing religion to cut something that doesn't need it! I am my own quilt/sew police.

feline fanatic

This is one of my most favortie quilting reference books and she has a section on trapunto methods by hand as well as a practice project for doing it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-...ential+quilter