Patti, great tute. I have wanted to do this for a while. Maybe I will try it on my baby blanket I am making.

Thanks for the tutorial. It certainly has cleared up some questions that I had and you did such a wonderful job with it.

Thanks for posting this. I've wanted to try trapunto but I didn't like the method I had seen before. This seems so much easier and faster.

Great tutorial. Lots easier using water solutable thread than the way I did it. I did the entire technique by hand quilting - only I attached the trapunto batting by basting outside the design lines - then trimmed down the extra batting, sandwiched my little quilt and hand quilted the design. Removed the basting before I did the background quilting, and finished the quilt as usual.

LOL - so true about forgetting you are using water soluable thread - Sharon Shamber explained how she had mistakenly used water soluable on a large portion of one of her show quilts and didn't discover it until she finished the quilt and washed it. Forget which one of her glorious quilts she did that on, and, of course, she had/has the skill to fix the problem so that no one would ever know - but just goes to show you that even the "pros" can make a mistake.

BTW - back about 5-6 +/- years ago, I saw this same technique given in a quilting magazine. They did a neckline treatment (simple flowers and leaves ?) on a plain white cotton knit ladies scoop-neck tee shirt. Sure was pretty - Hmmm - might have to get brave and go in to my ""catch hell" room and go through my 3-ring notebooks as I probably kept the directions in with other patterns of my "someday" quilts and techniques I want to try. I don't say that I am a pack rat - but I do have a tendancy to "save" things that I may want/need to use one day.

Thanks for tutorial!
Hear is my "trapunto". It is a simple version.

Enci....that is Fabulous!!!! I just love Trapunto! I hope we get some converts to this technique through this tute. Ya'll thanks too for adding your extra tips...they are always welcome!

And YES...PROMINENTLY MARK your Water Soluable thread so that you don't mix it up. I keep mine in the original package unless its on my machine. And licking the end before threading your needle is really not a good idea...:lol:

I do not use Water Soluable thread, but I use vinyl thread, just sew around the sample (on a thin paper!), and rip the paper.
Then I stipling the extra area. I called it a false trapunto.I have o lot of "trapunto" sample. If you ask, I will send as is only to be!(I do not English!) I hope you understand what I wanted to write!
Enci

I'm definitely going to try this, it looks really easy and I love doing anything by machine. Thanks Patti! :thumbup:

I agree 100% If I can't do something mostly by machine, it probably isn't gonna happen. LOL :)

Great tute, Patti. I learned the same technique in my class as you showed EXCEPT we used washable thread in the bobbin too - so we would not have any threads in the mix. Here is what I did for the bobbin with the washable thread on it:

I used a black Sharpie and wrote a "W" on it all over the bobbin both sides so I would NOT confuse it with regular thread bobbins.

Good idea about the marking, Mad....Also, you most certainly can use it in the bobbin as well, but since the thread ends up between the 2 layers of batting....I'm cheap and that water soluable is expensive :wink:

great tut.
I would never have guessed this was possible.
thanks

sorry, i sent the same message twice!!

Wow, what a great tute. Even a newbie like me could understand it! I can't wait to try this someday when my skills progress. Hopefully that will be soon!

Thanks 4 this nice tutorial I did the same prosses but quilting by hand this will be more fast
And echo around yes the best :thumbup:

I don't understand- is this done before the quilt is sandwiched?

Yes, Terry, you do the trapunto work prior to sandwiching. After you have cut away the extra batting, you then sandwich and quilt as normal. That is also when you would quilt around where you sewed with the water solubable thread.

Thank you!!!

Thank you - this is the first time I have understood how to do this!!!!

thanks!

This is in the book Trapunto by Machine, available on amazon, I don't think it is in print. Also
another book
More Trapunto by Machine. I took classes from the teacher about 10 years ago.
Great technique.

Thanks for sharing, this is on my to-do list!

Nice tute...you're right...trapunto adds a "WOW" factor!

OK, Patti, I am just seeing your post here for the first time... dah... a little late. It looks doable to me. Thank you very much. You explain things so well, and then, on top of that, you are so patient with questions. I may be back once I try it. :-D

Sure Linda! Hope you give it a go..its not hard, but it is very impressive when you add it to your project.

Leah Day on daystyle.com also has this idea for trapunto. Have used hers, including the water soluable thread and it is very pretty, especially after you quilt around it.

Sandpat.....LOVE your idea of using Trapunto in the corners of a quilt. GREAT TUTORIAL!!!!

These are my first trys at this technique. These were applique patterns. I didn't do any stippling on Sun Bonnet Sue, but tried McTavishing on the bottom right picture. The top pic was with my cell phone, so not real clear.

Trapunto is so much fun, a lot of close work, but well worth the try. DEFINITELY GIVE THIS A TRY!

Congratulations! Keep it up Linda!
Enci

Linda...that looks great!! I'm so happy you like it and obviously were successful with the technique!

Thanks so much for the tutorial, nice and understandable. Another thing to put on my to-do list.

BATIKQLTR that trapunto'd Sunbonnet Sue would look fabulous alternated with regular appliqued Sues for a quilt. Is that what you did with her? Please show a picture.

Enci...you must have been posting exactly when I did...I hadn't seen yours! Great job on those...why do you call it "false"?

Thank you for the excellent directions! I had the general idea of how to do this, but I wasn't sure if I was correct. I admit - I didn't know about the water soluble thread. I will have to look for that.

Oh, that's what I needed to get at the fabric store... water soluble thread. :shock: duh!

Thanks for the reminder... :-D

Glad I could help!

:) :) :)

Well, I hope it helps you get started!!

I call false, because I do not cut it back up the work. The sample is left out from the seams of the bumps is given

Thanks so much for this tute! I might just have to give this one a try.

why can't you explain it to me :)
Oh it will

very cool, I hope you don't mind, I posted it on my swap page

This was the part that I didn't understand before today either. What she is saying is that after you cut away the extra batting and sandwich your quilt you stitch the design again with regular thread while you are quilting; You stitch just inside of the lines to make sure you catch it all. This will put the design on the front and back of quilt now. Using water soluable thread keeps from having too many layers of thread build up.

Thanks for the great tute. I had watched one on Lap quilting w/Georgia Bonsteel for the second time this morning and couldn't figure out the thread thing either. You explained it so then my light bulb came on; oh, you stitch it again to catch all layers.