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| Sue Gilgen's Aspen Red |
In this month's meeting we discussed the use and various methods of trapunto.
What
is trapunto and why employ this technique in our art quilts? Trapunto
is essentially the clever use of batting either on top or below the top
layer of your fiber art project to create dimension and/or design to
your piece. Sue, Nickie and Carroll Lee were our presenters of this technique and they brought in their own work as examples. Above is one of Sue's using regular trapunto (where you stitch extra batting behind the quilt top to enhance items on the front of the piece. Here she did the trees and cut away all the batting not behind the trees. Makes it really pop off her piece. Here is another example of that method:
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| Geta Grama |
Nickie brought in several pieces showing shadow trapunto. None of us took a picture. That is how it goes sometimes. So I snagged some of the net. This is where you sandwich batting between organza, sew, cut away the batting leaving the organza top, add background and quilt (shadow trapunto). I think Nickie may have done it slightly differently. If she did, she can add a comment and I will correct it. Nickie also dyed the batting in some pieces and used it to great effect in reverse applique.
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| Geta Grama - click to go to her site |
You can also do trapunto with raw edge applique. Here is an example.
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| Getasquiltingstudio.com |
There are tutorials for all three methods at the bottom of the post.
More
examples from our artists plus a bit of
show and tell:
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| Sue |
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| close up |
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| Nickie - Trapunto plus dying |
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| Nickie - resident rogue rust artist |
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| Nickie experiments in rust. |
Side note: if you see fabric on a manhole cover around town you know who has been there. Drive around it.😄
Our ladies also made creative use of their dyed fabrics. Here is a fine example by Melanie Wilson:
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| Darling blouse from dyed fabric class |
Hope Jan brings her quilt top in after she has quilted it. Gorgeous.
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| Jan Kalian |
Next month Rosemary is going to be discussing thread tension. Looking forward to seeing you there. Bring what you have been working on. Meanwhile, happy creating!
Trapunto tutorials:
Applique and Trapunto - Geta Grama
Trapunto and Shadow Trapunto - Geta Grama
