Add fun puffy applique embellishments to your quilts with this easy faux trapunto technique. There's a companion post here where you can see it in use for other patterns as well - like googly monster eyes. www.shinyhappy...
My God, as you explain well… I don't speak your language but I put the video in translation mode and I managed to do it… I had never watched something so well explained about the false transunto… 😍 Thank you very much
Yeah!! I was working on a coneflower and envisioned a raised middle. Now I know how to do it. Your videos and patterns are great. Thanks for all the support.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I've been trying to figure out how to do this for a year. Your method solves all the problems. I can't wait to use it on my wall hanging.
Thank you so very much for sharing your amazing gift. It appears quite simple. In actuality it is your talent and love for what you create that makes this appear simple/easy. I have been soft sculpting with material for many years. Your demonstration is exacting. With practice, also achievable. Thank you, again. Looking forward to the joy this has inspired.
I have just found your tutorials today Wendy, I love them and love the style of you QAYG. I want to try this and will use your tutorials to make me brave. Thank you xx
Great tutorial. I make lots of wonky style house appliques and they always feel like they're missing something. a balloon tree or cloud just brings it to life.
Love this method of 'Trapunto'! I've been looking for something to do for a polar bear appliqué instead of using wool/rayon for a baby quilt I'm making. Thanks for this video!
Oh Wendi!!! I love this! And I know exactly where I'm going to be using it because I have your cat quilt pattern & have a number of blocks completed already but for the kitties with the separate noses (snouts?) I'm going to do them puffy!!!! Thanks so much!!! I love all your videos & love your patterns as well!
Very cool! Do you ever have trouble with the stuffing shifting around after the quilt is finished? Would it be beneficial to hand stitch the slit in the back of the applique closed?
No trouble with shifting - but I should have clarified that I'm using polyester fiberfill (this is a review of my favorite brand www.shinyhappyworld.com/2013/10/stuffing_review_giveaway.html) which is machine washable. There's no need to sew up the opening in the back because you stitch the shape in pace all the way around the edge. There's nowhere for any escaping stuffing to go. :-)
I have a question about applique quilts. What is the the right etiquette/traditional way of sewing applique on a quilt? Should you applique on just the quilt top first and then assemble the layers and then quilt it? (so that the back of the quilt won't have the reverse outline stitching of the applique) Or are you supposed to see the reverse stitching of the applique on the back of the quilt as part of the quilting design? Thank you!
I have the 770 and to turn hover on you have to find your presser foot settings, if it has one. My machine and manual is packed up for travel tomorrow so I can't be specific. Try your manual or Google it, there are videos on where to find it.
I don't think that would work. I think a fusible interfacing used as the back fabric would be too weak - and it would be awfully hard for the heat to penetrate enough to melt it through the layer of stuffing. Even using fusible adhesive on felt requires a significantly longer press time than what the package recommends. If you're worried about it shifting around, I'd just use a fabric glue stick instead. I've done that before when I position a bunch in one batch and then take the stack over to the machine for sewing in one batch and it holds great.
+Wendi Gratz thank you, that's really good to know. I love how it looks. I'm working on my monster quilt for my first grand baby who's coming in December. The class has been super helpful.
I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t sew most of the shape down first, leave a small opening- and then just sew the small opening after stuffing. This way seems like you are adding a huge amount of unnecessary labor. But I guess people do things differently, it really is a lovely effect.
