Large appliques "stuffed" does anyone know?
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cut a piece of muslin shape & pin on the back of the top. hand or machine stitch the piece on top that you want to stuff. then cut your slit in the muslin piece on the back, stuff it & sew your slit closed. then sandwich as usual...hope it turns out!
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Yes, I did the internet search before posting on board; as I said, everything came up fairly small with a lot of intricate quilting or embroidery, this child's quilt will have pretty large appliques, not nearly like searches brought up.
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Thank you all for tips; I think I will fool around, first with double batting on back before making slit; if it were a wall hanging, I would have no trouble doing the slit and stuffing but with washing, it gives me pause. You folks are great with support!
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See if you can get your hands on this book:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-.../dp/0715305697
It has a complete chapter on stuffed trapunto and several techniques with how to achieve it. With wonderful pictures. What you describe can be done by cutting a slit in the backing and stuffing in additional batting or stuffing. The trick is you need to outline quilt the area to be stuffed so the stuffing stays put. You can also stuff with a fat yarn as demonstrated on this blog:
http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/2011...o-by-hand.html
Another option you can try is applique the prestuffed figures to the quilt after it is completed.
http://www.fivegreenacres.com/wp/200...ique-tutorial/
Perhaps you can apply the techniques presented in this video to your project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk9jBcbDWz8
http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-.../dp/0715305697
It has a complete chapter on stuffed trapunto and several techniques with how to achieve it. With wonderful pictures. What you describe can be done by cutting a slit in the backing and stuffing in additional batting or stuffing. The trick is you need to outline quilt the area to be stuffed so the stuffing stays put. You can also stuff with a fat yarn as demonstrated on this blog:
http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/2011...o-by-hand.html
Another option you can try is applique the prestuffed figures to the quilt after it is completed.
http://www.fivegreenacres.com/wp/200...ique-tutorial/
Perhaps you can apply the techniques presented in this video to your project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk9jBcbDWz8
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Traditional trapunto requires stuffing something into the applique & you could certainly do that. It is more work to stuff the applique, but then you don't need all the extra stitching around the applique to get it to puff. For the letters on this quilt, I made the applique itself 2 parts, then I cut a slit in the blue to stuff it. When finished, I stitched the whole thing down to my quilt top.
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