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Media Press Trapunto Baby Quilt
Trapunto Baby Quilt
Material:
1. Panel fabric
2. Backing fabric
3. Binding fabric, 2″ wide, slightly longer than the baby quilt circumference [don't have to be bias cut]
4. High Loft polyester batting
5. Cotton battingTools:
1. Sewing machine that able to do free motion quilting and able to lower it’s feed dog
2. Curved safety pins or spray on temporary adhesive
3. Ruler
4. Roller cutter
5. Cutting mat
6. Iron
7. Clover 1″ (25mm) bias tape maker (optional)
High loft batting is for trapunto on the prints that you want to make it pops out, and, cotton batting is for the whole baby blanket.
Determine which objects/prints you want to apply for trapunto, cut a piece of high loft batting slightly bigger than the print.
Place the batting at the wrong side of the fabric, under the print. Secure with curved safety pin and make sure it covers the whole print.
Change sewing machine presser foot to darning foot, if you are using Bernina, change it BSR (Bernina Stitch Regulator). Lower your feed dog. Stitch around the outlines of the prints with thread color closest to the print main color or the outline color. I used grey or blue.
Follow the outlines and free motion stitch 2-3 rounds, don’t worry that you can’t follow exactly. Make sure the beginning and the end thread were overlapped, clip them off near to fabric after you have finished, or, you may bring the thread to the back, knot it and cut.
Turn to the wrong side and clip the batting near to the stitching lines outside the print.
After you have finished trapunto all the objects, sandwich the cotton batting with the top fabric and a backing fabric. The batting should be a round at least 1″ bigger than the top fabric and the backing fabric is bigger than the batting. Secure with curve safety pins or spray on adhesive.
Stipple stitch the area that you want them to “sink”, for this instances, the sky, the sea and the border. Start from center and work towards the edges. When you reach the trapunto outline, go around it a little outside of it’s outlines.
Notice that the cloud, ship and the white part of sea has no high loft batting underneath them to make the trapunto effect, it give a little raised effect but not as high as those with high loft batting underneath them.
Trim the quilted blanket to the correct size with proper right angle corners.
Change presser foot to normal sewing foot, raise the feed dog.
To make the 1/2″ binding with mitered corners, follow this video I found in Youtube. Or, follow this photo tutorial at Craft Stylish.
A quilted blanket with trapunto effect is done, faster than I thought it would take.
Thanks to Bernina, I really love this new toy.
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great job !!! absolutely adorable! ~~~
WOW… I cant take my eyes off this . Its too gorgeous.
You are very talented. Thanks for sharing.
Wow..tot u were busy wt renovation and you still managed with a beautiful quilt … Cant wait to try it out as I hv 2 panels with me long overdue… Hope I will complete it before my baby outgrow the quilt..
Amelia, you should try this out, I once thought that it is going to be hard on me. Of course, need some practices before I can get along with the free motion controls.
Yup, I am busy with the renovation but nothing stops me from crafting, especially at this time, I need to create more for my new home!!!! Luckily, I have a good Interior Designer to take care most of the renovation designs and works. All I need to do is feedback on her design, feed her my ideas, she will process it can come out with the design. We are coordinating very well so far
SUPERBE J AIME TROP TES CREATIONS MERCI
Translation (by Google):
J LOVE TOO BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS YOUR THANKS
You’re so pro….I got problem controlling the BSR…Sigh….
Joanne! This blanket is so nice and the composition is perfect! Lovely, I liked it!
Justsewfun Handicraft, practice with some scrapes and you will master it very soon. I tried BSR2 with hand start/stop button, it is better in controlling since it stops when I stop moving the fabric but I find that the beginning stitch is always taken too long for the needle to start moving. Currently, I am using BSR1 with foot start/stop, the stitches spacing is so perfect now.
wah!that is great!:P
Super lindooo!!! Muchas gracias!!
Translation (by Google):
Super lindooo! Thank you very much!
I will be trying out my BSR tomorrow… Hope I can manage cos I have never done any quilt at all…
Will we get to see ur new home when it’s done? :p
That’s great, I am glad that you are staring to try BSR!!! I can tell you that you will never look back at ordinary darning foot for quilting.
Of course, you will get to see my new home, I will share it here when it is ready. In future, you will get to see more as I take photos for my crafts
Hi,came across ur website and this lovely baby quilt. I’m planning a kid’s blanket but don’t wish to use batting as it’s too warm for malaysian weather. What do u think using cotton flannel as backing with panel front?
I haven’t done that but it could be a great idea to use cotton flannel