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Trapunto Embroidery

Trapunto is a centuries-old style where fabric is raised with batting. Bring this technique to your embroidery projects with specially digitized designs and batting between the fabric and stabilizer.

Project Needs & Notes:

- Trapunto machine embroidery design
- Medium-weight (2.5 ounce) cutaway stabilizer
- 1/4" to 3/8" thick batting
- Temporary spray adhesive (such as Gunold KK100)
- Embroidery thread

Design featured in this tutorial is:
- M17151, Baroque Beauty Square 1 (Trapunto)

Free project instructions to create Trapunto Embroidery

First, cut a piece of high-loft batting that is large enough to properly and securly hoop.

If the high-loft batting isn't fresh out of the bag, it has probably expanded. For best embroidery results, press the batting under something flat and heavy like a board or books for about 30 minutes to compress it again.

Using expanded batting can make the embroidery shift, causing separation between the lines of stitchin. Another option is using washable batting, which expands only after it is washed.

Spray one side of the batting with temporary spray adhesive, and smooth it on top of a piece of cutaway stabilizer that is slightly larger than the batting.

Then cut a piece of the main fabric that is the same size as the batting, spray the wrong side with temproary spray adhesive, and smooth it into place on top of the batting.

Hoop all three layers together. Make sure that everything is hooped very tightly and that there are no wrinkles.

Embroider the trapunto design. The special stitches tamp down some areas of the batting, making other areas stand out beautifully.

When the deisgn is finished being embroidered, remove the hoop from the machine and unhoop design.

Achieve this unique look in your embroidery with trapunto designs.

Fun examples for using this type of embroidery include quilt blocks, pot holders, pillows, bags, and even Christmas stockings.

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Products used in this Project:

A Christmas Traditions (Trapunto) Design Pack	$12.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Filigree Christmas Ornament (Trapunto)	$5.99
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.85" x 8.75" \| 5.85" x 7.48" \| 4.86" x 6.20"

Filigree Christmas Poinsettia (Trapunto)	$5.99
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.86" x 8.76" \| 5.86" x 7.48" \| 4.86" x 6.21"

Filigree Christmas Bells (Trapunto)	$5.99
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.85" x 8.75" \| 5.86" x 7.49" \| 4.86" x 6.21"

Filigree Harvest Pumpkin (Trapunto)	$4.99 - $5.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Filigree Christmas Tree (Trapunto)	$4.99 - $5.99
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.85" x 8.75" \| 5.85" x 7.47" \| 4.85" x 6.20"

Autumn Beauty Square - Aspen Leaf (Trapunto)	$3.99 - $4.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Autumn Beauty Square - Maple Leaf (Trapunto)	$3.99 - $5.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Autumn Beauty Square - Oak Leaf (Trapunto)	$3.99 - $4.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Nature's Cameo (Trapunto) Design Pack	$12.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Nautical Adventures (Trapunto) Design Pack	$12.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Butterfly Beauty (Trapunto) Design Pack	$12.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Blooming Beauty (Trapunto) Design Pack	$13.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.91" x 6.91" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.91" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Medley of Motifs Design Pack	$32.97
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.00" x 6.00" \| 5.00" x 5.00" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Autumn Leaves Trapunto Design Pack	$11.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.87" x 7.87" \| 6.90" x 7.80" \| 5.98" x 6.89" \| 4.96" x 5.63" \| 3.94" x 3.94"

A Halloween Spooky Stitches Design Pack	$11.97
Available in 2 Sizes:
4.85" x 5.85" \| 3.84" x 3.86"

A Christmas Squares Design Pack	$20.97
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.00" x 6.00" \| 5.00" x 5.00" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Nativity Squares Design Pack	$17.97
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.00" x 6.00" \| 5.00" x 5.00" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Valentine's Day Squares Design Pack	$11.97
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.00" x 6.00" \| 5.00" x 5.00" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Floral Squares Design Pack	$10.97
Available in 3 Sizes:
6.00" x 6.00" \| 5.00" x 5.00" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Victorian Scroll Alphabet Design Pack	$22.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 5.80" x 5.80" \| 4.80" x 4.80" \| 3.80" x 3.80" \| 3.30" x 3.30"

A Baroque Beauty (Trapunto) Design Pack	$13.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.91" x 6.91" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Yarn Square (Trapunto)	$3.99 - $5.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Sewing Machine Square (Trapunto)	$3.99 - $5.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Scissors Square (Trapunto)	$3.99 - $5.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.90" x 4.90" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

A Moroccan Magic (Trapunto) Design Pack	$12.97
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.80" x 7.80" \| 6.90" x 6.90" \| 5.90" x 5.90" \| 4.91" x 4.91" \| 3.90" x 3.90"

Western Blooms (Trapunto)	$3.99 - $4.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
7.60" x 7.80" \| 6.85" x 7.03" \| 5.85" x 6.01" \| 4.85" x 4.98" \| 3.75" x 3.85"

Western Blooms Border (Trapunto)	$2.99 - $4.99
Available in 5 Sizes:
11.75" x 5.78" \| 9.40" x 4.63" \| 7.80" x 3.84" \| 6.85" x 3.37" \| 3.85" x 1.89"

Western Blooms Corner (Trapunto)	$2.99 - $3.99
Available in 3 Sizes:
5.85" x 5.89" \| 4.85" x 4.88" \| 3.82" x 3.85"

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