These are instructions on how to embroider the designs from the Trapunto
Quilting Block Set. The set is available in 2 sizes for large (5" x
7") and mega (8" x 10") hoops.
All 6 designs from the set are embroidered in the same way.
For the project you will need:
Sulky Puffy Foam, 2mm thick (see http://www.sulky.com/puffyfoam/ ),
Quilter's tape,
Regular cotton fabric for the base,
Light-weight cotton (such as batist) for the top,
Light-weight tear-away stabilizer,
Rayon or polyester embroidery threads.
Use size 12/80 embroidery needle.
Step One: Upload any of the trapunto design into your machine.
Hoop the base fabric with stabilizer. Start embroidering. The machine
will embroider the outline of the design and stop.
Step Two: Cover the outline with a sheet of puffy foam. To keep
it in place, use pieces of quilter's tape.
Step Three: Start the machine. It will embroider the outlines
of the design and stop.
Step Four: Neatly break off the foam around the outline
of the design and inside the stitched shapes.
Step Five: Cover the working piece with a sheet of light-weight
cotton fabric, e.g. batist. Pin the edges of the fabric outside the embroidery
field.
Step Six: Start the machine again and finish the embroidery.
