Machine quilting classes are held on each Sunday of each month. Quilters can work on their own projects or be inspired to begin new adventures in our shop.
We offer how-to-quilt classes as well as quilting accessories and hand selected kits. Whether you have put together your materials or you want to begin anew, we have beautiful hand selected fabrics cut to just your size here in our shop. Look and see what will inspire you on your next journey!
February's Quilter's Club Experience! Technique of the Month - Trapunto
Trapunto
is a whole cloth quilting technique which produces a raised surface on
the quilt. Trapunto patterns consist of vines, leaves, grapes, cherries
and so on. The vines and straight line patterns are threaded with a soft
yarn or cording. The rounder shapes are stuffed with small amounts of
batting inserted from a small slit made in the backing fabric. After the
shapes are stuffed, the slit is whipped stitched closed. A second
backing fabric is then added to the quilt and normal quilting is done
all around the previously stuffed shapes. Another style of Trapunto
uses a loosely woven fabric for the quilt backing. Then, instead of
making slits in the backing to stuff shapes, a needle is used to
carefully push the backing thread apart to form an opening for the
stuffing. The threads are then carefully pushed back into place. This
eliminates the need for a second backing fabric. Trapunto originated
in Itay in the early 16th century. It appeared in the United States in
the the late 1700's and remained popular until the Civil War.