Resource Guide for Trapunto

Complied by Rissa Peace, June 2002, all rights reserved. 

The American Heritage Dictionary defines Trapunto as "Quilting in which the design is outlined with two or more rows of running stitches and then padded from the underside to achieve a raised effect."   The word is derived from an Italian word meaning to embroider and a Latin word meaning to prick.  Many quilters simply refer to it as "stuffed work" or stuffed quilting.  When the fabric used is sheer enough that the underlying thread, wool, yarn or other stuffing shows through, this is sometimes referred to as "Shadow Trapunto." 

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