Quilting Heidi Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 On Thanksgiving Day my daughter informed me that her fiance needed a quilt for Christmas because "she would share everything except her quilts." I had made "them" a christmas quilt which I gave them early and I guess he is being a quilt hog! Well my daughter didn\'t appreciate that so I went out and picked out fabrics. He is an avid Yankee\'s fan. I found Yankee fleece for the backing and decided on a baseball theme. I decided to trapunto the NY Yankee symbol in the snowball blocks. I did it my way...I traced the designs on freezer paper and then lightly ironed it onto Quilters Poly Puff. I then stapled through the freezer paper through 2 pieces of poly puff. I had to do this to compress the poly puff to cut. I cut out the shape. Then I glued the shape on the back of the quilt using Elmers Washable glue. Then finally I layered my quilt. Originally I was not going to use batting since I had the fleece but the dark fleece showed through the white so I used Hobbs 80/20. I just love the way this came out. I wouldn\'t use this method for a Karen McT style trapunto but for bigget designs it works wonderfully! Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Here is a close up of the trupunto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthieq Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 That is so cute. What a great design idea, you did a wonderful job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Well, dang girl...there you go again...! Right on! PS: I love baseball. On our way back to Boston from Watertown (to catch our flight home) this past October, we stopped in Cooperstown for a quick visit through the hall of fame museum. OMG! That is a spectaularly beautiful little town. I really enjoy taking the country roads rather than the Interstate. So pretty there! I told DH he could buy me a little farmhouse in that area. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmquilt Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Heidi, what an awesome quilt. I love it!!! Michele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenMcManus Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Heidi, He\'s going to love that. I can\'t wait to learn how to trapunto! Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 I don\'t know how to do trapunto either, but have been reading and looking at some of Karen Mctavish\'s books and oh it is so beautiful!! I want to learn how!! That quilt is awesome, Heidi!! He\'s got to love it!! linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Yep, it is just too beautiful to give to your daughters bf... I think it belongs on my blue sofa.. would really go quite well.. LOL.. Heidi, if he doesn\'t love it, send him down here with the baseball bat and I\'ll make sure he does.. You did a beautiful job.. WTG big time! RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyeQ Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Heidi it\'s AWESOME!!!! He\'s gonna love it. At least he better or he might get disowned before he\'s officially family. LOL I love how you did the trapunto, thank you for sharing that! I\'m going to have to give it a try that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWBowser Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Wow, that is so cool. Any Yankee fan would love that quilt. Charlotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 He is one lucky guy. The quilt is great. Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzanna Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Heidi, What a beautiful quilt. I too am a Yankee fan, have been since I watched baseball with my father...so, that gives me an idea to use for quilting. Never thought about doing trapunto...now my mind is moving...kinda scary!!! Have a Wonderful Christmas and a Wonderful 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltjunkie Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Wow, what a great quilt and now you shouldn\'t be subjected to an negative MIL jokes for the rest of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 What, what a nice MIL to be you are. He should love it. I hope he is one of those guys who knows how many hours of work are in a quilt like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Hester and Teresa lol I hadn\'t thought about me as a future mil much less negative mil jokes...thats funny! I think my daughter will make sure he knows how much love and care goes into a quilt. I don\'t think his mother makes anything handmade. He is an only child and used to getting whatever he wants. He is good to my daughter and she loves him so thats what counts! My daughter laughs everytime she makes a meal we referred to as "a poor mans meal" and he loves it she tells him she should have grown up a poor boy! It is pretty funny! I\'m sure he\'ll love it. My daughter may be stealing his quilt! Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 Heidi, I think the best most delicious meals are those referred to as "poor mans meals" really! They may not have much $ but sure are resourceful with ingredients... PS: I married my DH so I could get the MIL. Seriously! She\'s the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Shana, You crack me up! LOL now that is the first I\'ve heard of somebody marrying for the mil! My mil is cranky but she does appreciate what we do for her. I just wish she weren\'t so cranky. She never interfers...on purpose! Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaB Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Gorgeous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixieqwv Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Great job Heidi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunimp Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Heidi, that quilt is amazing - you did a wonderful job on the quilting and piecing. Can you tell me the name of the pattern? Hope you had a Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 What a neat Trapunto design you put on that quilt! Just a fantastic job you did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Hey Irene, It is Tennesse Waltz and I used Eleanor Burn\'s rulers to make it. I did the 9" squares. I drafted it in EQ since I didn\'t buy the book so if you have EQ I\'ll be happy to forward the pattern. The rulers make it so much easier to do. The last quilt I hand quilted is the same pattern and the rulers hadn\'t been developed yet. This was much easier and I did it in a week. Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janeta Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Heidi, that is an amazing quilt. Any sports fan would absolutely love to cuddle up under that as they cheer their teams on. You are something else! Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PamelaA Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Heidi, I showed my sister your pictures of the quilt. She was very impressed and was interested in how you did it. She thinks that I should do something with trapunto too--for her of course. She also noted that the pattern, Tennessee Waltz, was the pattern book that I had just purchased. I got the ruler too. I hope my quilt turns out as wonderful as yours did. PamelaA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Pamela, I\'m sure your quilt will turn out beautiful too! I did this trapunto differenly than the normal way I would do it. For intricate designs I would use water soluble thread, stitch around the design and then trim away the excess batting. In this case the design was very simple so I just cut them out and then glued them to the back of the quilt using water soluble glue (Elmer\'s washable). That worked great. Feel free to email if you have questions. Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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