The specialised quilting technique of padding quilt designs has origins in both Italy and France. Flowers or common motifs are quilted and padded by the insertion of quilting wool or cord. It is called Trapunto in Italy and in France this is similar to the French technique of Piqué Cordé. Trapunto is not reversible - the bottom layer is usually cut open or if a muslin base layer is used, prised open, to allow the quilting wool or quilting cotton to be inserted. When the stuffing is complete the piece has another piece of wadding and backing added to it and is quilted further. It is used for making cushions, quilts and wall-hangings.
Provencal Boutis, which is also called Marseilles embroidery, is similar to Trapunto but the background is usually filled with corded channels and the pieces are double-sided.
The kits below are perfect as an introduction to the traditional French techniques of quilting. All the kits have fabric with preprinted designs in a washaway ink. |
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 | Boutis Provencal - Tablemat and 4 Coasters Kit Ref: 8938
A perfect project with which to become familiar with the technique of Boutis. The coasters are small enough to get practice on before starting the larger tablemat. Includes a needle, the second layer of Batiste and full instructions on the Boutis method.
Price: £29.95
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 | Piqué et Cordé - Twelve Motifs Ref: 8939
Each 25cm x 25cm design is based on traditional designs (3 examples are shown left). They are ideal on their own as cushions or can be used as the centre of a patchwork block. Kit contains designs printed on ecru batiste and full instructions on the piqué et cordé method.
Price: £24.95
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 | Piqué et Cordé - Alphabet Cushion Ref: 8940
This would make a lovely gift for someone special with their initial highlighted in the centre of this 40cm x 40cm cushion panel. The kit includes the pre-printed design with all the letters of the alphabet that can be traced onto the cushion panel, the second layer of percale, the back of the cushion and a needle set.
Price: £19.95
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 | Boutis and Trapunto Ref: 3763
Combine embroidery, quilting and richly symbolic decorative patterns to create beautiful, original designs. Flowers, leaves, fruit, birds & hearts embellished with lines, curves, scallops and circles. The quilted outlines accentuate the designs.
Price: £9.99
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 | Cording Needle Set Ref: 8195
Convenient needle set for cording of Trapunto, which raises and emphasizes quilt design by inserting cords, and for cording of Booties.
Set includes
Long needle- for cording straight line
Short Needle- for cording short straight line & curves
Ball-tip needle- for cording for curves, uses like bodkin
Threader
Price: £5.55
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