Shadow Trapunto Quilts: Simple Steps, Remarkable Results, 30 Elegant Projects - Softcover

Grama, Geta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607052695 ISBN 13: 9781607052692

Publisher: C&T Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Author Geta Grama’s passion for fabrics, color and patterns is contagious! You’ll be captivated by the elegance and grace of these intricate-looking shadow trapunto quilts—especially once you discover how simple they are to make. The book features 30 projects (postcards, pillows, tablerunners, and wallhanging quilts) with wholecloth, pieced, or appliqué backgrounds, and a variety of shapes, squares, circles, hexagons, octagons, and 12-sided (dodecagon). Patterns to enlarge are given in the book and full-size patterns are on the CD.

About this title

About the Author

Geta Grama's crafting journey started in 2000, when she discovered quilting, absolutely by chance, on the Internet. Seduced by the new world of combining fabrics, colors, and patterns, she abandoned her engineering profession and all other passions and devoted her time entirely to quilting. She lives in Romania with her husband, Mircea, who always encourages her to follow her passion. Her family members are her biggest fans. Though it is not easy to quilt in a country where the word quilt is unknown to most people, she could not imagine her life without quilting. For her free tutorials and quilting ideas, visit her website (www.RomanianQuiltStudio.com) and her blog (cadouri-din-inima.blogspot.com).

Review

Achieve old-world style with this innovative technique, which combines the expertise of trapunto with shadow quilting, giving you two for the price of one. For those not familiar with trapunto, it is a very old technique whereby you 'stuff' areas of your work to give it greater loft or relief. There are 5 layers to the projects in this book as opposed to the normal three in standard quilting. The layers from top to bottom are organza, trapunto motifs made from batting, background fabric, batting and backing and the white design of the quilt top is made from the organza and trapunto motifs placed on the familiar quilt sandwich. This is a fascinating read and the starter projects are small enough for anyone to give the technique a try. Try something new today as Jamie Oliver would say!
--Jennifer Trollope, Fabrications Quilting for You; 06/26/12


Once you learn a relatively simple technique, explained clearly by the Romanian engineer-turned-quilter author, you'll have a hard time deciding which of the 30 elegant projects to start first. Includes a CD with full-size patterns.
--American Quilter, September 2012



Geta’s amazing quilts have been creating quite a sensation in the quilting world. Her techniques are revealed here with simple step-by-step instructions that can be easily followed to create your own shadow trapunto masterpieces. Try your new skills out on one of the 30 patterns for various projects and quilts included. Photos of Geta’s beautiful work provide plentiful inspiration.
--Machine Quilting Unlimited; September 2012

Edition details

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1607052695
• ISBN 13: 9781607052692
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 88