How to Make a Full-Size Trapunto Dancing Wall Patern Washington DC

In this article, you’ll learn how to make a full-size trapunto dancing wall pattern. Read on for more instructions.

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Hand appliqué paired with embroidery makes a dainty team, and this project is no exception. Three shades of pink fabrics make up each delicate blossom, which is enhanced by narrow embroidered stems and leaf details. The light, springtime feel of this project and its finished size (around 21 x 21 inches) make it a great wall decoration for your home. Don’t like pink? You can easily adapt the colors to your own preference by selecting three shades of your favorite color of roses — or make each square a different color. Variety is the spice of life!

Stashing your materials
The following list covers the fabrics and notions you need to make the Dancing Blossoms Wall Hanging:

1⁄3 yard of off-white solid fabric

One fat quarter of light pink print fabric

One fat quarter of medium pink print fabric

One fat quarter of deep pink print fabric

One fat quarter of pink print fabric

One fat quarter of light green print fabric

Assorted scraps of green print fabric totaling 1⁄8 yard

One 24- x 24-inch piece of coordinating fabric

One 24- x 24-inch piece of low- or traditional-loft quilt batting

All-purpose threads in off-white and coordinating shades of pink and green

Six-strand cotton embroidery floss in medium green

3 yards of off-white quilt binding All seam allowances in this project are the standard 1⁄4 inch and are included in the given measurements and directions.

Cutting the pieces
The blocks, border strips, cornerstones, and center triangles are cut first.
1. Cut the pieces listed in Table 15-1.
Piece Fabric Measurement Quantity
Appliqué block Off-white solid 51⁄2” x 51⁄2” 5 foundation
Corner triangle Pink print 57⁄8” x 57⁄8” 2
Side triangle Pink print 81⁄2” x 81⁄2” 1
Inner border Light green 11⁄2” x 141⁄2” 4
Piece Fabric Measurement Quantity
Inner border Green scraps 1⁄2” x 11⁄2” 4
cornerstone
and leaves
Outer border Light pink 21⁄2” x 161⁄2” 4
Outer border Deep pink 21⁄2” x 21⁄2” 4
cornerstone

2. Cut the two 57⁄8-inch squares of pink print in half diagonally to make two triangles from each square — four triangles in all. These are the corner triangles. 3. Cut the 1⁄2-inch square of pink print into quarters diagonally to make four triangles. These are the side triangles.

Creating the appliquéd blocks
The appliquéd blocks are the focal point of this wall hanging. Follow these steps to create them:
1. Using the templates at the end of this project section, trace the following appliqué shapes onto the wrong sides of the coordinating fabrics:

Trace four bud shapes onto each of the pink print fabrics — light,
medium, and dark. (The flower calls for three identical teardrop
shapes to make the blossom.)

Trace 12 leaves onto the various green fabric scraps.

2. Cut out each appliqué shape, adding a 1⁄4-inch seam allowance to all sides. Turn under and baste the seam allowances

3. Using the templates at the end of this project section and a water-soluble pencil, trace one blossom spray onto each of the four off-white blocks and one center leaf spray onto the remaining off-white block.

4. Arrange one set of appliqués (three bud pieces, two large leaves, and two tiny leaves) on an off-white square and pin the pieces in place.

5. Starting with the bottommost bud, stitch the appliqués to the base block using coordinating threads and an appliqué stitch.

6. Thread a hand sewing needle with two strands of the green six-strand floss. Embroider the stem lines and leaf details that you drew on the block in Step 3 using a stem stitch To make a stem stitch, you insert the needle on one side of a line (drawn or imaginary) and bring the needle back to the fabric surface on the other side of the line. With each stitch, you advance along your desired path, so that the line is “wrapped” with diagonal stitches.

7. Arrange the center leaf appliqués on the remaining off-white block, pin them, and stitch them in place with the appliqué stitch.

Assembling the quilt center
Follow these steps to create the center of this quilt:
1. Thread your sewing machine with off-white all-purpose thread.

2. Using Figure 15-18 as a guide, stitch two side triangles to one blossom block to make the upper-left row. Repeat with the two remaining side triangles and one other blossom block to make the bottom-right row. In this quilt, your rows are built diagonally (also known as “set on point”).

3. Stitch two blossom blocks to either side of the center leaf block. Then stitch a corner triangle to each blossom block, as shown in Figure 15-18. These five pieces make up the center row.

4. Stitch the three rows created in Steps 2 and 3 together, alternating them as shown in Figure 15-18.

5. Stitch the two remaining corner triangles to the upper-left and lowerright blossom blocks (the long side of the triangles should be closest to the leaves in the blossom blocks).

Adding the borders
This section walks you through the steps of adding borders to your quilt center:
1. Stitch inner border strips to the right and left sides of the quilt center. Press the seam allowances toward the green strips.

2. Stitch inner border cornerstones to the short ends of the two remaining inner border strips

3. Stitch the strips made in Step 2 to the upper and lower edges of the quilt center. Press the seam allowances toward the border strips.

4. Stitch outer border strips to the right and left sides of the quilt center.

5. Stitch outer border cornerstones to the short ends of the two remaining outer border strips.

6. Stitch the strips made in Step 5 to the upper and lower edges of the quilt center to complete the quilt top

Quilting your quilt
To finish your quilt:
1. Lay the quilt top facedown on your work surface. On top, lay the batting and then backing fabric, right side up.

2. Thread or pin baste the layers together to prepare the project for quilting

3. Hand or machine quilt as desired. The quilt pictured in the color section features hand quilting stitched 1⁄4 inch from the seam lines and a decorative pattern in the large pink borders made by using a commercial quilting template.

4. After you complete the quilting, machine stitch very close to the raw edges of the quilt top, and trim away the excess batting and backing that extends beyond the edges of the quilt top.

5. Bind the edges of the quilt with the off-white binding.

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