Archive for September, 2010


Trapunto & Whole Cloth Quilts

Trapunto in Italian means ‘to embroider’, in Latin ‘to prick with a needle’. It is also called a ‘stuffed technique’. Trapunto originated in Italy before the 14th Century. One of the earliest surviving examples is the Tristan Quilt on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum, made of linen, representing scenes from the story “ Tristan [...]

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