I took a machine trapunto class from Philippa Naylor at the Houston Quilt Festival in November, 2011. She gave us several patterns to choose from, and I combined elements of a couple to come up with this design. I used a combination of wool and cotton/poly batting for the trapunto layer and Superior Highlights thread for the quilting. I finished it in January, 2012, and it measures 21″ square.
I used pebbled stippling to flatten the background behind the trapunto motifs, and I also decided to adapt the feathers I like so much so that they resemble the hearts in the main portion of the quilt. The color in this detail photo is much more true to what the quilt actually looks like.
