By now it should be no secret that I like 3-D work. I've been experimenting with trapunto and am not satisfied with the results ... after outlining and then stuffing the area, I can't seem to get the nearby parts of the stitching to be flat when mounted on a backing board. It's probable that I'm over stuffing
Any and all tricks to make just the stuffed area stand out would be appreciated.
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I had the same problem when I did a bit of trapunto on a crazy quilt piece. A good friend who quilts looked at it & said that trapunto wasn't normally stuffed so tightly. Instead of shoving in as much stuffing as I could fit, she recommended just enough to produce a dimensional effect. Mine was very tight, and I think it should have been softer.
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