Hand Trapunto Anyone?

[Sandy Navas]

I'm moving to WV soon . . . coming with my treadles - make room!!! Love your life!!!!!!!

[snippet]

DWR - what is this?

I don't know if it is trapunto or not, but it is breathtaking!

[lyric]

I'm moving to WV soon . . . coming with my treadles - make room!!! Love your life!!!!!!!

Oh, wait . . . we don't live in WV now. Awww shucks, we coulda visited, quilted and stuff. Oh, and SN, did you actually know I have YET to treadle??? Full story here Treadle Sewing Machine | Sew And CroSew And Cro.

But, now that I am learning quilting by golly I am going to do it. No more intimidation for 2014; no ma'am. I've dusted Miss Dorcas off, oiled her up good. And then . . . giggles, realized there is this round, rubber bobbin winder thingy piece that has stretched out of proportion and I must order another.

Love your life!!!!!!!

How sweet of you to say. Alas, we get much flack about our "life". Close friends, fam. We get lots of questions. Those I don't mind so much; after all, it's a new concept to folk. Hubby gets "accused" of being umm, how do you say, a "prepper". Another asked if he were a "survivalist". Well, we do want to survive surely. We want to learn to be self-sufficient and not lean upon government entitlements. But that's another story, another time.

[lyric]

Uwww, this sounds yummy, PamiPatch! I've got to look that up one day. Into my notes of to-do's it goes.

I sometimes do a form of hand trapunto, but not in the usual way. If you google search Shadow embroidery, that's how I do it, using a darning needle and soft springy pure wool.