Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Quilting in which the design is outlined with two or more rows of running stitches and then padded from the underside to achieve a raised effect.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun sewing A type of quilting producing a raised surface

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, from past participle of trapungere, to embroider : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Italian trapunto

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word trapunto.

Examples

  • The signature pockets are quilted in a trapunto style that raises design for the purpose of capturing the subtleties in wash detail and aging with beauty.

    Meet New York's It-Girl Denim Designer The Huffington Post 2011

  • There are tiny, tiny trapunto stitching, rows and rows that I hope you'll be able to see on camera, that form this beautiful shape.

    From Pillbox Hat to Bullet Bra: The Anatomy of a Pan Am Stewardess Uniform 2011

  • The signature pockets are quilted in a trapunto style that raises design for the purpose of capturing the subtleties in wash detail and aging with beauty.

    Meet New York's It-Girl Denim Designer The Huffington Post 2011

  • The signature pockets are quilted in a trapunto style that raises design for the purpose of capturing the subtleties in wash detail and aging with beauty.

    Meet New York's It-Girl Denim Designer The Huffington Post 2011

  • The signature pockets are quilted in a trapunto style that raises design for the purpose of capturing the subtleties in wash detail and aging with beauty.

    Meet New York's It-Girl Denim Designer The Huffington Post 2011

  • This spring, Ms. Taylor likes the look of army-inspired trench coats, which feature details such as a cinched collar and a style of stitching called trapunto.

    Spring Coats: How to Stay Dry With Style Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2010

  • This spring, Ms. Taylor likes the look of army-inspired trench coats, which feature details such as a cinched collar and a style of stitching called trapunto.

    Spring Coats: How to Stay Dry With Style Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2010

  • This spring, Ms. Taylor likes the look of army-inspired trench coats, which feature details such as a cinched collar and a style of stitching called trapunto.

    Spring Coats: How to Stay Dry With Style Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2010

  • This meant that the hand-quilted quilt, the hand-appliqued quilt, the hand-sewen and hand-quilted white on white trapunto type quilts were STILL HIGHLY VALUAABLE OBJECTS and provided for many a former slave household a means by which a woman, in particular, could work at home and still earn money and still care for her own children.

    Jilted quilts Roger Sutton 2007

  • Both Ms. Rahm and Mr. Collins remarked on the high quality of the Target garments 'construction, particularly in the pleated Thakoon cotton dress, with very detailed stitching in its full skirt, and a velveteen Sarafpour skirt that had trapunto stitching along the satin waistband.

    Do Discount Designer Duds Make The Grade? 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • "Trapunto is a whole cloth quilting technique which produces a raised surface on the quilt." - WW Quilting Page

    July 24, 2009