Buti elegant embroidery volume in the master class (photo and video)

February 13, 2017 handmadebase

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Buti Technique
Booty Master class technology plus trapunto
Technique Marseilles peak
Trapunto
Video: Booty embroidery machines

Embroiderers have long been attracted and drawn to the ancient anda magnificent type of embroidery called buti (butis). Almost always, this embroidery is done together with another one, called trapunto. The combination of two techniques, buti and trapunto, produces magnificent canvases with raised patterns filled with soft filler. The pattern is delicate and majestic, perfect for bedspreads, pillowcases, carpets and clothing. This technique dates back to the beginning of the 17th century. It appeared in Italy, and by the 18th century it had spread to the United States of America, where it continues to be known and popular to this day. The buti technique was used not only in Italy and America, but also in the south of France.
Its distribution in different countries is explained bythe fact that even the simplest patterns and motifs of buti embroidery look regal and elegant. Buti embroidery is not easy, it is very painstaking work that requires endurance and persistence. This technique is a forward stitch, performed on white fabric folded in two layers. The thread for this embroidery is taken exclusively in white. The buti pattern should be embroidered as a system of closed lines.

Buti Technique

The first and most important lesson of buti embroidery isthat after completing the contour lines, the empty space between them is filled with thick white threads. As a result, the embroidery gains volume.
The second and no less important lesson to acquireThe skills in the buti technique are as follows. First, two layers of white fabric are joined together and quilted with small stitches of white thread along the outline of the motif. After that, a small puncture is made with a needle on the back of the fabric inside the pattern, and the stuffing is carried out with a cord between the layers of fabric. As you can see, the buti technique does not only consist of embroidery, but also includes other techniques. If the buti embroidery is done on a not very dense fabric, such as satin, then you can do without a cut. In this case, buti embroidery requires the following operation: move the threads of the fabric apart with a long blunt needle and insert the stuffing threads (wool or cotton thread). The most important thing is that the stuffing should completely match the color of the fabric itself.
With this technique, the buti embroidery looks the same both from the front and back sides.

Booty Master class technology plus trapunto

It is necessary to prepare:

Fabric (cotton);

Threads for stitches (cotton Madeira);

Bulky yarn for stuffing (50% wool and 50% acrylic);

Blunt needle (for pulling yarn);

Tweezers;

Scissors.

Our cloth has a square shape with a side of 50 cm. On the top sheet must be set figure. This can be done with glass and lighting from below. Overlay the pattern on the fabric marker. It is necessary to take such a marker, which is washed off in the wash. Now add the person and inside out and sweep away together. After that, we begin to whip small stitches (1-1,50mm). Embroider technique Buti closed loop motif, it is the most labor-intensive and time-consuming affair. But the embroidery is worth it, and the result will please you and all your loved ones.
Once this operation is complete, you need to removedrawing. To do this, you need to wet our buti embroidery with water, dry it and iron it. The stitch should be such that the front and back sides of the work are the same. This nuance is clearly visible in the video. For the full effect that the master class can give, watching such a video is very desirable. The next part of the work on buti embroidery is to create a relief. Relief is the most important distinctive feature of buti embroidery. To stuff long lines with threads, we use a blunt needle with a large and long eye so that you can thread a thick thread. The needle should not be sharp, otherwise it will catch the fabric when pulling it through. You can take a special tapestry needle. We make an entrance hole with our thick needle. No cuts are needed, just push the threads of the fabric apart. Thanks to this operation, the yarn will easily pass through the fabric. The secret of the buti technique is when everything is done without cuts, and the front and back are the same. The yarn thread can be threaded in one layer, or folded in half. It all depends on how convex the product you want to get.
We'll insert the end of the thread into the hole with tweezers, and then we'llWe carefully tidy up the hole with a needle. We pull the yarn through each of our stems, and then stuff the larger elements. But stuffing large elements refers to the trapunto technique, and not to the buti technique. Trapunto in its original old version is similar to buti. They differed only in that in the trapunto technique, a cut was made to push the stuffing through, which was sewn up at the end. In this case, the back of the embroidery was not quite perfect. Now it is customary to stuff without a cut, but to push the stuffing through with thin tweezers, not a needle. In this case, the back of trapunto becomes the same as the back of buti. You need to stuff the yarn into the hole made with a needle or an awl as long as possible. Then we straighten the yarn with a needle and continue stuffing. And we act in this way until the very end, until we finish filling the element.

The motifs for embroidery buti are taken from everyday lifelife. These can be different flowers or plants. After the motifs are quilted, they are stuffed with cotton cord. The main difference of the buti technique is that the samples are double-sided and look equally beautiful both from the front and from the back. The background pattern of this technique is a quilted outline filled with cord and located diagonally on the canvas. This pattern is called "vermicelli". Royally beautiful samples of Provencal buti are usually made from thin cotton fabrics such as cambric or the finest linen. Therefore, when held up to the light, such products look contrasting. In them, the stuffed patterns contrast with the transparent base of the product.

Technique Marseilles peak

Now let's look at the Marseille pique technique.This is a great variety of buti. The only drawback of the product made in this technique is its weight. It is not translucent to the light, as it is made in three layers of fabric. The first layer is cotton, the second is made of padding polyester, and the bottom layer is made of lining fabric. Such works are quilted with longer stitches than in the buti technique. There are also differences in the motifs of the two varieties. The motifs of Marseille pique are mainly geometric. Usually, craftswomen from France work in the Marseille pique technique, using Indian printed calico. But it can also be simple white fabric. This technique is used to make both clothing and bedspreads and furniture covers.

Trapunto

Another close resemblance to buti embroidery isItalian trapunto. We have already briefly mentioned this technique. Let us supplement our knowledge a little. This technique uses two layers of fabric, as in the buti technique. But unlike it, trapunto is one-sided. The back side is very different from the front side, because cuts are made on it for stuffing embroidered elements. After stuffing, the cuts are closed with small stitches. Sometimes trapunto is made as the top layer of the product, and then it is combined with batting and lining. Then all the layers are quilted together, as in the Marseille pique technique. Such an increase in the number of layers leads to a corresponding increase in the volume of the product made using the trapunto technique.
True masters can successfully combine everythingthese techniques, obtaining magnificent works of art, where every detail is unique. Works made exclusively by hand are especially highly valued. But
Buti, pique and trapunto are also very popular, as they speed up and optimize the embroidery process.

Video: Booty embroidery machines

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