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Old 02-17-2013, 09:54 PM
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CarolH
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Originally Posted by quiltmom04
I've down several Bargello quilts. The first one I did, I SID - bad, terrible idea - it didn't look bad, but all the turning was a nightmare! So now, I FMQ, usually treating several similar colors/rows as one. I'll choose a color that would look good on those several rows and then do some sort of design, whether its a feather, or just meandering, across those rows. Then I change thread as the colors change. I've drawn on this pink ribbon Bargello to sort of illustrate what I mean. Sorry it's on it's side - don't know what happened!
I think I'll be going with this one, I was going to follow the square pattern but not now, I forgot about all the turning i'd have to do.

thanx all for your input
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