One I like is with 2 pieces of fabric. You get one piece that has different colors hues through the length of the fabric (is that technically "variegated" or "color change"? Y'all know that type of fabric I mean. You then get a 2nd piece as an accent. Sew variegated - accent - variegated, and then do the cylinder trick (I'm sure that's explained somewhere on here or online), and cut the long strips and resew to make a Bargello
You get the Bargello effect but with a lot less work :mrgreen: