2/3 done with X Factor Bargello, and I need a bigger design wall!!
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2/3 done with X Factor Bargello, and I need a bigger design wall!!
This is my third....or maybe 4th...posting of my progress with the X Factor Bargello quilt. I am very pleased with the way it is looking....but I already have run out of design wall. If you look carefully, you can see the top right hand corner isn't quite showing because it has folded back behind my design wall, which is portable and leans against my closet door.
The top is 2/3 done. I guess I will be finishing it on top of a bed or something...maybe lots of masking tape on my closet door? See the ladder I have to use to get to the top of it? I already have my design wall resting on 30 inch stools to get it tall enough!
But it is fun, fun, fun, and I do like it. I may have to just work on the last third without having the first 2/3 of it up. Yeah, that is probably what I will have to do...unless anyone has any suggestions??
Thanks for the encouraging words many of you have given me.
....edited....Well, phooey, I picked the wrong picture. I have added the most recent now....but I am afraid to delete the first one... So....please just zoom down to the second picture....(sorry).
Dina
The top is 2/3 done. I guess I will be finishing it on top of a bed or something...maybe lots of masking tape on my closet door? See the ladder I have to use to get to the top of it? I already have my design wall resting on 30 inch stools to get it tall enough!
But it is fun, fun, fun, and I do like it. I may have to just work on the last third without having the first 2/3 of it up. Yeah, that is probably what I will have to do...unless anyone has any suggestions??
Thanks for the encouraging words many of you have given me.
....edited....Well, phooey, I picked the wrong picture. I have added the most recent now....but I am afraid to delete the first one... So....please just zoom down to the second picture....(sorry).
Dina
Last edited by Dina; 05-31-2018 at 04:19 PM.
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Great progress. Beautiful colors. I am infamiliar with how bargellos are made. Are the different little squares(rectangles?) all the same size? I know this is done with strips but do you cut all strips the same width? Thank you.
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Absolutely in awe of your bargello quilt. I suppose you could fold the quilt on the left side so you can work on the right side. Obviously the problem is that you cannot fully admire your progress. Or, as someone else mentioned, you can use a bed as your design wall. I have made one and plan to do another one soon. You are right, it was a lot of fun.
#7
If you really want to make one, (and they aren't that hard, they just take organization and once you figure out the technique, they make you look like you are a much better quilter than you are....or at least they do that for me... ) you could start the way I did...small and learn up. I would recommend Eileen Wright's Twist and Turn Bargello book...I got mine from Amazon. It has about 10 patterns from beginning to advanced. I started with a place mat (towards back of book). She gives detailed step by instructions for all her patterns, but she is really detailed with the place mat, assuming it is your first Bargello. There is also a lot of good information for fabric selection and Bargello making in the front section of the book.
The second one I made was Surf Song, also in the book.
I was hooked. Give it a try. It is fun. Read the instructions until you have your brain wrapped around them though...
Dina
The second one I made was Surf Song, also in the book.
I was hooked. Give it a try. It is fun. Read the instructions until you have your brain wrapped around them though...
Dina
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Absolutely in awe of your bargello quilt. I suppose you could fold the quilt on the left side so you can work on the right side. Obviously the problem is that you cannot fully admire your progress. Or, as someone else mentioned, you can use a bed as your design wall. I have made one and plan to do another one soon. You are right, it was a lot of fun.
Dina
#9
It is an interesting technique and takes some organization, but it makes me look like a much better quilter than I am.
Dina
#10
Beautiful. A bargello is on my bucket list. I have a decent sized design wall, but sometimes it is too small. There isn't room in my sewing room to make it larger. SO when I run out of room I have to move it to the design floor. I am woking on a king sized quilt. It is a BOM. At some point the design wall will be too small. I am hoping it will fit on the floor in the bedroom I have taken over for my longarm. (I don't know how to use it yet)
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