Help Straighten Me Out!
#11
Originally Posted by dsb38327
Ganny, you can do this.
I would suggest keeping all the questions in the Bargello post you are working from. If you get to a point that you want me to keep my thoughts to myself you may tell me and I promise I will take no offense. I promise. :thumbup:
If Barb is not signed on when you have a question someone else who has made the pattern may be and they will be able to offer a suggestion.
I would suggest keeping all the questions in the Bargello post you are working from. If you get to a point that you want me to keep my thoughts to myself you may tell me and I promise I will take no offense. I promise. :thumbup:
If Barb is not signed on when you have a question someone else who has made the pattern may be and they will be able to offer a suggestion.
#12
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Originally Posted by ganny
Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
You probably have up to 20 fabrics. Sew strip 1 to strip 2. Sew strip 3 to strip 4 etc until you have all your strips in pairs.
Then sew 1&2 to 3&4 and 5&6 to 7&8 etc. until you have all your pair in groups of four. Continue until you have the strip sets done. Now you are ready to sub cut into strips of different widths.
Then sew 1&2 to 3&4 and 5&6 to 7&8 etc. until you have all your pair in groups of four. Continue until you have the strip sets done. Now you are ready to sub cut into strips of different widths.
#14
Originally Posted by Sadiemae
Please do not say you are dense. We just haven't found the way to explain better.
Your goal at this point is just to sew all of your strips into strip sets. There is always more than one way to do things.
Your goal at this point is just to sew all of your strips into strip sets. There is always more than one way to do things.
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We are your cheerleaders! We are here for you. Your questions are helping 100's of people learn. They are reading the posts thinking "I wondered about that!".
Just like your question of why to sew 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and then have to come back and sew 2 to 3 and 4 to 5. I thought the same thing you did. I sewed mine 1,2,3,4,5,6, etc. I had read that I needed to start seaming at opposite ends as I finished seaming each row together. So I did do that and everything worked out fine.
Just like your question of why to sew 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and then have to come back and sew 2 to 3 and 4 to 5. I thought the same thing you did. I sewed mine 1,2,3,4,5,6, etc. I had read that I needed to start seaming at opposite ends as I finished seaming each row together. So I did do that and everything worked out fine.
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May I make a suggestion. Since you have not made one before, maybe try making the pattern from Quiltville:
http://www.quiltville.com/scrapbargello.shtml
It's not as intricate but I think once you do one, you will understand how to do the complicated ones. I participated in a block swap once using this pattern. I had to read through the instructions a couple of times then do one and then the light bulb came on!
I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes it takes several explanations before something clicks in the brain.
http://www.quiltville.com/scrapbargello.shtml
It's not as intricate but I think once you do one, you will understand how to do the complicated ones. I participated in a block swap once using this pattern. I had to read through the instructions a couple of times then do one and then the light bulb came on!
I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes it takes several explanations before something clicks in the brain.
#17
Hee hee, can't help as I have not done a Bargello quilt only needlepoint pillows and samplers and that would definitely not work here.
You will get some great help here. Find someone with a bargello pic for their avatar and PM them. Or go to SEARCH and type in bargello and you will get oodles of info. Good luck.
You will get some great help here. Find someone with a bargello pic for their avatar and PM them. Or go to SEARCH and type in bargello and you will get oodles of info. Good luck.
#18
Some find it easier to handle the strips by sewing them into pairs, then the pairs into 4's, etc.
One reason behind this is to keep the sewn strips from becoming bowed. But there are ways to avoide this :wink:
PRESS, do not iron the strip's seams, press each area once, and never move your iron back and forth across them.
When you sew the strips together, alternate which end you start from. If you start sewing from the same end each time, the strip sets may start bowing.
The purpose of sewing the strips all together first, is to make a big "sheet of fabric"
Then you cut these sheets up into the correct sized strips to form your design.
Then when you cut out your strips from this, it is easy to cut them one inch or more. You will be cutting across the strips, so each cut will include each of the strips that you have sewn together.
You can cut the individual fabrics into small pieces and sew them end to end, but sometimes these pieces would end up being one inch wide and hard to handle. So someone came up with the idea of "strip piecing" them, to make the process go easier.
One reason behind this is to keep the sewn strips from becoming bowed. But there are ways to avoide this :wink:
PRESS, do not iron the strip's seams, press each area once, and never move your iron back and forth across them.
When you sew the strips together, alternate which end you start from. If you start sewing from the same end each time, the strip sets may start bowing.
The purpose of sewing the strips all together first, is to make a big "sheet of fabric"
Then you cut these sheets up into the correct sized strips to form your design.
Then when you cut out your strips from this, it is easy to cut them one inch or more. You will be cutting across the strips, so each cut will include each of the strips that you have sewn together.
You can cut the individual fabrics into small pieces and sew them end to end, but sometimes these pieces would end up being one inch wide and hard to handle. So someone came up with the idea of "strip piecing" them, to make the process go easier.
#19
I was getting confused from your questions. Actually I think you do a piece of fabric out of the strips and cut apart and move them up and down tobe sewn back together. That's how I did my Christmas wall hangings in bargello.
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