ganny

The Bargello post is where I am getting so confused. This is bring me to tears because it makes me look so stupid. I think I will give it up. Can't make myself understood with my questions. Thanks anyway. No more questions, I promise.

Sadiemae

I think maybe it is supposed to be faster, but do it the way you find easier to understand and then the next time you can try it a different way. You can do a 1, 2, 3, 4 if you want to.

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.

ganny

Thanks :cry:

dsb38327

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.

AlienQuilter

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.

wvdek

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.

amma

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.

franie

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.

ganny

Well, thanks everyone for your help. I think I am a little less confused once I got the answer to my one basic question. I am now making progress, I think. Thanks all.