Funny story about my Bargello-in-the-making
 

I have this Bargello 3/4 done, and I will be making another so that the twin beds I have in one room will have matching quilts. Both will match a wall hanging I made earlier.

I have not been following a pattern, sort of going by what I think I will like and trying to match my wall hanging, which I didn't use a pattern for either. I am sewing 1/4 of it at a time, and I liked the first half. (If you have read about this before, last time I was seeking opinions on "should I go up or down with my pattern." Well, I selected down.)

Today I finished the third 4th, and when I laid it on the bed, I did not like it! I spent hours trying to decide what to do next. Should I remove the last 1/4 and make a new 1/4 going "up", should I abandon it and make two Trips around the World out of the fabric I have left, should I never ever try another quilt without a pattern to follow?

Then I remembered something my son always says to me when I ask him if he likes a quilt..."It's upside down." So I turned it upside down, and now I like it!!!

Funny, don't you think?

I took a picture of it in its current stage. I couldn't get far enough back to take the picture in my small sewing room, so I moved the whole design wall (portable, thank goodness) into the longest room in my house. Here is where I am now.

Tomorrow I will start the next fourth. I KNOW I will like it. I will add it to the right of what I have now. This time I intend to extend my pattern down and then up. Do you think that will look as good as I think it will??

Dina

Very Pretty.

Haha! Turning it upside down, who knew! Glad you like it now

Was wondering how you were progressing with this brown Bargello. Looks Great. How in the world did you get your cat to pose like THAT ?? :)

Very pretty love the colors. Sue

With your design wall being portable, how do you get it to stay where you want it? I want to add another section to mine, but it would have to be portable

So far it is fabulous and the design you choose will be good and have a lot of motion like a Bargello should. Perfect!
peace

It's coming along beautifully...i've liked the color scheme since your first post...the fact that you did a bargello without a pattern is crazy adventurous !!!

Love it! You are deffinately on the right track!!

Ha! Hot Rod, my quilt inspector, insists on being in all my pictures, no matter what I do. I used to try to lure him away with a toy. Now I just let him pose. :) He is my constant companion, whether I like it or not! Luckily I likeit.

Dina