Phew...My first queen size quilt...it is a Bargello.

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02-19-2011, 08:28 AM

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Lady Jane

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Good job, and I like the colors..

02-19-2011, 08:29 AM

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How much yardage did that take?
Do you have a link to that pattern?

02-19-2011, 08:55 AM

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Wow, i've not seen that pattern before. it's gorgeous!!

02-19-2011, 08:57 AM

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Lovely!

02-19-2011, 10:00 AM

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Thanks all for the nice comments. I thought the pattern wasn't that hard to execute, but you do need to stay organized and focused as to your strip sets what goes where.

02-19-2011, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Barb_MO

Candi, I'm real proud of you. That is one beautiful quilt. Love the colors and placement of the fabrics. Next one will be easier.
Is the very small border a border or is it a flap sewn between the quilt and the wide border?

Barb, thank you. It is a pieced border, I cut the strip into 1" to ended up with a 1/2" finished border, don't tell anyone, but this was a last minute design decision because I wanted to use my darkest fabric to stop the pattern before adding borders and that is the biggest border I had enough fabric for,lol. But I do like how it turned out. Thanks for taking the time to show us this wonderful technique and pattern.

02-19-2011, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mpeters1200

That is really pretty! I love the green in it and that goldy brown just brightens up the quilt. Simply beautiful!

I've never used a long arm, but I sure am tempted for a tee shirt quilt for my niece! I would never hand quilt that!

Wonderful job!

Melissa

Thanks Melissa. I do like that goldy fabric. I'll report on my LA adventure.

02-19-2011, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by colleen53

isn't it fun to do barb's tute? i have made two of these and loved every minute of it... the hardest part is deciding on the color scheme...
you did a wonderful job

Colleen, it was fun and not as hard as I would have thought it'd be, just needed to make sure I am going in order and keeping my strips oriented the right direction, and if you know me ,little OCD lol, staying organized wasn't that dificcult once I got the hang of it.

I knew which color shceme I wanted, but did go for more subtle than I normally go with for this one for some reason, and deciding on the order took forever, I mean forever.

02-19-2011, 10:13 AM

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very nice, I also rent time on a longarm, you will do just fine, put on a headset and listen to music and you will stress less on being perfect.

02-19-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by sisLH

How much yardage did that take?
Do you have a link to that pattern?

The pattern for this Bargello was posted by our own Barb_MO here on the board in a very easy to understand directions. I am going to put the links here for the tutorial sections in the board. You basically need 11 fabrics, 7/8 yard each (I got a yard justbin case) and cut 11 2.5" strips across the WOF from all 11 fabrics. You end up with about 88 by 77 quilt before borders, I did get more yardage for fabrica I wanted to use for the borders.

Ok, start here:http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-41828-1.htm , long thread here

Cutting strip sets:http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43226-1.htm

Arranging cut strips:http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43299-1.htm

Sewing one sections:http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43362-1.htm

Hope this helps, Barb is super nice and helpful.