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peabee 01-26-2011 06:03 AM

great job. would you do a quilt u class again?

mimee4 01-26-2011 06:08 AM

Great quilt. I, too, like the way you finished off the bottom and added the one row on the right side. I'd call it "Coffee creamer swirls". It reminds me of my first cup of the day.

yetta 01-26-2011 06:09 AM

great job,,,

Stitchalong 01-26-2011 06:18 AM

Wow beautiful!

cozycrafter 01-26-2011 06:20 AM

amazing!

Justquilting 01-26-2011 06:21 AM

Gorgeous!
I love your version!!!

Ditter43 01-26-2011 06:23 AM

I love it!! :thumbup: :D :thumbup:

brookemarie19 01-26-2011 06:23 AM

The revised one is sooooo much cooler!! You did a great job

Lori L 01-26-2011 06:56 AM

nice job......obviously letting it "stew" was a good thing :) Love your color choices!

MCarleneM 01-26-2011 07:01 AM

That is fascinating and beautiful! I am a fairly new quilter and didn't even know what "bargello" was until I joined this board. I have seen some really lovely bargello quilts since joining and yours is right up there among the prettiest ones! Great job!

paintedquilt 01-26-2011 07:01 AM

gorgeous :thumbup:

golfer 01-26-2011 08:13 AM

Great job! It reminds me of a maze.

macygma 01-26-2011 08:57 AM

very nice! I haven't had the nerve to do Bargello yet but I sure like looking at it!

OKLAHOMA PEACH 01-26-2011 09:19 AM

Great job, love it.

thegypsy1968 01-26-2011 09:24 AM

Stunning!!!! Well Done!!

katkat1946 01-26-2011 10:00 AM

WOW - stupendous!!!

BizzieLizzie 01-26-2011 10:07 AM

it is stunning! Love your colours!

bob1414 01-26-2011 10:10 AM

I also think yours is an improvement over the original pattern. Now you have an original design! Congrats - it's great!!

malega 01-26-2011 10:35 AM

Wow i just love the design, it is so very beautiful

dragonflylady 01-26-2011 10:48 AM

WOW i call it AWESOME

Fiber Artist 01-26-2011 11:04 AM

Beautiful!!

IBQUILTIN 01-26-2011 11:35 AM

Everyone says the bargello is not that hard, but to look at your beautiful work, I have trouble believing that. You make it look like it would take forever. I love the change you made in the design

mollymct 01-26-2011 11:41 AM

Really beautiful.

Pitty Pat 01-26-2011 12:03 PM

Awesome.

jojosnana 01-26-2011 05:24 PM

Wow, I mean wow. fabulous

ccrow99 01-26-2011 05:32 PM

That is incredible!! What a beautiful job.

Prairie Quilter 01-26-2011 06:00 PM

Awesome!!! Incredible........... Great Work!

mequilter 01-26-2011 06:05 PM

I love your version! Beautiful job on it.

Janet My 01-26-2011 06:07 PM

Beautiful.... Love your colors.

terri bb 01-26-2011 06:13 PM

it is beautiful! they look so amazing, i am going to have to tackle one when i have a bit more experience under my belt! is that a great pyr on your avatar??? i just had to ask! they are just the most loveable dogs ever!

RUSewing 01-26-2011 06:14 PM

Stunning - the dark on the bottom "weighs" it down and is a great improvement.

DonnaB 01-26-2011 06:31 PM

Fantastic!

IrelandDragonQuilting 01-26-2011 06:33 PM

These remind me of the Northern Lights actually. When I lived in Alaska the lights would swirl like these. I truly enjoyed looking at them.

cla8655 01-26-2011 06:34 PM

that is beautiful

desertrose 01-26-2011 06:39 PM


Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Boy I struggled with this one! Not because the design was difficult (well, it wasn't easy), but because I decided to change the design ... AFTER it was done.

The original pattern (by Ruth Blanchett by virtue of QuiltUniversity.com) had a "wave" repeat at the bottom all the way across, and was cut blunt across the bottom (see original pattern in blue - pic 'stolen' from the QuiltUniversity.com web site!). Even when I was making it, the bottom of the pattern "bothered" me. Because we were working with pre-made strips, the bottom "wave" wasn't blunt at the bottom while we were working it, it continued off the bottom as a curve. We were meant to cut it off. But I liked it.

So I folded the bottom under and laid it on top of this and that border fabric to audition. I played with it for days, folding this part away then that part, auditioning it with different border colors, etc. Then I just left it on my table to 'stew' a while while I figured out what was in my brain trying to get out.

Finally, I saw what I wanted to see, so I ripped and ripped and ripped. Then I added new strips in a single color to continue that bottom curve into a "border" of sorts. As a result if you look closely the bottom strips are wanky but they're all the same fabric so from a distance ... well who cares.

I *might* make it again but this time do the bottom right the first time :)

My husband said it looks like an eye with one raised eye-brow.

I call it "Vision".




Wow! I love the changes you made to the original pattern. You've added so much more depth to the Bagello Design but I'll bet it was a brain teaser to make the changes. :thumbup:

katamingo 01-26-2011 07:06 PM

Looks Awesome!! Have done Bargello. I personally like it.

Mimito2 01-26-2011 07:09 PM

I like your version more!

QuickStitch 01-26-2011 07:34 PM

I think you did a wonderful job. :thumbup:

Peggyinno 01-26-2011 07:55 PM

Amazing!

dunster 01-26-2011 08:06 PM

I like your version better too. Beautiful quilt.


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