Purple Bargello
11-12-2020, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by SallyS
Ordered the book from Amazon and can hardly wait until it comes. Thank you again for all your advice and sharing!
Dina
11-12-2020, 07:53 PM
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Thanks, everyone, for the sweet compliments. Hot Rod and I enjoy hearing them. 
. And I had not noticed that the cat on my calendar looks just like Hot Rod!!! How neat is that. Thanks to two of you for pointing that out.
Dina
. And I had not noticed that the cat on my calendar looks just like Hot Rod!!! How neat is that. Thanks to two of you for pointing that out. Dina
11-19-2020, 05:25 PM
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This is a very nice bargello. I've been bitten by the bargello bug and I'm trying not to make too many. I've made 3 in a row already. Then Jordan Fabrics on utube showed one that I would like to make and then....here you come with another I would like to try. Bad girl!!!! Is this pattern still available on the website?
11-22-2020, 09:46 AM
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Donna Jordan has a good tutorial for bargello quilt on YouTube. She uses 9 different fabrics, and sews squares, then sews the squares into rows. It seems easy enough even for me to do, but haven't done one yet. My biggest problem is trying to figure out what coordinating fabric "goes" with each of the fabrics.
11-22-2020, 11:28 AM
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Bargello
Originally Posted by Dina
The main hint I could give for making a Bargello is that if you are following a pattern, read the instructions carefully and organize your fabric. (I don't always follow a pattern, and that is fun too.). If you have never made a Bargello, I recommend starting the way I did. Make a place mat first. Eileen Wright has a book called Twist and Turn Bargellos... It has about 10 patterns and at the back of that book is a set of instructions for making a placemat. She assumes a beginner is doing it, and she shows what to do, step by step. I made one of those and then made Surf Song, which is also in her book. Actually, she has two books, but you want the first one. It has an orange and yellowish Bargello on the front. I think the second book says it is Book 2 of Twist and Turn Bargellos. I got my book from Amazon.
Then, ask questions here if you have them. Quilters on this site held my hand the whole time. But, warning, Bargellos quilts may be addictive.
Dina
Then, ask questions here if you have them. Quilters on this site held my hand the whole time. But, warning, Bargellos quilts may be addictive.
Dina
