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d.rickman 01-07-2014 07:01 AM

Bargello Placemats - very basic instructions
 
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Bargello Placemat….. 12” x 18”

Purchase 1 yard of each color you like, I used 10 fabrics, from the very darkest blue
To the very lightest blue and then added plain white. I had enough to make 6 placemats.

1. On a sheet of paper place the numbers 1 to 10 (or however many colors you will be using), cut a small scrap of each fabric and glue this scrap beside the number, so you have a legend to follow should you forget which color is which number.

2. Number these fabrics from 1 to 10 with white being number 1 and the darkest

Being number 10. (or a higher number if you use more colors than 10)

3. Cut strips from each of the fabrics at 2.5 inches wide x WOF. Keeping your strips together in their color. (All the whites together, then all the next shade together., etc). Now you will have 10 piles of strips.

Press all your seams to one side!!! Whenyou do the next step.

4. Sew your strips together in their color order from the #10 darkest to the #1lightest. Sew one Strip in one direction, and add the next lighter color in the other direction, this is so They do not curl on you. Once you have sewn up 10 of the strips from darkest to the
Lightest. NOW YOU WILL MAKE THEM INTO A TUBE, sew the dark strip to The light strip

5. Even off the end you will be cutting first – IT is important to keep your strips even.

6. Now cut this TUBE of strips at various intervals like this: 1”, 1.25 “, 1.50”, 1.75”, 2.0”, 2.25”, 2.5”

TIP: Do Not get ahead of yourself: Next Open up your strips as you need them.
Do this by picking out the stitching in each seam line.

7. First - Open up the seam at the top of the white, This is your first strip the lightest color #1

The next strip open up
under the white, the next open up under your next color and continue moving only one fabric down each time, when you open up the seam line.

To sew together: You can see from the picture, the white moves up and then down.
This is how you do a bargello placemat like mine……

Sewing together your placemat -

Lay your first strip #1 on top of the next strip - with the wrong side up, onto #2 and sew down the right hand side – you will
always be sewing down on the right side


You can mix up the width of each strip, but not the colors, you can see by mine that I didn’t mix them up very much.

Once you have the desired height and width, then make a sandwich with your top, batting and backing and bind as usual. I just stippled the colored portion, not the white.


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Barb in Louisiana 01-07-2014 07:09 AM

Thanks for the tute. I have the book but found it a bit confusing. Yours seems clearer. Another bucket list quilt.

Tartan 01-07-2014 08:23 AM

​Pretty placemat!

chartwig 01-07-2014 08:26 AM

sew pretty!

Krissy D 01-07-2014 10:13 AM

Those are just beautiful , thanks for the tute

Pinkiris 01-07-2014 05:17 PM

Really pretty! Thank you for taking the time to make the tutorial for us. Your directions are clear and get the job done!

thimblebug6000 01-07-2014 05:18 PM

What a pretty placemat! Thanks for the tute!

GEMRM 01-07-2014 07:09 PM

The directions are great - does it really take 10 yards- (1 yard x 10 colours)?
I like the pattern.

d.rickman 01-08-2014 02:25 AM

I made My daughters placemats also, it was a while ago when I made them, and I believe I made 3 tubes for mine. You would have some left over, you could figure.it out if you didn't want to make as many.

Caswews 01-08-2014 05:43 AM

Very nice .. I may have to make this for my daughter .. thank you ..

QuiltnNan 01-08-2014 07:42 AM

thanks for taking time to post the tut... great info here.

bibi 01-08-2014 08:27 AM

Thanks so much for the tutorial.

Quiltinjay 01-08-2014 09:36 AM

Thanks for the tute. Been wanting to try Bargello, but didn't know where to start...you solved that problem for me.

judy363905 01-08-2014 11:59 AM

Thank you, this was kind of you to post. I have never thought of a placemat in this pattern--- but now I do :)

Judy in Phx, AZ

gramquilter2 01-08-2014 04:15 PM

Beautiful Bargello placemat and a great tute.

nannyrick 01-08-2014 04:33 PM

Thanks so much for the tute. Love the placemats.Great job.

supergma 01-09-2014 06:31 AM

Thanks. Great instructions. Love your placemats. I have been wanting to do something in Bargello, but it seemed too intimidating. Starting with placemats would let me know if I can do I.

juliea9967 01-09-2014 06:53 AM

Thanks for taking the time to help those of us who need it. I am having trouble figuring out how many placemats 10 yards of fabric would make. There is just my husband and I, and I would like to make 4, 2 for the table and 2 more to use when the first 2 are in the wash.
Thanks again,

mjhaess 01-09-2014 07:29 AM

Very pretty...thanks for the tute...

Mariposa 01-09-2014 07:32 AM

Pretty place mat!

SandyinZ4 01-09-2014 08:41 AM

Thanks so much for doing this tute. The pictures and your explanation are wonderful. I plan to make some in red/orange yellow colorway. Really appreciate you!

cherrio 01-09-2014 08:59 AM

nice job!!!

AnnT 01-09-2014 11:14 AM

Easy to understand directions! Thanks for sharing.

L8quilter 01-12-2014 02:51 PM

Beautiful Work. I love the colors. Just might have to try this in spring colors. Thanks for sharing.

Jingle 01-14-2014 05:33 AM

Beautiful, your instructions sound very good. Thanks for the tute.

wpbmommy1 01-14-2014 12:55 PM

I can't wait to try this out as a placemat! Thanks for the tutorial.

javin22 01-23-2014 04:18 PM

Nice job. I love the place mat. Gorgeous colors.

crafty-kid 01-24-2014 05:30 PM

I like it!

Lilrain 01-27-2014 12:27 AM

Would love to try this, but buying 10 yards of fabric for placemats is a bit outside my budget at the moment.

Susanna10 01-27-2014 09:51 AM

thank you. bookmarked

d.rickman 06-08-2014 11:41 AM

Please note if you are only making 4 placemats, please only purchase 1/4 yard, of each color.

#1piecemaker 06-13-2014 12:27 PM

Nice placemat!! I think I understand the process. At least I learned something about cutting the strips!!


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