Bargello

Barjello - but not with Cool Whip :-)

R.

it'd BARdJELLO ( soft d in the middle) afaik...

I was taught to pronounce it more like this. A bit different maybe -- the "j" sounds sort of like the "sh" in "she". I had a Fabric Design class in college and that's the way the teacher pronounced it. Teacher was a much older woman (maybe mid-70's at the time) and an extremely experienced needleworker. CiaoMeow >^;;^< . PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their WHISKERS!! Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

Bargello is a quilt pattern and a gorgeous one at that!! I have one that I made here

I needed thread and stopped at the closest LQS Friday........(if driving 30 miles to the next town is close LOL) and there was a twisted bargello that the owner had made, hanging on her wall. Stunning!!! She was getting ready for her fall classes. Her newsletters were hot off the presses and I picked one up. She is going to be teaching the twisted bargello. I won't take the class but it's something for future making though

Ann

According to this website:

"Bargello is a form of needlepoint in which (typically) only straight stitches are used, usually in geometric patterns. Popular patterns usually involve using many shades of one color in rows shaped into squares, diamonds, hearts, etc."

The patterns are idea for quiltmaking and several quilt books have been written on this topic.

Sandy in Chapel Hill, NC

"IMS" wrote : Pleaze enlighten.....I can't pronounce it, and don't even know what it is!

I can't help with the pronounciation of bargello. (I've always used the /j/ sound as in "margerine.") I can help with the sound you're trying to describe. We have it in English. It is the s in measure or the z in azure. In linguistics, it would be described as an alveolar, voiced, fricative, I believe. Or, put another way, say /sh/ and make that growly sound in your throat.

--Lia

What fun, Lia. You can explain things so well. That's how I pronounce bargello - but it would have taken me three days to get across what I was trying to say. Polly

This is why I love you. There are people in the world who would have reported me to my ISP for describing anything as an alveolar, voiced, fricative. And on a quilting group!

--Lia

Polly Esther wrote:

This is why I love you. There are people in the world who would have reported me to my ISP for describing anything as an alveolar, voiced, fricative. And on a quilting group!

--Lia

Polly Esther wrote:

Until recently I'd only associated the word bargello with needlepoint. But then one evening I saw a 'bargello' quilt on an Amish website. Stunning!

earthmagic in oz.