Twisted Bargello Class... day 1

Do you have a picture of what you are making?

Here is a similar quilt. My colors however are limited to shades of blue, yellow, yellows on blue, blues on yellow and a wee bit of white.

Sure hope it turns out okay! I've seen a few of them... and they are gorgeous!

Kate in MI

Nice

Look forward to seeing pics

I did one of those. I used my stash of Thimbleberries, except I had half yard cuts. I did it randomly....didn't use a sequence of light to dark....just pulled strips out of bags.

Betty in WI

pulled fabrics from my

shop help them pull

the shop staff helped

20 fabrics). Then

sure to press seams in

for the bargello.

University of Michigan).

in the guest bedroom I

will need to before

Hi Kate! This is a fun project. You can look at my completed top here:

(see Quilt top forDad). My teacher wasvery good at providing hints that made the pattern easier tounderstand. The class prep wasmore than I had ever encountered (I had been sticking with lessinvolved projects). I found thatas long as I remained focused and organized I could avoid lots ofunsewing! How many classesdo you have remaining? Just remember, have fun!DeNise

Kate G. wrote:

pulled fabrics from my

shop help them pull

the shop staff helped

20 fabrics). Then

sure to press seams in

for the bargello.

University of Michigan).

in the guest bedroom I

will need to before

Is that a pattern that's availble somewhere? I'd like to have it in my stash! KJ

pulled fabrics from my

shop help them pull

the shop staff helped

20 fabrics). Then

sure to press seams in

for the bargello.

University of Michigan).

in the guest bedroom I

will need to before

We are NOT using a preprinted pattern. This is some method (that looks like it should be simple -- if I can keep it straight!

I'll let you know when I finish.

Kate in MI

it's 2 classes... yesterday -- and another in 2 weeks. That's it! But I think I understand where we're going. The real challenge will be sewing straight... keeping a good 1/4" seam and doing a good job of matching points.

Her method (including pressing... should have us with opposing seams so that should help with the points matching... time will tell.

I hope to have it done before Thanksgiving (at least the top).

As for quilting -- haven't thought about that. It probably won't show much -- so will probably do something simple -- unless someone has a better idea.

Kate in MI

I have seen patterns along this line - but of course can't remember where right now.

Try finding one of the books on Bargello. Marilyn Doheny's Bargello Tapestry Quilts are mostly "straight up and down" B-quilts, but Marge Edie's Bargello Quilts and New Slant on Bargello have more variations.

Beautiful top! Is it finished yet? How will/did you quilt it?

WOW, Kate, that is really pretty!! Can't wait to see pics of yours!

Is it normal for a quilter to have a number of quilt tops finished but not actually put it together to make a quilt? I am discovering that I have three tops almost finished but really don't know how I want to quilt them. Do most quilters do this?

Michele

hmm... ONLY three?????

~KK in BC~

Only 3? I have several and someday may get them quilted. I have at least 3 that are sandwiched and basted and have been like that for a year.

Only three? I have at least 12!

I don't know if it is "normal", but it certainly is not unusual. Anyway - what is "normal"? and who cares?

As with most activities, you will find some exponents who love the quilting and finishing but have to force themselves to complete the piecing; others who love the piecing but who find it near impossible to design a quilt from scratch or convert a finished top into a finished quilt; and still others (like me) who love the design element, who thoroughly enjoy making enough to confirm that the pattern works, who may even race through to the point of getting tops finished, but who then cannot get motivated about the quilting and finishing.

In some ways I envy those with the self-discipline to start only one project at a time and work only on it until it is finished. But I happily float along in a sea of UFOs rofl

I started quilting about 3 months ago. I guess I have not had the time to make more. I'll try to work on that!

Michele

"Cats" I have known for sometime that you and I are very much alike except for your love of cats. I am one of the "enjoy making enough to confirm that the pattern works" camp. Unless I have a deadline such as a gift I seldom finish a quilt. I love making the blocks but don't even bother to assemble the top. Once a top is complete it usually is sent to the long arm quilter but then it sits here for years before it is bound. Right now I can think of six quilts waiting for binding and probably at least twelve sets of blocks that are complete but need to be set together. Another 20 quilts are probably started but only a few blocks made (I know the pattern works so why go on)

Once in a while I will finish one of the block sets into a quilt for a gift but often these block sets were something I just wanted to try. I especially like starting Stack n Whack blocks sets. It is so much fun to watch how they go together. My "finish each project before you start another" friend just can't understand why I would start something and never finish it.

When unquilted tops are found in estates people often talk about the ancestor who started the quilt and died before they had time to quilt it. Sorry to tell them but the unquilted top is probably a UFO. Our great grandmothers knew it was more fun to piece a top than quilt it.

I have begun a project to complete some of those UFO's. Each time I run across >Only three? I have at least 12!