I've been working on the Bargello quilt this weekend but I really have no idea where it is going. I found a picture of a quilt that I liked and had hoped that I could figure out strip placement on my own. Of course that is not as easy to do as I'd hope and I got lost. That's okay... It is hard to go too wrong with a Bargello quilt. Still... while the rainbow colors may be there I don't think anyone is going to get a connection beyond that.
At this point I was just trying to get a flow of colors going up and down... Now I'm trying to put in some divider strips but I'm not sure if I am enhancing things or making the quilt more muddled. And oh, that black is strong isn't it! (But batiks go so well with black...)
As I'm still getting confused with my strip making this make take a few more days. And I have a few full days of teaching before I can get back to this. I hope I don't forget what I was trying to do. It is kind of fun...
And while I sewed, Tetsu spent the weekend planting flowers and moving bricks near our driveway. I had asked him to remove a dying tree and get rid of a wooden planter that had termites. He put his artistic talents to work and designed a brick planter instead. Good gardener, great husband!
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I think it's looking good! Spacers would help expand the quilt size and I don't think they will detract from the colors at all.
Tetsu did well indeed :)
I like it. I've never made a bargello but my dear friend blogless Judy has and one time she slipped and called it a bordello and the name sort of stuck . . . .
I don't think you can mess up with batiks and your rainbow will be lovely. The garden work seems to have a bit of patchwork influence. I love the multi-colores bricks.
Love the dog & cat plant stands.
Can't wait to see how your bargello quilt turns out.
bargellos are just fun...go with it. Love Tetsu's garden corner.
The divider strips enhance it. Much more movement. I say go with that idea! I love the way it looks.
Tell Tetsu the brick garden work looks great. Love that too.
The bargello is looking great. The garden looks lovely - I need to do creative things like that in my garden.
I think it looks great Tanya! And the garden does too, love what he did with the bricks.
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