Nothing too much going on around here so maybe I'll show you a picture of an old quilt that I put up recently in the entryway. This is my one and only Bargello quilt which I love. I have a couple books of Bargello quilts and I had planned to make more but they take quite a lot of planning and in the end this is the only one I ever made. It is from the book Bargello Quilts by Marge Edie. Mrs. Ochiai and I each made this quilt years and years ago. (Rats, no label on it. Why do I do this all the time?!" She and I shared some fabrics and made two quilts in tandem. Hers is brown and blue and mine is brown and pink. I love the way the fabric color subtly changes from brown on one side gradually to pink on the other. We made our quilts before we had really delved into the world of machine piecing so this was an experiment for us. We were so proud of ourselves and told anyone who admired the quilts that this was a quilt that could only be done by machine. (Machine piecing was taking a bashing at that time in Japan.)
Looking at my quilt and looking through the books again makes me want to make another Bargello... Not yet, Tanya!
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With how much tenderness we regard ours first jobs of patch !
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What a lovely little bargello quilt! I'm just catching up with blogs after a couple days away -- the rice fields look lovely. We can still see brown earth here but like the rice fields, soon it will all be green with corn.
It's beautiful, Tanya !... Now you make me want to make another one, too ! I made one, a few years ago, but gave it away as a top, to an old lady who had no sewing machine.... She quilted it, and was sooo happy to keep it! Once you have understood the "trick", this pattern is rather easy but it always gives such amazing results !
Please, please, Tanya, make labels for you quilts! (sometimes I start with the label - LOL- when I want to hand stitch a little...). I've found some cute ones here, they just have to get completed. Would you like me to send some to you ? I'll be delighted ! Just tell me.....
Hugs & smiles !
NADINE
Ooops ! Forgot to ask : is it a little house, I see on the bottom left corner of your Bargello ? Cute, cute, cute !
XOXOXO
NADINE
I've never made a bargello (yet) and yours is very pretty. My friend Judy had one in progress for ages and ages and one day her tongue slipped and she called it a bordello quilt, and our group has never been able to think of them as bargellos since then!
I love your bargello, you were very brave! Why not put a label on it NOW?
It's a very pretty quilt, I've not done a bargello... one of the few things I haven't tried yet in the quilting world. I wouldn't want to sew one of these by hand... I think you were justified in labeling it for machine-work only! Good job!
Very nice quilt...bargello is on my someday list! (I think I've bought fabric twice for this project!)
Very cute your Bargello quilt, Tanya!!!!
The bargello quilt is very, very pretty. Perhaps someday I can give it a try but haven't done one yet. I did watch an episode on Simply Quilts when one was demonstrated.
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