Are bargellos difficult?
10-27-2011, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BarbM32
To sewbeadit...I noticed your green Elna machine and would like to know how old it is and how you came by iy. I also have a green Elna machine that came out as the equal to the featherweight only I like it better as it does more. The machine has panels that close up fastening to the top. Now the top has an area for feet and the machine can do several stitches as well as forward and backward and (zigzag(?). When the area is closed and the 4 sides attach then it is ready for carrying. Only machine like it I have ever seen and I was in the sewing machine business both retail and wholesale for 60+ years. I have been thinking of selling it but have no idea as to worth. No I do not use it after having it serviced, I only enjoy it.
10-27-2011, 10:38 PM
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I love doing the Bargellos. For my first one I jumped in with both feet and made Malinda's Heart in queen size, for my granddaughters wedding. It turned out great. I had never had a design board, due to lack of wall space, but my husband found a childs easel and covered it in flannel for a small design board. I found it useful because if you have the wrong square it will show up imediately. I would put up about 6-8 strips and look it over before I sewed the strips together. I had a small 11x14 cardboard that I proped up by my sewing machine with a swatch of each fabric pinned to it. I used a post it note over each swatch with the number of each fabric. I printed off the pattern and marked each step off as I went. It took a while to pick all the fabric but the LQS were a big help. I am making another Bargello at this time for another granddaughter who is getting married in August. I can't remember the name of that pattern, and too lazy to run up stairs and check on the name of it. I find them really fun. Need to keep your strips orderly.
10-28-2011, 03:13 PM
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i tried one as a young quilter and found it to be very hard
all the pieces sat in a box in the closet for years til i was cleaning the closet out and drug it out and gave it to a fellow quilter who has 10 times the patience and knowledge i do im sure shell finish it someday. she is so talented we all joke that you could drop her on a deserted island with an army sewing kit and she could make herself a raft and float back to civilization there is nothing that she wont try. shes a great lady and a good friend.
carla
all the pieces sat in a box in the closet for years til i was cleaning the closet out and drug it out and gave it to a fellow quilter who has 10 times the patience and knowledge i do im sure shell finish it someday. she is so talented we all joke that you could drop her on a deserted island with an army sewing kit and she could make herself a raft and float back to civilization there is nothing that she wont try. shes a great lady and a good friend.
carla
10-29-2011, 05:16 AM
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I posted yesterday the progress of my first bargello. This is my most challenging quilt and progress is slow, but I am enjoying it more than any other quilt I have made. I love to challenge myself. It is like a giant fabric jigsaw puzzle, and I love puzzles!
It is time consuming to follow the pattern and get each color in the right spot. Matching seams on each row is also time consuming, but the results are worth the effort.
There is a satisfaction from doing something difficult that I don't get from doing an easy quilt. I would encourage you to give it a try.
Elise
It is time consuming to follow the pattern and get each color in the right spot. Matching seams on each row is also time consuming, but the results are worth the effort.
There is a satisfaction from doing something difficult that I don't get from doing an easy quilt. I would encourage you to give it a try.
Elise
First bargello in progress
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10-29-2011, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Elise1
I posted yesterday the progress of my first bargello. This is my most challenging quilt and progress is slow, but I am enjoying it more than any other quilt I have made. I love to challenge myself. It is like a giant fabric jigsaw puzzle, and I love puzzles!
It is time consuming to follow the pattern and get each color in the right spot. Matching seams on each row is also time consuming, but the results are worth the effort.
There is a satisfaction from doing something difficult that I don't get from doing an easy quilt. I would encourage you to give it a try.
I already posted in your topic "fall bargello in progress". I will be watching your progress...it is so beautiful. I plan on starting one after the holidays. Thanks.
Elise
It is time consuming to follow the pattern and get each color in the right spot. Matching seams on each row is also time consuming, but the results are worth the effort.
There is a satisfaction from doing something difficult that I don't get from doing an easy quilt. I would encourage you to give it a try.
I already posted in your topic "fall bargello in progress". I will be watching your progress...it is so beautiful. I plan on starting one after the holidays. Thanks.
Elise
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