Are bargellos difficult?
10-26-2011, 10:02 AM
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In particular I am looking at a couple in the "Twist-and-Turn" by Eileen Wright. I know that the fabric selection process will be time consuming. But, what about the actual pressing, cutting, piecing, matching seams, etc... It looks pretty intimidating to me (time-wise).
10-26-2011, 10:17 AM
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I haven't made one yet....too chicken but I found this site and if memory is not faulty as been known on an occasion..it was posted here on the quiltboard?..www.qultville.com/scrapbargellopf.html
it is a scrappy one and it looks like even I could do this. made just like the trip around the world which are easy...I like it because get to use up those scraps...deffinately colorful!
it is a scrappy one and it looks like even I could do this. made just like the trip around the world which are easy...I like it because get to use up those scraps...deffinately colorful!
10-26-2011, 10:24 AM
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The first one of anything always takes more time. I have done lots of bargellos and can tell you .... Just jump in... get the learning curve ( really not all that much)over with .. so you can move on to really enjoying just a new twist to strip piecing. If you can do strip piecing , you can do this! Her book has some that are more difficult than others... so I'm not sure which you are thinking about.
Starch your fabrics , it helps to keep everything going straight. I make a copy of the pattern , and take a marker or pencil and draw a line through the completed rows. Sometimes looking a the pattern it gets a bit confusing. Or take a sheet of paper and cover up the pattern of the row/column you just finished.
One of the benefits is they look harder than they really are.
Starch your fabrics , it helps to keep everything going straight. I make a copy of the pattern , and take a marker or pencil and draw a line through the completed rows. Sometimes looking a the pattern it gets a bit confusing. Or take a sheet of paper and cover up the pattern of the row/column you just finished.
One of the benefits is they look harder than they really are.
10-26-2011, 10:33 AM
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http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-41828-1.htm#975492
This is the beginning of a tutorial that was done here on the board. I didn't make this one but you can find a lot of helpful information. You have to have plenty of time if you wnat to look through it.
This is the beginning of a tutorial that was done here on the board. I didn't make this one but you can find a lot of helpful information. You have to have plenty of time if you wnat to look through it.
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