Dina

Bobbie, your quilt is beautiful!!! Wow! The black border looks very good. I can't wait to get mine finished enough to really play with borders, but I am currently pretty convinced that the outer border needs to be black. Thanks for the picture!!

Dina

tildiemae

Your quilts are both stunning! I've never had the desire to do a Bargello but seeing yours, I may have to reconsider! Would you share the pattern you used? Thank you!

Dina

The pattern I used is Illusions by Dereck Lockwood. It is not an easy pattern. I won't do another like it, though I will do more Bargellos. My first Bargello was Surf Song from a book by Eileen Wright, Twist and Turn Bargellos. Her instructions are very good and there is a placemat in this book that is designed to walk a quilter through the organization needed for a Bargello. There are ten other patterns in the book.

Anyway, I will attach a picture of mine, in case it is of interest to you. It was a good quilt for me to start with, Bargell0o-wise.

Dina

tildiemae

That's very pretty too...do these patterns give you color suggestions or you chose your own?

AngeliaNR

Really beautiful, Dina. I have to wait to decide on borders--I have to SEE it when the quilt is done--plus, oftentimes at that point, the quilt will tell me what it wants.

Hi, Hot Rod!

Dina

Both of these patterns give good color suggestions. The Illusion pattern actually shows you what fabric to select, but I sort of went with my own. I wanted to use fabric from my stash. Surf Song tells you to select two color families, and I think it asked for 10 or 12 shades of each color. I also did that in blue and yellow. (I always add white because I like the way it looks in a Bargello...) Let me see if I can find a picture of it. I enlarged that quilt a bit, and it sort of elongated the design, but I still like it.

Dina

Dina

Hot Rod says "hi" back!! Yes, I decide on my borders later too, but I am REALLY tired of working on this one. I want to figure out my borders!! And I know I really can't do that yet. But, ya know, the quilt just never speaks to me. I end up cutting strips of several colors and laying them on my design wall. I have to actually see it in front of my face to decide.

Maybe in a week I will be there. Cross your fingers for me.

Dina

JeannieT

All these bargellos are SUPER!! I agree with the black choice....

nunnyJo

beautiful quilt, I would do small purple to efine the purple and frame in Black. awesome

JanBech

Wow, is this ever gorgeous! I think I would definitely go with a black outer border. For the narrower inner border, I would audition the blues and purples, and choose one of those.