My sorry attempt at a mini-bargello
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Update on the quilting:
I'm putting that darned thing away for a day or two so I can look at it with fresh eyes later :) I'm sick of looking at it. I got one half of it quilted with an "x" in each square. Then I started on the other half. Went to town. Got it almost completed only to remember to look on the back :( My tension was off and I need to rip out several rows of stitching.... :(
Can seam rippers get worn out???
So...........yet another lesson learned for the future. CHECK THE BACK as you go :) And, Rachel, I am not sure about a full sized quilt, but if I did another wallhanging I would not do each individual block. I'm not thrilled with the way it's looking. Not that I have a good answer for how I would have done it, but I'm not wild about this.
I'll post pictures when it's finally done......hopefully this weekend.......
I'm putting that darned thing away for a day or two so I can look at it with fresh eyes later :) I'm sick of looking at it. I got one half of it quilted with an "x" in each square. Then I started on the other half. Went to town. Got it almost completed only to remember to look on the back :( My tension was off and I need to rip out several rows of stitching.... :(
Can seam rippers get worn out???
So...........yet another lesson learned for the future. CHECK THE BACK as you go :) And, Rachel, I am not sure about a full sized quilt, but if I did another wallhanging I would not do each individual block. I'm not thrilled with the way it's looking. Not that I have a good answer for how I would have done it, but I'm not wild about this.
I'll post pictures when it's finally done......hopefully this weekend.......
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Originally Posted by BKinCO
Update on the quilting:
I'm putting that darned thing away for a day or two so I can look at it with fresh eyes later :) I'm sick of looking at it. I got one half of it quilted with an "x" in each square. Then I started on the other half. Went to town. Got it almost completed only to remember to look on the back :( My tension was off and I need to rip out several rows of stitching.... :(
Can seam rippers get worn out???
So...........yet another lesson learned for the future. CHECK THE BACK as you go :) And, Rachel, I am not sure about a full sized quilt, but if I did another wallhanging I would not do each individual block. I'm not thrilled with the way it's looking. Not that I have a good answer for how I would have done it, but I'm not wild about this.
I'll post pictures when it's finally done......hopefully this weekend.......
I'm putting that darned thing away for a day or two so I can look at it with fresh eyes later :) I'm sick of looking at it. I got one half of it quilted with an "x" in each square. Then I started on the other half. Went to town. Got it almost completed only to remember to look on the back :( My tension was off and I need to rip out several rows of stitching.... :(
Can seam rippers get worn out???
So...........yet another lesson learned for the future. CHECK THE BACK as you go :) And, Rachel, I am not sure about a full sized quilt, but if I did another wallhanging I would not do each individual block. I'm not thrilled with the way it's looking. Not that I have a good answer for how I would have done it, but I'm not wild about this.
I'll post pictures when it's finally done......hopefully this weekend.......
In the links that Barb posted above it looks like a lot of those bargellos were quilted in every other row. I just don't know. If I felt more confident in my free motion ability I'd throw some pretty swirls and loops on this one. I'm a great stippler, just don't know about other patterns. Going with the corner to corner method seemed safe. :P But now that you said you weren't crazy about it, I'm thinking twice....
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Originally Posted by Rachelcb80
Originally Posted by BKinCO
Update on the quilting:
I'm putting that darned thing away for a day or two so I can look at it with fresh eyes later :) I'm sick of looking at it. I got one half of it quilted with an "x" in each square. Then I started on the other half. Went to town. Got it almost completed only to remember to look on the back :( My tension was off and I need to rip out several rows of stitching.... :(
Can seam rippers get worn out???
So...........yet another lesson learned for the future. CHECK THE BACK as you go :) And, Rachel, I am not sure about a full sized quilt, but if I did another wallhanging I would not do each individual block. I'm not thrilled with the way it's looking. Not that I have a good answer for how I would have done it, but I'm not wild about this.
I'll post pictures when it's finally done......hopefully this weekend.......
I'm putting that darned thing away for a day or two so I can look at it with fresh eyes later :) I'm sick of looking at it. I got one half of it quilted with an "x" in each square. Then I started on the other half. Went to town. Got it almost completed only to remember to look on the back :( My tension was off and I need to rip out several rows of stitching.... :(
Can seam rippers get worn out???
So...........yet another lesson learned for the future. CHECK THE BACK as you go :) And, Rachel, I am not sure about a full sized quilt, but if I did another wallhanging I would not do each individual block. I'm not thrilled with the way it's looking. Not that I have a good answer for how I would have done it, but I'm not wild about this.
I'll post pictures when it's finally done......hopefully this weekend.......
In the links that Barb posted above it looks like a lot of those bargellos were quilted in every other row. I just don't know. If I felt more confident in my free motion ability I'd throw some pretty swirls and loops on this one. I'm a great stippler, just don't know about other patterns. Going with the corner to corner method seemed safe. :P But now that you said you weren't crazy about it, I'm thinking twice....
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Originally Posted by BKinCO
I was inspired by Eddie to give this a whirl, so I'm blaming it all on him..........working with some of these tiny pieces was so much harder than I anticipated.....If you don't look too closely it looks ok......Now for the quilting....
Of course, now that the picture is up I can see where I sewed one whole strip upside down. Oh well.......Apparently I'm going to have one backwards thing per quilt....
Of course, now that the picture is up I can see where I sewed one whole strip upside down. Oh well.......Apparently I'm going to have one backwards thing per quilt....
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Thanks all! It's still sitting in my other sewing chair. I've picked up a few other projects for a few days and I'll come back to the bargello. I have way too much time invested to let it go at this point, I just needed a break :)
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