Barb Vlack
Agate
Playing with coloring on the graph paper-like grid produced some interesting
swirls that reminds me of a polished agate. Changing the widths of the
strips produced smooth curves.
cptvdeo@inil.com
St. Charles, IL USA
Barb Vlack
Tapeworms
So what else would you call these? A study of canvaswork bargello patterns
gave me the idea for this design.
cptvdeo@inil.com
St. Charles, IL USA
Carolyn Alleman
Finding Nemo
Suggest making a foundation pattern for each size strip.
Metairie, Louisiana
allemanC@BellSouth.net
Ann Hubbard
Bargello1
Vertical strip
set.
Lake of the Ozarks, MO
ahubbard001@charter.net
Ann Hubbard
Heart shaped Bargello
Lake of the Ozarks,
MO
ahubbard001@charter.net
Barbara Gilstad
Summertime
What a challenge!
gilstad@texas.net
Barbara Gilstad
Cityscape
Oh, dear, I think I'm hooked!
gilstad@texas.net
Bargello Waves
Bargello waves design created using vertical strips with pieced block rows.
barbr1@ix.netcom.com
Woodstock, GA.
Barbara Rotondi
Mirror Image
Mirror image design created using horizontal strips with alternating
pieced block and half drop rows.
barbr1@ix.netcom.com
Woodstock, GA
Carole C
Carole C
Sunrise-sunset
I love making real bargello quilts, but this is the first time I've actually made a virtual bargello. From what I've learned, I'll make more before I cut fabric.
Boise, Idaho
carsnquilts@cableone.net
Carol Mitchell
Black, & white & red allover
I've long wanted to see a black & white bargello
quilt. This was my chance! It is very basic but many options are open
on the
coloring. Hope you like it as well as I do.
Boise, Idaho
carsnquilts@cableone.net
Charlotte Kleiner
Flip-Flop-Zig-Zag Bargello
In this layout, every other strip is the same width, while the others
are randomly sized. I began by doing my pattern in grayscale. The bargello
pattern was placed first in the oddly shaped strips from darkest to
lightest. Once I had completed the odd stripes, I then coloured in
the evenly shaped strips in the reverse from lightest to darkest. When
the blocks were all coloured by using shades and tints of black, I
chose a fabric palette from the EQ library and sorted the fabrics from
darkest to lightest and then recoloured the quilt using the EQ Swap
tool. In this quilt I used 2 colourways. Rather than adding a border,
I decided to colour all the blocks one in from the perimeter in the
same dark colour.
The bargello design I used was a variation of this pattern found at this site.
Winnipeg, MB Canada
hkleiner@attcanada.ca
Charlotte Kleiner
Florentine Iris Rhapsody
After I had coloured this bargello pattern, it reminded me of my iris
bed in the spring, so I thought I would try and see how it looked with
a flower applique on top --thanks to Rita Denenberg for her beautiful
iris block!
Winnipeg, MB Canada
hkleiner@attcanada.ca
This Shall Be My Confidence
I started playing with this design during the winter. The challenge this summer put me to work to choose one version and finish it with a double ribbon border (my own drawing). When I thought it was complete, my husband suggested it needed four stars -- for the Gospels, maybe?
The surprising thing I learned in this challenge is that you can use pieced blocks in each little ol' bitty patch of a bargello quilt. I didn't use any, as it turned out, but it's nice not to be limited to one-fabric patches only.
Sunnyside, Washington
stewartld@bentonre.com
Daphne Stewart
Evidence of a Senior Moment
Ever had one of those days when you just lost the thread of
what you planned to do? It happens to all of us eventually.
The bargello design that inspired this center strip is the 'Pomegranate' pattern in the book ZIGZAG STITCHERY published in 1973. I wonder if our challenge quilts will still be seen by anyone in thirty years? The applique clusters are my own design.
Sunnyside, Washington
stewartld@bentonrea.com
Deloris Duff
Green Maze
Indiana
rdduff@maplenet.net
Andrea @ EQ
Phoenix
I just started coloring evenly from the top and bottom in. I knew I
wanted blues/violets and yellows, but wasn't sure how it was going to
turn out. If I could do this quilt over again, I'd set the quilt up
to be 49 blocks per strip, so I would end up with 2 patches colored
the same side by side. This quilt and the Country Jail quilt have the
same exact layout, but different colorings.
Country Jail
No idea how this happened. I just started coloring with green and it started to look like hills. I thought the 0.50" spacers looked like bars, hence the name. This quilt and the Phoenix quilt have the same exact layout, but different colorings.
Debbie
4th of July theme for the bargello challenge..
Stars for quilt stencil
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Debbie
Christmas Rose
dacollari2@comcast.net
Jane Turgeon
Byzantine Lights
Adapted from "Do-It-All-Yourself Needlepoint" by Scobey & McGrath
- 1971
Border inspired by Jeanne Prue
A special thanks to the info on changing the number of rows and blocks
permitted under Preferences.
turgeon@sympatico.ca
Bargello Snowmen
This started as a bargello motif, but when I set it on the horzontal, I saw something else. A few adjustments and voila! The bargello motif is modified from Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. It is the outline of the snowmen. The original motif is symmetrical, horizontal and stacked many times over. However, using horizontal strips for the set-up produced the vertical motif which I modified to create my snowmen.
Northern Ontario
turgeon@sympatico.ca
Jennifer
Neuman
Bargello
I wanted to make it look like ribbon waving in the breeze -- I really
like how it turned out.
Illinois
Josee J
Josee J
Robot Dreams 1
The black lines make this quilt pulsate with color! This was designed using the vertical layout.
Lebanon, MO
hndqltr@yahoo.com
Kim
Barber
Robot Dreams 2
Be sure to look at this quilt with the block outline feature turned off. This quilt was designed using the vertical layout.
Lebanon, MO
hndqltr@yahoo.com
Lynn Chinnis
This was my first challenge, and it was addictive.
Warrenton, VA
lchinnis@verizon.net
Lynn Chinnis
I loved using the swap tool to play with the coloring
Warrenton, VA
lchinnis@verizon.net
Lynda Batie
Twisted Ribbons
I designed this quilt a couple of years ago in EQ3 based on Margaret
Miller's Blockbender Quilts.
Philadelphia, PA
Lynda_Jeanne@go.com