annaquilts 1 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 There are 4 of us working on this Bargello. It required 116 different fabrics, so each of us provided 29 1/2 yard cuts. We worked together to cut all the 2.5" strips and then took the project with us to a week long quilt retreat. The finished piece was something like 168" long. From that piece we cut approximately 70" off. Basically we are making 2 quilts at once. One of the four of us has finished her quilt and I quilted it. The pictures below are from Susan's quilt. We are all hoping to have our quilts finished before our guild's quilt show in May. This project is challenging but the end product is wonderful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annaquilts 1 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I just reread what I wrote and I think I need to clarify... The finished quilt is 93 x 97". The left over piece is approximately 55x70". I will be quilting the "left over" piece as well and we will include them in our display at the quilt show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmaLKB 223 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Love it. A Bargello is one pattern on my "to do" list. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RoseCity Quilter 570 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 :cool::cool::cool: I love bargello, and your quilting on this is really cool, love how you used different patterns following the curves of the bardello... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annaquilts 1 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Thanks, Ardelle, What's really cool is that even though all four of us used the same fabric, we all used the colors in different postions so the quilts look entirely different. Once all of us are finished, I'll post pictures of all four. At the rate I'm going, mine won't be finished until soemtime in April... Chris Landis is doing this project, too. I think she and I are progressing at the same rate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edith Koprek 1 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Wow, I love how this quilt moves. Edith Inch by Inch Quilting http://inchbyinchquilting.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quiltmonkey 445 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 turned out really cool. way to go Anna!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Primitive1 802 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Beautiful - wow that's alot of piecing! I love how you quilted them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WestieMom 29 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Anna, The bargello quilt is beautiful and I especially love how you quilted it! Can't wait to see all of them together and how different they look. Bargello is also on my list of quilts to do! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quilting Heidi 1,398 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 What a great project for friends. I can't wait to see how the others come out. This one came out great and pretty quilting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LadyLake 43 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Bargello is on my project list, too. Thanks for the inspiration, Anna! I love your quilting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
witha'K'quilting 333 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I love how you quilted this. Great texture and adds to the movement of the quilt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KarenH 60 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I love Bargello, and the quilt is stunning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisquilter 372 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Oh, boy! Here we go! Yup. We are just a little bit crazy! Here are some pics of the center of three of the other bargello quilts. Yes, they are hanging from the third story window of a restored grain mill in Yellow Springs, Ohio! We were there for the weekend last November working on them!. The funniest thing about the whole thing is that we all missed this. "While there is significant fabric waste necessary to get the featured look...." SIGNIFICANT WASTE! 70 SOME INCHES OF SIGNIFICANT WASTE! :D:D:D At least we get another whole quilt from the "waste" More pics to post as we finish all the quilts By the way, Anna always gets me into trouble like this:D 187 by chrisquilt00, on Flickr 192 by chrisquilt00, on Flickr 190 by chrisquilt00, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oma 1,064 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I was impressed with the first pics then saw Chris'...again...oh my goodness. It's beautiful and SCARY. I can't imagine doing it, but I bet it was a lot of fun with all of you. Thanks for sharing it. It's fun seeing the four little hands holding it in the picture. A great "friends" picture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JustSewSimple 596 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Love the way that looks! If there were 4 of you and 2 quilts, who will the quilts belong to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisquilter 372 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 LOL Oh Sylvia, there will be a total of 8 quilts! We pooled all our colors, Cut them into 2 inch strips and all four of us got two strips of all 116 colors. We then took them home and arranged the colors, each to his own. The pieced quit is so long that when we cut off the part we will use for our main quilt, there is almost 70 inches left to make another whole quilt! Anna posted Susan's finished quilt that she quilted. I posted my pieced top, Picture 1, Anna's top, picture 2 and Mary's top, picture 3. Anna will quilt Susan and her own quilts and I will quilt mine and Mary's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annaquilts 1 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Chris, Thanks for posting the other pictures! Now everyone can see how truly crazy we are! Sewing those long strips was a nightmare, especially the 1" wide strips. Let's just say I did some "creative" piecing and I sure hope it "quilts out" ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JustSewSimple 596 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Well, darn, how fun was that? You all made tons of "gawus" quits and had fun doing it! I don't have 3 other quilty friends who'd like to quilt with me. Everyone has their own thing going, I guess! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobinR. 0 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 All I can say is WOW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat C 204 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Oh my - these pictures are awesome! What a big beautiful Bargello! You gals must have had a great time making this. You must all be just silly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
agh 5 Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Can you tell us where you obtained your pattern and how the fabric colors were chosen for the bargello quilts. I have 7 other quilting friends that may be interested in doing a repeat of this project and would like to have a little more information. The quilts are absolutely beautiful. If there were a total of 8 people participating in this project, would you then divide the amount of fabric supplied in half or do you need the 29 1/2 yard cuts to obtain the amount of fabric needed for the quilts. Thank for any and all the information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LibbyG 1,020 Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Anna, What a great idea for a retreat! I've always wanted to do a bargello, but never got around to it. I just love the way you quilted it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisquilter 372 Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Originally posted by agh Can you tell us where you obtained your pattern and how the fabric colors were chosen for the bargello quilts. I have 7 other quilting friends that may be interested in doing a repeat of this project and would like to have a little more information. The quilts are absolutely beautiful. If there were a total of 8 people participating in this project, would you then divide the amount of fabric supplied in half or do you need the 29 1/2 yard cuts to obtain the amount of fabric needed for the quilts. Thank for any and all the information. The pattern came from the August 2011 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. I took a picture of the quilt in the Magazine and posted it here. I hope it does not break any copyright rules!. Basically the quilt requirements are 2)-2 inch strips of 116 colors. Because there were only for of us (we asked others and after looking at the pattern, most said NO! One friend said " Did I say no? I said "hell NO!!.) LOL Gotta love honest quilters. Also we picked autumn colors as our color scheme. Anyway, so with only four of us, we need 8 strips of each color from our stash. 2 X 8 = 16inches, Hence the 1/2 yard. The more people the merrier and less fabric need from each person. Trust me. We have laughed, cursed, groaned and almost cried over these tops. There are a LOT! of seams in these quilts! LOL Anna and I are working on our borders even as we speak. The longer I work on this, the harder it is getting to match my corners. Can you say impatient! Good thing this is not a show quilt! 004 by chrisquilt00, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisquilter 372 Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 We have some funny pictures of us making this quilt. I need to find the one of Anna draped in all the cut strips! This is my attempt at organization of strips. Actually there are wooden clothes pins in that pile holding all the strip sets held separately and marked. I see the forest. Anna sees the trees. Thank goodness we share a brain so one picks up where the other leaves off! 001 by chrisquilt00, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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