
My favorite quilt in my immediate memory is the Bargello quilt made entirely from fabrics that were in my stash at the time. It's got my favorite color purple in it, and it was made while sharing a class with favorite friends. Isn't that always the way of it? It's the memories made while making the quilt that make it special. I'd been working out-of-town for a number of years- "away" Monday thru Friday, only home on the weekends which did NOT leave much time for visiting with friends. My 2 buddies scheduled a bargello class in OKC which is where I was working at the time. I took the class in order to spend time with them!
I did Bargello needlework back in the 70's so I knew what we'd be doing. I hadn't been sewing while I was spending this 6 years away from home and needless-to-say, I hadn't bought any fabric or done any quilting. So I grabbed these fabs from the stash and I really love the way it turned out. I don't think either of those friends finished their's to this day! I retired from that out-of-town job in Aug of 2004 so the top was completed sometime before that.


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That's one amazing quilt:)
Well hello there, friend! I was very pleased to see your post today. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the purple bargello!! And your new blog page designs are also neat. Keep visiting and posting... we miss you in Blogville!
Kat
Lovely, lovely. I've never made a bargello quilt (too many techniques to learn and too little time), so I really admire yours.
Very beautiful quilt work !
Incredible work. I love it.
That is really awesome!
Vibrant quilt. Love the colors and fabrics. Excellent quilting. What a treasure.
SewCalGal
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great quilt. always interesting to read the story behind the project. colors are fantastic and bargello is such a fantastic design
Such a gorgeous quilt! It really has a 3 dimensional quality to it. And as purple is one of my favorites also, your quilt really sings to me. :-)
That Bargello quilt is beautiful. And, WOW, your quilting made a huge impact on the QOV!
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