This is the fourth in a series of sew/quilt-along posts about making a bargello quilt.
Two sets of fabric, each sewn into a tube, seam allowances pressed in opposite directions.
Once you have your fabric sewn into tubes, it’s time to cut the bargello segments.
There is a cutting chart for each project in Colorwash Bargello Quilts. I’m following the chart for Cascade here and am cutting my segments 1 1/4″ – 2 3/4″ wide, but you can design your own pattern if you’d prefer.
Either way, the most important thing to remember is to cut all of the odd numbered segments from one tube and all of the even numbered segments from the second tube.
I begin by sliver-trimming first, to give myself a clean edge to work from.
I also number the loops (bargello segments) as soon as I cut them, so that I don’t get the order of the loops mixed up. (Don’t ask me how I know how easily this can happen….)
Cutting and labeling the loops from the first tubeCutting and labeling segments from the second tube (the tubes are sewn from the same fabrics in the same order – they look a little different here because the second was rotated differently)
When health challenges made hand-sewing (and hand appliqué and hand-quilting) no longer physically viable for her, Beth Ann’s first instinct was dismay and discouragement. But Grandma Baldwin gave her a loving (but stern!) “No pity parties – just figure out a different way.” So Beth Ann turned to her trusty sewing machine and began devising ways to achieve the fine quality appliqué look she craved faster and easier than she ever thought possible. And a career was born!
Now Beth Ann enjoys sharing her accessible “invisible” machine appliqué and creative machine quilting techniques with other quilters and fiber artists around the world.
