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Fire and Ice Bargello Wall Hanging – A Review
Hi!
I hope you had a lovely Easter break, and that you managed to fit in some sewing time too. I took advantage of a few days off to check out another class from the CreativeSpark platform, and this was a fun one to try, and perfect if you have never tried the bargello quilt technique before.
I took Cindy Grisdela’s “Fire and Ice Bargello Wall Hanging” class, and it’s a quick and easy one too – she explains the steps clearly, and there’s plenty of written notes and photos as well, to guide you through this process of making bargello quilts, and this wall hanging quilt in particular.
Cindy’s class is centered around making her small wallhanging, and this is a good size project to start on, although, once you understand the technique, you can play around yourself, and make smaller bargello projects like table mats or runners, or go big and make full bed-sized quilts.
As Cindy demonstrates, making these bargello quilts is not a matter of cutting a bunch of teeny tiny pieces, but cutting strips, then cleverly manipulating those pieced strips into the bargello design.
Her “Fire and Ice” quilt uses a few bright prints, with a graduated black and white background, with stunning results.
You may however, choose to use different colours for yours, like these below, and Cindy’s tip about using contrasting colours is a good one, as you do want the design to really stand out.
She shared some ideas for keeping your strips organised, and this was especially helpful when it came to adding the borders too.
Piecing strip sets has never been so easy!
The trick comes with how you cut and position those strip sets, and Cindy shares a good method of how to do this in this class.
And Ta Dah! An exploded version of the strips, ready to be sewn together and finished.
I found how Cindy added her borders to be quite interesting. She arranged the sides and top and bottom in such a way as to continue the movement and flow of the bargello design, and I thought this was a really pretty way to finish off this little quilt.
Cindy shared a couple of suggestions for how to quilt your bargello wall hanging, and showed a few examples of other finished bargello quilts too. This green and purple quilt below was made to the same pattern as her black and white “Fire and Ice” class quilt, and you can see how dramatic an effect choosing different fabrics can have.
And a smaller version makes a lovely pieced table topper too.
This was a quick and easy class, and one I would recommend if you’re interested in learning the bargello quilt technique, as Cindy explained each step of the process quite clearly.
I do have one free “Fire and Ice Bargello Wall Hanging” class to give away this month too, courtesy of Cindy and Creative Spark. To be in the running to win this, please leave me a comment below and let me know what colours you’d use in your own Bargello quilt – I’m interested to hear what you think! 🙂
Do take a minute and check out this class online too – you’ll find it at: https://creativespark.ctpub.com/courses/FireIceBargello
Enjoy your week!
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Wow, Cindy makes it look so easy!!
I would use an Orange/Apricot colour combination teamed with a tan combination (dark to light)
I have a set of fabrics graduated through reds, blacks, and whites. Just enough yardage to cut a strip or two of each one. I think these would be perfect in a bargello quilt. I’ve played with the technique on a small scale making Scrappy trip around the world blocks that finish at 12 in square. I’d love to see more about how she organizes the larger projects.
Very nice! I would use purples and greens!
I’d try grays with rose/pink and yellow. Loved the continued patterning into the border. Brilliant!
I would various greens with pops of red to look like a field of poppies
Beautiful quilt! I always love green and purple together…reminds me of a vineyard!
Beautiful Fire and Ice Bargello wall hanging, I would like to do one just like it, Think Black and White with a splash of red high lighting would be great. I have made about 7 or 8 two fabric bargellos, but this would be a new experience. Interesting ideas and articles with the on-line magazine. Thank you. Robert Kent, from northern Iowa.
I have never done a baregello anything. I think I would do blues, pinks, purples with the blacks and grays. Your looks beautiful. Thanks
I have wanted to make one of this type of quilt since I first saw it many years ago! As a huge fan of shades of green, would love to see how a bright lime green would look with hot pink, then shades of pink surrounding it and a medium gray(s) for a background.
I have a bunch of purples dark to light and a bright yellow or orange would be my contrast color. A bargello quilt has been on my quilty wish list for a long time.
I think I’d either do frosty white to dark blue, or a really heated variation from glowing white through the yelows and oranges to a deep almost black burgundy… or both? possibly as a doublesided version so you have the one on top that fits the mood and needs at the time 🙂
I usually like blues but your black and whites are stunning!
Oddly enough I was just perusing some bargello ideas with the eye towards maybe using that technique in a landscape. I would like to make something in blues and yellow/oranges to signify sky.
I think I do rainbow colors with the white and black background.
I really like the colours in your version. I made a small quilt once called black and white with a dash. It was a disappearing nine patch of predominantly b&w but with jewel tones pieces of silk for the ‘dash’. I can see another use for these in this bargello pattern. I really like it.
I think that is one of the most stunning bargello quilts I have ever seen! If I was making it I would also use a black and white background with something bright that would stand out.
looks great! can’t wait to try it!
My sofa is a green and my drapes are a medium brown with green highlights. I would start with fabrics the read bright rose pink, then lighter rose pink, a blue and rose pink print with a beige background, then medium dark blue, then medium blue, then light blue, then pale blue, then dark medium brown, medium brown, darker light brown, light brown, a couple of beiges, then reverse order, so that the background of the quilt would be the beiges. However, if I swap the blues with the browns, then the background would be the blues. I just can’t make up my mind.
It sounds like it will be pretty either way. Maybe it’s worth having a play and making a little sample each way, then you can compare to work out which you like best for your room??
I’ve wanted to try making a bargello quilt for a long time but it looked like it would be intimidating. I think I might be ready to try the technique. I have some pinks that I think would be stunning with black and white and greys.