Annies - Bargello Quilts & Beyond

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Learn to make a beautiful bargello quilt with ease. Bargello quilts can be fun and interesting to make. The techniques used are a bit different than block piecing and can be tweaked if you have a creative spirit. Strip piecing makes construction fast and easy, and allows you to keep track of color position.

There are many ways to assemble a bargello quilt. This book explores a few traditional ways and then goes beyond. If youre a quilter looking for fun, fast and easy techniques, this book has it all.

Bargello Quilts & Beyond bends the rules and explores the possibilities. This book has everything from very basic bargello assembly to outside-the-box creativity.

With the help of talented designers, weve put together a collection of fantastic patterns with variety and styleones youll thoroughly enjoy stitching. If youve been waiting for the right bargello book, its here.

Confident Beginner

Quilt Size: 53" x 63"

Read all instructions before beginning this project.

Stitch right sides together using a " seam allowance unless otherwise specified.

Refer to a favorite quilting guide for specific techniques.

Materials and cutting lists assume 40" of usable fabric width.

Cut 3 (3" by fabric width) C strips.

Cut 21 (3" by fabric width) A strips.

Cut 17 (3" by fabric width) B strips.

Cut 6 (2" by fabric width) E/F strips.

Cut 7 (2") by fabric width binding strips.

Sew an A strip to a B strip along length to make an A-B strip set; press seams toward A. Repeat to make a total of 13 A-B strip sets.

Join the A-B strip sets to make an A-B section as shown in Figure 1.

Join the A end of the A-B section with the B end to make a tube as shown in Figure 2; press seam toward A.

Lay the tube on a cutting mat, aligning seams; trim one end to make a straight edge.

Cut the tube into 13 (2") loops as shown in Figure 3.

Divide the loops into one pile of seven loops for W and one pile of six loops for X.

Use a seam ripper to remove one B segment from the loops in the W pile leaving an A segment at each end of the strips. Trim both end A segments to 1" as shown in Figure 4.

Repeat step 7, removing one A segment from the loops in the X pile and trimming B to 1" as shown in Figure 5.

Set aside the W and X strips.

Arrange and join the remaining A and B strips with the C and D strips to make a strip set as shown in Figure 6, placing D strips in order from dark to very light as shown; press seams toward darker fabrics.

Join strip 1 and strip 25 to make a tube as in step 3.

Repeat step 4.

Cut the tube into 12 (2") loops.

Divide the loops into two piles of six loops each. Label one pile Y and the other pile Z.

Use a seam ripper to remove the darkest blue D segment from each loop in the Y pile to make Y strips, leaving a white C segment at the top of the strip and a navy blue A segment at the bottom as shown in Figure 7.

Repeat step 15, removing the end white C segment from each loop in the Z pile to make Z strips, leaving the darkest blue D segment on the bottom and a medium blue B segment at the top as shown in Figure 8.

Arrange and join the W, X, Y and Z strips in sets of two, then in sets of four and so on until you have stitched all strips together to create the bargello center referring to Figure 9 for placement of strips; press seams open.

Join the E/F strips on the short ends to make a long strip; press. Subcut strip into two each 2" x 60" E strips and 2" x 53" F strips.

Sew the E strips to opposite long sides and F strips to the top and bottom of the bargello center to complete the quilt top; press.

Sandwich the batting between the pieced top and a prepared backing piece; baste layers together. Quilt as desired.

When quilting is complete, remove basting and trim batting and backing fabric even with raw edges of the pieced top.

Prepare binding and stitch to quilt front edges, matching raw edges, mitering corners and overlapping ends. Fold binding to back side and stitch in place.