Bargello? Batik? Jelly Roll? HELLLLLLLLLP!!

[Wantaquilt]

Can you order your batiks from Connecting Threads? They have really good prices on theirs. I have ordered from them and was VERY pleased with the quality and their customer service is excellent too. Most of what I bought was around $7 a yard or less.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Look at Jinny Beyer palette, there are 150 colors in it, and sure to be 24 blues that you could get that go together. Or Fossil Fern has many colors. I got a box of 100 fat quarters, all different. These collections could help you get the colors to match without running all over the place.

[Musical_Starling]

I would use yardage. I did a bargello quilt (still haven't quilted it though), and had to pick out 18 fabrics, 9 of each color family. I just went to a big quilt shop and spent about two hours pulling out fabric, lining them up on the floor and debating which colors went best. They didn't bat an eye at me...I think quilt shop employees are used to having quilters spend a long time picking out fabric.

I'd probably have him (or her) helping me lol My LQS has two employees, a man and a woman (at least they're the only two I've ever seen working there!) and they don't get very busy so every time I go in we have a good chat so I don't think they'd let me just poke around without needing to know what I'm up to this time lol

Can you order your batiks from Connecting Threads? They have really good prices on theirs. I have ordered from them and was VERY pleased with the quality and their customer service is excellent too. Most of what I bought was around $7 a yard or less.

I've looked at Connecting Threads, but they don't have enough blues and greens I've looked at some of their regular cottons and I could probably pull enough from there, but it's trying to pick fabrics that's making my brain hurt lol

Look at Jinny Beyer palette, there are 150 colors in it, and sure to be 24 blues that you could get that go together. Or Fossil Fern has many colors. I got a box of 100 fat quarters, all different. These collections could help you get the colors to match without running all over the place.

I've looked at that actually! I'm certainly contemplating it! Don't remember where I saw it though, may have been Fabric Depot. It's certainly cheaper than batiks and would still fill the "not a solid" requirement. I didn't know they had 150 colours though. Wherever I looked they certainly didn't have all of those choices... Hmm. I think I need to look into this further... lol

[K. McEuen]

I'm going to suggest www.thousandsofbolts.com
You can search by color family and then narrow that down to fabric types, i.e. batiks. Their prices are good, I'm not sure if they ship out of country, but there are ways around that.

[HdWench]

Ohh also post on the Group here called Bargello Quilts -- Denis I know can help you :-) he's Brillant (where I can't spell it even) geeze

I have the Jenny Beyer Charm and Twice the Charm from MSQS -- Jenny does a bargello in I believe it's from her Reds in her Monochrome line - It's not a solid -- BUT look at the line of fabric - Monochrome - stunning

Think it is just JennyBeyer.com?

;-Deb

I can not WAIT until you do this -- then tell me ALL how to make it hahhahha

[scrappyquilter]

Geesh. Some help you ladies are... lol Just kidding! This particular pattern is NOT HARD! Seriously! You sew 48 strips together lengthwise (2 sets) so it forms a tube, then chop it up as the pattern tells you, rip it apart at the right seam, sew 'er back together and voila! Bargello! Almost makes itself...

yes you are right about this... I plan to make a trip around the world using this same process.
Until I saw this way, I would never have attempted all those squares..lol
Patty

[ilive2craft2]

I'm not much help on the picking out fabrics - I take way too much time on that part, but it is so fun! I also don't pin much either and found a method to do the drunkard's path without pinning - this video shows an easy way to do without pinning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlwVGoL4zV0

[Musical_Starling]

I'm going to suggest www.thousandsofbolts.com
You can search by color family and then narrow that down to fabric types, i.e. batiks. Their prices are good, I'm not sure if they ship out of country, but there are ways around that.

I've been looking there, and picking out 16 blues and then 8 blue-greens is hurting my brain lol But the one thing I DON'T like is that I have to buy a full yard

Ohh also post on the Group here called Bargello Quilts -- Denis I know can help you :-) he's Brillant (where I can't spell it even) geeze

I have the Jenny Beyer Charm and Twice the Charm from MSQS -- Jenny does a bargello in I believe it's from her Reds in her Monochrome line - It's not a solid -- BUT look at the line of fabric - Monochrome - stunning

Think it is just JennyBeyer.com?

;-Deb

I can not WAIT until you do this -- then tell me ALL how to make it hahhahha

lol I posted about the pattern in the group, and it was Denis who found the final measurements of the quilt for me so I knew the book was a good buy. And now that I have it, the book was an AWESOME buy! Quilts, wall hangings, even a table runner and placemats. Love it! I looked at the monochromes, but not enough of each colour

yes you are right about this... I plan to make a trip around the world using this same process.
Until I saw this way, I would never have attempted all those squares..lol
Patty

I only found out how the "around the world" blocks are done recently, and when I saw it I was totally floored! It was like "So THAT's how they've been doing it all along! Sneaky buggers... lol

I'm not much help on the picking out fabrics - I take way too much time on that part, but it is so fun! I also don't pin much either and found a method to do the drunkard's path without pinning - this video shows an easy way to do without pinning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlwVGoL4zV0

I think I'd totally botch that whole business up! lol I'll try it, but I'm not expecting any perfect curves without pins. Don't see it happening lol Thanks for the video though, I will try it at least!

[K. McEuen]

Thousands of Bolts also sells by fat quarter on a lot of their fabrics. If you buy a whole yard it does add to your stash.

[HdWench]

I know!!! Folks been holding out on us how EASY some of this stuff is?????

Tubes and cutting them --- WOW eye opening

Course I'm waiting till you finish so you can write a "Bargellos" for dummies lesson for this blonde

Debbie