KwiltyKahy

I am closely watching your progress. I want to make a bargello and picking the colors intimidates me. I agree with the others, the non batiks just don't seem to do it.

QuilterMomma

So how is it coming? Any progress yet? What did you decide?

Misty's Mom

I kinda put it on the back burner for awhile. Can't seem to find light batiks to blend with the other colors. Any suggestions? The fabrics are sitting in a box waiting their turn.

DOTTYMO

Morning misty's mum
I would remove the one with small flower shapes. It doesn't seem to fit.
Fudge's mum

ckcowl

it is perfectly ok to mix non-batiks with batiks---that latest blue bargello I posted everyone loved so much has more non-batiks than batiks, but has both along with a fairy frost or 2...the thing about a good bargello color run is getting the 'Values' right---going light to dark, with good contrast. if all of your fabrics are mediums you don't get the *drama* . I know everyone is saying to pull those new ones---but I kind of like them- fabrics look so different when cut into a narrow strip- try opening up your fabrics-then laying them on top of each other with only 2" of each showing...that will give you a good idea how they actually will look together

llweezie

Don't care for the NON batiks at all..!

QuilterMomma

Which bargello were you doing again? I have all the bargello books, maybe I could help with a direction if I knew that. Also, were you set on the gray? Depending on the pattern, maybe going towards the purple side for your first four would be a better transisition and you might find some fabrics in that color way. Without them being face to face and only a photo, little hard to be sure of colors in their true form. Also, as I have found out, it does take time to find all the fabrics when you are working with 24 of them for a quilt and they all need to flow.

racerh

I have never made a Bargello but do love the look! I think I would take out #1 and two that do not have numbers (between 1 and 2). In place of removing those 3 colors I would look for something blue or gray in color or remove the gray completely. Looking at the post from DDuMouchel and Feline Fantatic I think perhaps you need to change out a few of the fabrics as they are too close in value. Just my two cents - can't wait to see it when you are done!

Misty's Mom

Im planning to do surf song

joy

The new ones don't go with the others.... you are supposed to have two darks, two lights and the others inbetween... some of those are close to each other... I did a class and that was what I was told... also look at them through your camera and what doesn't go will stand out...