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Colorwash Bargello Quilts

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When I first received the book, I thought, there is absolutely "no way" I can do this. I had never done any strip peacing work before. But, this book took me step by step through the strip peacing, Bargello process. Beth's thoughts and words about color and value are more thorough than anything I learned in college art classes. One could use the book for color theory alone. Beth's approach to Bargello is almost a "trust me" theory. I honestly did have my doubts but I followed her explicit instructions faithfully and my "Star Kindler" top is nearly complete. And it is fabulous beyond anything I could have hoped for or imagined.

Colorwash Bargello Quilts is one of the best quilting books I've read. As a relatively new quilter with 40+ years of sewing experience, I constantly battle the color rules for garment sewing when I'm working on a quilt. Beth Williams' book has one of the easiest discussions of choosing colors for quilts that I've read. I have constructed one of the projects and look forward to doing many more. Beth's book makes the details of quiltmaking and quilting very understandable.

I totally enjoyed this book! Although I have been quilting for a few years, I had never tried a "bargello". Beth William's explanations made everything from choosing fabrics to construcing the quilt easy to understand. She explained how color, value, and visual texture work together to create quilts with great visual impact. Throughout the book, tips were included which were helpful for not only this type of quilt--they would work with most other types as well. This book is one that I will use and reuse.

Wow! This book is a genuine treasure. Like the other reviewers, I have a lot of sewing experience but have not done much quilting. I made 'Cascade' and could not believe how easy it was -- and how much fun, too. This book is well laid out which makes it easy to find what you're looking for, and easy to follow the amazingly simple steps.

I never thought it would be this easy. It took just a little over two days, yes days to complete this lovely quilt. I did Monet and it was so unbelievably easy.

I just love bargello now!

10 projects with step-by-step instructions (which are still a tad complex) and numerous photo's of quilts in this Bargello technique.

Comprehensive guides from equipment and supplies (and aren't we all sick of reading through these, still sometimes it's a first timer who is reading the book, so make allowances people), colour palette, colour effects, and construction, as well as suggested reading(there are some good suggestions) this book is helpful, as well as an entrancing flick-thru!

One quilt I covet, and many more to be eyed with interest!

I have three completed quilt tops, and zero signed off on quilts, and I contemplate another!

Filled with bedazzling & enticing quilts, it's a worthwhile addition to your library or even as a coffee table book to entertain your guests as you muck about borrowing cups of milk from your neighbours, or the various other things I always am unprepared with when friends visit!

Interesting in terms of design, you may not want to make the quilts directly from this book, and they certainly stray from the traditional repetition of pattern, more closely resembelling a photo montage.

The colour combinations are sensational, and I can envisage great things, when combined with other quilting ideas, for instance the Japanese styles or more rounded patchwork quilts.

Many are to die for and one particular quilt "Aurora" combining midnight blue hues with burnt umber & pastels is spectacular & I am dying to make my own variation of this exquisite quilt.

Now a word of warning:

Don't sign over your quilts to anyone, do not make on commission, do not promise to make a quilt for a friend (or if you do, never tell them you have started, just leave it that nebulous, oh yes sure I will), and NEVER EVER show them a quilt you have fallen in love with hoping that they will not like it and you can keep it after all.

As I mentioned, I have 3 unfinished quilt tops, and sometimes I think I am delaying finishing two of them just so I don't have to give them to the promised future owners!