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Fabric Colors in bargello (use colors of your choice)

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Fabric needed : 1/8 yard of 14 (or 14 half fat quarters) different shades of fabric for strips , 1/6 yards for inner border and 1/3 yard for outer border Quilt size: 35 x 44 (for strips) Cut 2- 2 inch strips of each fabric from selvage to selvage or Cut 4- 2 inch strips if using fat quarters (for borders ) cut 4 -1 inch strips for inner borders and 4 3 inch strips for outer borders Sew 14 strips one of each color as shown

Now sew 14 to 1 and form a tube, you will make 5 tubes

You will cut the strips in this direction

Step 1 ( rows 1 & 21)

Cut 2 2 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 12 & 13(starts with fabric 13) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 12 from only one end now sew fabric 12 to 11 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12

Sew this end To this end

11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13

now you have row 1

Step 2 ( rows 2 & 20 )

Cut 2 2 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 11 & 12(starts with fabric 12) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 11 from only one end now sew fabric 11 to 10 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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11

Sew this end To this end

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12

now you have row 2 , sew 2 to 1

Step 3 ( rows 3 & 19 )

Cut 2 2 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 10 & 11(starts with fabric 11) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 10 from only one end now sew fabric 10 to 9 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

10

Sew this end To this end

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11

now you have row 3 , sew 3to 2

Step 4 ( rows 4 & 18 )

Cut 2 1 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 9& 10(starts with fabric 10) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 9 from only one end now sew fabric 9 to 8 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sew this end To this end

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10

now you have row 4 , sew 4 to 3

Step 5 ( rows 5 & 17 )

Cut 2 1 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 8 & 9(starts with fabric 9) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 8 from only one end now sew fabric 8 to 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5

Sew this end To this end

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 9

now you have row 5 , sew 5 to 4

Step 6 ( rows 6 & 16 )

Cut 2 1 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 7 & 8 (starts with fabric 8) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 7 from only one end now sew fabric 7 to 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4

Sew this end To this end

6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8

now you have row 6 , sew 6 to 5

Step 7 ( rows 7 & 15 )

Cut 2 2 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 6 & 7 (starts with fabric 7) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 6 from only one end now sew fabric 6 to 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3

Sew this end To this end

5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7

now you have row 7 , sew 7 to 6

Step 8 ( rows 8 & 14 )

Cut 2 2 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 5 & 6 (starts with fabric 6) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 5 from only one end now sew fabric 5 to 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2

Sew this end To this end

4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6

now you have row 8 , sew 8 to 7

Step 9 ( rows 9 & 13 )

Cut 2 2 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 4 & 5 (starts with fabric 5) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 4 from only one end now sew fabric 4 to 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1

Sew this end To this end

3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5

now you have row 9 , sew 9 to 8

Step 10 ( rows 10 & 12 )

Cut 2 1 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 3 & 4 (starts with fabric 4) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 3 from only one end now sew fabric 3 to 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Sew this end To this end

2 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4

now you have row 10 , sew 10 to 9

Step 11 ( row 11 )
Cut 2 1 inch strips Open tube between fabrics 2 & 3 (starts with fabric 3) Take 1 strip and omit fabric 2 from only one end now sew fabric 2 to 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14

Sew this end To this end

1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

now you have row 11 , sew 11 to 10 Now repeat from row 10 working up to 1 for the 2nd half of the bargello Now add borders