Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Melinda's Heart Bargello Quilt

Molly brought me this gorgeous Bargello Quilt top she made. 

The Pattern is called "Melindas Heart" by Heidi K. Farmer. 

To decide what to quilt on it, I took a photo of the quilt top, then printed it out on a few regular sheets of paper, and started to doodle some ideas.  The amazing 3-D nature of the quilt design popped out right away, and I was able to distinguish where I wanted the feathers to go, etc.  I also used a water-soluable blue marking pen to draw out all the feathers and lines I wanted right onto the quilt top, so I wouldn't have to spend time thinking about it while it was on my quilting frame.  So most of the work was done before it even got on the frame!









I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.






22 comments:

Joanne said...

You should be happy with how it turned out! The quilt is stunning, and your quilting enhances it even more!♥

Anonymous said...

Wow! what a gorgeous quilt and phenomenal quilting!

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

this is a lovely quilt..your quilting is beautiful....I am a hand quilter myself...but your work is very nice..

ButtonMad said...

Spectacular. That is a real work of art...how fantastic.
Tamara
http://incomparablebuttons.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

This quilt is astonishing! Some FB friends stumbled upon this on Pinterest and we have all been searching for the artist who made it! So happy to have found you! Is there a paytern or instructions that can be purchased? sbrown1955@gmail.com

Lorita said...

The quilting is beautiful! I just completed the top of a "Melinda's Heart" in Blues and pink and was wondering how to quilt it. Thank you for your instructions. I'll definitely use your methods! thank you.

Lorita said...

beautiful quilting! thank you for the method of how to quilt this. I just completed Melinda's HEart and was wondering how to get started!

Kelly Teles da Silva said...

Boa Noite amiga-o eu amei o sei Bargelo eu me encanto com isso,gostaria de saber como que voce começa pale medida do bargello quilt gostaria que voce me esplicase e me passar o passo a passo te aguardo Abraço Kelly Brasil!!!

y2kbytz said...

Could you share the pattern with me? I love this quilt.

Gloria said...

I'm sorry, I do not have the pattern.
I recommend you Google the title and the designers name and try to contact her.
Thanks for your interest!

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Anonymous said...

Obrigado pela resposta.
Abraço. Kelly Teles

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rosearteira said...

Olá meu nome é rose Batistel sou do Brasil, não sei inglês, espero que vc me entenda, gostaria de saber se vc tem este projeto para vender? Quanto custa é como posso te pagar?bjs obrigado!!!!meu email é rosearteira @gmail.com

Unknown said...

I want the pattern but I don't know where to find it.

lvkwilt said...

Here is a link...you do have to scroll down...

https://www.ericas.com/quilting/patterns/bargello.htm

Unknown said...

Hi I love this quilt and would like to make one for my son as a wedding gift. Do you know where I can get a downloadable/pdf patter from. I have googled it with no success. I checked out erica's but the freight to get it shipped from America is not worth it. Hoping you can help.

Gloria said...

Hi Lyn! Sorry, I can't help you with that!
You could try Ericas again but write them to ask if it is available as a download able file.
Also, if you belong to a forum or quilters group on Facebook, you could try posting an ad there.
Good luck!

Anonymous said...

Ok, when I saw this it said free pattern but not how I go about getting that free pattern. Saw this on Pinterest
.

Gloria said...

Sorry, this is not a free pattern.

Lily said...

I would like to buy this pattern. Is it in a book? Where do I go to get it?

Anonymous said...

Hi I just saw this quilt hanging in an amish quilt shop and it was beautiful. I asked if they had the pattern and guess what? they did. So the quilt shop is called Country Fabrics and it is in Shiloh Ohio. You can google them for their phone number.