The first time I made Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Bargello I thought to myself this is too much sewing- I'll never make another. The second time I made one I thought- this is a lot of sewing-- can't wait until I make another. So this one is the fourth that I have made.
If you have read the Quiltville blog or have seen Bonnie Hunter in person you know that she loves recycled men's shirts. So, in homage to Bonnie I got some shirts from DH's closet as well as the thrift stores and some from a friend and started cutting. My plan at first was to do the diagonal squares with the stripes but I was unable to get the stripes to match up so instead made the O blocks.
For some reason the photos have made the fabrics look very odd. Must be a strange setting on the camera.
Anyway, while I was cutting out the fabrics for the O squares I also cut strips to make another Scrappy Bargello. I am on the third panel right now but wouldn't you know it- I sewed it in the wrong order so I need to rip out the seam. Here is a pic of the first two panels.
I still have a lot of shirt fabric left so I think I am going to be sewing a few more quilts out of it.
As an aside. I really am loving my new 97d foot on my machine.
