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Bargello is a form of needlepoint in which (typically) only straight stitches are used, usually in geometric patterns. Bargello is awesome as quilts.  there is real movement in these quilts, They seem to be moving.  This quilt and it is for a king size bed.  The batting is bonded polyester and the quilt is made with 100% cotton pre-shrunk fabrics.

 

 Popular patterns usually involve using many shades of one color in rows shaped into squares, diamonds, hearts, etc. Flame-shaped patterns are also very popular. Bargello is worked in one direction or can be worked in four directions that all merge at the center of the fabric.

Bargello was very common in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially for purses, chairs, and furniture. Many beautiful patterns date back to those centuries.

Bargello quilts are very popular because there are hundreds of ways to lay out the blocks and they use lots of different fabrics.  There are 10 fabrics in this quilt and about 3,000 small pieces.