The Scrappy Super Bowl 2008 Bargello Top is Completed

Posted By on February 6, 2008

The Scrappy 2008 Super Bowl Bargello top is finished    I did it – I finished the top of the Scrappy Super Bowl 2008 Bargello Quilt that I made along with my new quiltville.com friends.  I am getting used to the scrappy look – it reminds me of the kinds of quilts that my Grandma Albertson used to make (back in the days when all quilts were pieced by hand.)  I used to have fun  finding  material leftover from our clothes in the quilts that she made….and now my grandangels are having fun looking at material left over from  quilts that I have made for them in my scrappy quilts.   It is also fun to use STASH that I have collected.

It was so exciting making this Bargello and I decided to try the braided border that Bonnie Hunter (Quiltville.com) suggested.  I love to learn new things.  It was easy and quick to make!  Cuddles TinkerBELLE loves the quilt and wouldn’t get off long enough for me to take a picture!  🙂 

Tomorrow it will go to my favorite long arm quilter, Valerie, at A NEEDLE RUNS THROUGH IT in Goochland, VA.  The back will be a pale blue and I am trying 108″ wide backing material for the first time.  How easy that is – no piecing at all!  The quilt measures 70″ x 85.5″ and will be a perfect lap sized quilt.

Valerie is also quilting my Carolina Crossroads Mystery Quilt for me!  I can’t wait to have both of them back and finished!

It is such a GOOD FEELING to finish something!  I am leaving for a four day quilt retreat on Friday – and hopefully I will have another UFO completed by the time that I come back (after four days on the beach in North Carolina, it might be hard to return to reality!)  🙂

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