Here’s a fun way to make Bargello, create a pattern which is mostly vertical instead of horizontal. This little heart has a line which has single stitch steps in a zig-zag pattern.
I used six shades of overdyed silk from Northern Lights and you can see how the color merge and diverge.
It took me a long while to get going on this, but I stitched almost half the heart in one evening of TV watching.
I added a big crystal heart as an accent.
I’m going to finish it as a flat ornament, but it could also be a great pillow insert or front of a needlebook.
I love the modern look of it, I think it kind of looks like a Missoni knit dress.
It’s just one of the great projects in my upcoming book, Bargello Revisited (out in June).
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