my chopped bargello quilt

 I took a bargello quilt class at Quiltfest in 2008.  It was a super fun class for me, even though I have an angry look on my face!  This is me part way through my bargello ordeal - I had a huge tube of fabric strips. 

 This is how it ended up looking.  I loved it, but it was too long and too narrow.  I intended on adding another panel to it, so I would make it twice as wide, but I could not find all the same fabrics again.  So I folded it up and put it in my sewing closet. 


 I pulled it out the other day.  Kelsey's 4th grade class is doing their service project this week.  They are tying quilts for the Children's Justice Center.  The lady that was over the project, brought me a whole mess of ugly 4 inch blocks for me to piece together into a lap sized quilt top so the 4th graders could tie it.  I didn't want to piece all of those squares together, I know, LAZY!

 So I chopped my 3 year old bargello quilt top in half, since it was too long and skinny in the first place!  Then I added a few borders from some of the fabrics I collected to make that non existent second panel.  It turned out to be a nice sized lap quilt top.  The 4th graders tie their quilts in 2 days.  I am going in to help - hope it turns out well!  Now I have another half and enough border fabrics for another one too!