I do not need a new craft. I do NOT need a new craft. I do not NEED a new craft I DO NOT NEED A NEW CRAFT. Damn it, I've got a new craft. Now I'm off to get new supplies...
Stopping in the middle to let you know (you probably already do by now) the numbers are the number of holes in an inch. That's why the bigger the number the smaller the holes and the opposite. 7 holes to the inch verses 14 holes to the inch. Love the video so far! Big Hugs
Having worked in a store, many years ago, which sold needlework supplies, I learned that the numbers refer to the threads/inch in the weave of the canvas or embroidery fabric That was part of their description on the price tags. I'm not in the USA though.
@@janebarnes4449 THIS! Every woven material has 'thread count' which means exactly that, how many threads there are in a cm of fabric. I ask this when buying bed linens online to not get something you can poke your finger through. Also this explains why Egyptian cotton is so expensive - it has absolutely insane thread count :-P
When I was a kid in the 80s, my Girl Scout troop made tissue-box covers using basically this technique, with plastic canvas and worsted weight yarn, so you're right about it being a suitable activity for kids.
I designed a four way Bargello pincushion, that comes up at 3” square. I then upsized it (! 😂) to 12” square for a miniature quilt, with each patch measuring 1/2” x 1/8”. It got Highly Commended at the Festival of Quilts (UK) and 1st prize at the Great Northern Quilt Show (Yorkshire).
I am 76… yes, I was part of the 70’s bargello cult!! You’re making me go through boxes in the back of closets and start again. I loved it and my pillows are still perfect. The end product is not only very beautiful…it’s tough!
Bargello quilting lends itself to the current precuts that are trendy in quilting. you can buy a jelly roll ( 42 to 44 strips 2.5 inch by width of fabric (usually 44 inches) ) and sew those strips together into a stripey fabric. then you can cut the fabric to various widths, and step them up and down by one stripe. it looks incredibly hard, and so fast. it's magic.
I know you said it's great for kids, I've always recommended this for older people (I work in geriatrics). Most older women sewed or quilted but their hands can't do such fine work anymore, this stuff is great for them, bigger holes and I tell them to use yarn! Plastic needles for hiding yarn in a crochet or knitting project works great!!
If you've got anyone that loved cross-stitch, scaling up to monks cloth and using the full embroidery floss strand instead of separating it works great. The tapestry frames are a little easier on arthritis hands than the hoops too.
I haven't gotten far into the video, but when you said 8 way bargello I had to ask my mum, who has done a lot of bargello if she had done eight way and whilst she hasn't her eyes lit up and I think I have created a new monster LOL she is apparently teaching a class on Bargello later in the year and something tells me she will have worked out eight way by then LMAO
i have been obsessed with these 18th century pocketbooks that ive seen super frequently in my historical fashion research, but i am not an embroiderer (it's too freehand for me, i love working on a grid) and i thought i would never be able to/want to make them myself. i had no idea what the style of needlework was called, and i hadn't realised that they weren't just regular embroidery. i'm SO GLAD i saw this video, because it has dumped me straight down the bargello rabbithole and i have bought myself all the supplies. serendipitously, the day after i saw this video i went to a book fair where almost every book was $1.50, and i found four bargello books, one being the same dorothy kaestner book you referenced in this video. a serious of lovely coincidences has led me to a delightful place, and i thank you much!
The thing that fascinates me the most about embroidery of all of the thread crafts is the fact that you are essentially painting with thread. Like, the threads are making up the brush strokes of a painting and they can be overlaid, interspersed, dotted, knotted, etc. There are so many potentials for expression with embroidery and that's even before you get into beadwork. It's such a fascinating subject.
My non-technical names for background work is "living scenery". I do historical re-enacting so I've been recruited for a few things. It's a lot of hurry up and wait so a smallish embroidery project is perfect. On another note, as a historical re-enactor, I can tell you drinking hot coffee out of a pewter mug is dangerous if you are half asleep. I remember bargello being a big thing in the 60s and 70s. I'm thinking it looked vaguely psychedelic in the hot pinks and lime greens of the time.
I thought the same. But also: does carafe usually mean a different kind of beverage holder in American - with a lid and handle and vacuum insulation, maybe?
@@joelledurben3799 yep, us yanks use carafe for both the vase-style ones (usually for water, sometimes juice) and the ones with a handle (most often for coffee) with thermal insulation, or glass with black or orange handles you see in diners to distinguish decaf.
This is the stitch we were taught when we were starting embroidery in class, we were 6-7-8 years old? Used it to make a bag and cushions. So yes, children pick this up easily.
tip if you need double yarn, pull the needle on the middle of the working yarn, when you finish the yarn, cut the needle loose after you attach the thread.
I thought I'd come away from this video with a burning desire to learn a new kind of embroidery. Instead I'm looking speculatively at my espresso machine and my food processor ...
Not read the other comments so someone might have mentioned this - with canvas that feels sharp and to stop it fraying.. I bind the edges with felt which I take off when the project is complete and sew it on my next piece. Love this video xx
I did a Bargello piece decades ago, I guess in the 70’s, had it in a small footstool for many years. It finally got worn and the small wood footstool. I tried to find the pattern again to recreate the project but never did. Just the word Bargello in the title made me click on your video. Thank you! I will be able to search once again. I have learned to spin my own wool to make yarn and always hoped to make a Bargello piece because it shows off the yarn so splendidly.
😂 70s flashbacks 😂. We made so much stuff with that plastic canvas. My favorite was little trinket boxes. I had forgotten about plastic canvas boxes till you gave me flashbacks 😂 and I’ve been trying to find just the right travel container for my seam ripper and sewing awl. May have to bust out a piece of plastic canvas, some yarn and brush the rust off of my crafting skills.
We called it Modifying stitch. It is much easier than cross stitch. We used to do it on grocery bags. On Matty cloth. With cotton six strands. Now I have done it on plastic sheet also. Thanks 🙏
If you ever want to do mug replacement again, my grandmother served me and my brother in a small elephant teapot and an elephant milk pitcher. We drank from the trunk.
Some of the best pupper content on the Interwebs. I have a bargello quilt project waiting to be started for... I'm not going to say how many years now. I think embroidery is a much more approachable method for the technique.
I'm think they make funky wide sash belts sowed ribbons to the ends. I'm usually a cross stitcher so my daughter at about 8 tried out cross stitching and your suggestion was exactly, how we did it. The plastic canvas with the plastic needles used a large size with yarn.
You have opened a whole new world of coffee containment. I loved the vase, too.😁Btw, I remember these types of patterns in the 70's (yah, I'm old.) Loved the geometric designs. Never tried it (remarkably as I tried every other type of stitch work to my mother's chagrin.) Maybe I will.
Everytime you said Bargello all I heard was “machello” so immediately my brain went to Stargate: “Yes! Inventions to fight the Goa'uld”. I imagine that’s a nerdy reference not many people will get but thought I’d share in case I’m not the only one 😂
Take a body swap vacay and instead of causing chaos with an unsuspecting bystander who thinks you're a war vet, do a little crafting before your time is up :)
I also love the deep plate/shallow bowl style! Eating off of one right now. Using them for pasta makes me feel like I’m at a fancy Italian restaurant. Great video! As you cross things off your to-do list you add to mine, lol!
Oooh, gorgeous! I love the way the colors you choose change the illusion of depth - that one looked 3D. Might make a really cool collar and cuffs or pockets or even a hem stiffener if you wanted a flowy fabric to stand out a bit. Just rambling thoughts. PS, that couch is in such a cool spot for daytime light. Yay.
Back in the 90’s Bargello became very popular in the Quilting circles, Mom was in a couple of sewing groups where they spent months working on so many different styles. I still not unpacked all of Moms quilting supplies but she had done I think 4-5 different types. I did only the one, loved the style just hated working in fabric apposed to yarn. All my quilting projects have been appliqué as I can hand stitch it all with embroidery floss. I have a very extensive embroidery floss collection of cottons, wool, silk, polyester and many other types of yarn. Some of them as old as 50+ years old. Mom would always raid my stash of yarns for the odd projects that she did doing appliqué. I use to buy a lot if my yarns from deceased estates back in the 80-90’s and then one day the yarn shop I was buying from was selling everything off at 1/8th of the price to clear out her shop as she was closing her doors after 60 years of business. Every fortnight after getting paid I would go into the shop and just bulk buy at $50-100 depending on how much I had spare. I picked all of the ones still in boxes that had not been opened I did not worry about colours as all colours would eventually get used. I did this for a whole year and even then she had not sold off everything. At the end of the year she packed the rest and placed it into her spare room at home. Her GrandDaughter used it all to start her online business, I would have bought but she increased the prices way to high for me. So I’m just happy to have what I did buy during the shops closing down sales. So much of my stock is still in the original boxes from her shop. I never bothered with canvases only the yarns. Most of them are no longer on DMC charts today as they are from the 50’s and 60’s and some from the 70’s when the book you’re using came out. I have the 1st book but even most of my supplies are still packed away from when I moved back home to help Dad with looking after Mom. I will have to get it all sorted out, it’s so frustrating not being able to get into my stash at times😹😹😹
This is how I learned to do needlepoint for chairs and foot stools from my Italian immigrant grandmother. My family hails from Molise and Calabria. Her mother used to use burlap potato sacks as the base and remnant or reclaimed yarn. My great gran learned from other immigrant traditions floral needlepoint motifs she would work over the top of worn through flame work to make some very interesting pieces. A trick is to sew the base into a frame and then work. Seriously helps with the intention and the wobbly base fabric.
I haven't thought of this in years the 60's and 70's real revival of the arts and crafts movement. There was also a lot of recycling reusing tin cans to make things. Lots of flowers power too. I too have a list of needle crafts I would like to try or at least learn something about them. I also saw years ago something about using cross stitch patterns but doing it in fabric! Which sounds frustrating but fun! Oh and I've found that the best not coffee much is a thick ceramic beer stien. The ceramic holds the heat really well, has a handle and hold a lot of coffee!
I LOVE Bargello stitch, always have since I was a kid. I used to make glasses cases with plastic canvas using the bargello stitch and cheap yarn. You use what you have! My mom taught me to double up the yarn for the finer canvas. Its beautiful and very simple, once you get into it. Excellent for kids with their small hands. I was 8ish in the 80s when we did it. We also did punch needle, but that's another story.
25:50 as someone new to the world of stitching crafts I picked up a bargello kit for the holidays and upon enjoying it ran into this problem trying to find out more about it. Similar problem with something some people call 'canvas work' or 'counted canvas work' which is (I think) a form of needlepoint somewhere between embroidery and bargello. It has some really interesting texture too it and ends up, funnily enough, looking like a quilt but it's all hand-stitched needlework. Looking forward to seeing your larger bargello project!
I don't really know why, but the exchange between you and Mat at 32:40 was so satisfying for my brain. I rewatched that one bit so many times 😅 Like the "You remind me of the babe" bit in Labyrinth
I love geometric types of patterns, so this looks fun! Also both my husband and I prefer using our "bowl plates" whenever possible. I like the higher sides to keep me from spilling my food all over myself, especially since we often eat sitting on the couch
My partner and I love our "plowls" (only called this on occasion, in a silly mood) and splades (sporks but leaning a lil more knife). They're good for almost everything except soup or hamburgers
As a quilter, I can confirm we definitely like Bargello quilts. I've done a couple, one shaped into a heart, and one wave. Trying to get my act together to do a flame in Aurora Borealis colors. Maybe I just need to get some needlepoint canvas and do it that way.
You are my new favourite RUclips and fibre artist/creator!!! Your videos strike the perfect balance of crafty and interesting and relatable and hilarious and - of course - excellent dog content. From one sofa crafter with a sleeping dog to another ❤❤❤
as soon as I saw silk and merino-- an OH!!! popped out of my mouth! I have some plastic canvas that I wanted to make for Christmas house display items (I am a cross stitcher and there are only so many things I can MAKE and use.. but some holiday stuff is fun)
You are a lovely person. I love watching you and especially enjoy your enthusiasm. It is infections in the best possible way. These are neat and I definitely want to try some more embroidery type stuff. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
I have a book with bargello patterns checked out from the library as I am currently working a crochet blanket designed in that style. I had to laugh when you mentioned someone said it was hard as ‘they never tried counted cross stitch’ sprang to mind.’
I had to comment over the hilarity of the pasta-sized dish for your coffee! I knew if I tried that, most would have wound up on the kitchen floor before even making it to my sewing room. Also, bargello quilting started to get big around the late 1980s to the 1990s onward. (Am a quilter)
So as to the quilting, like... It's actually really great for quilting because you can stitch 2.5" strips together then make your "steps" you cut the large fabric you've made into different widths and sew them back together with extra bits on the end.
You can usually find evenweave linen (that's what the ones with no punches holes are) at fabric stores in rolls and probably much cheaper than craft or needlework stores. You could even try your loved discount fabric store you frequent if they have the store organized in a way you wouldn't have to search through the whole store. I normally look for craft supplies in odd places like home improvement stores for things like twine which is usually 98% less than a craft store.
The mug replacements slayed me... visually I find this design most pleasing to my eye... I have done a bit on plastic canvas... too slow... n looked at quilting books... too complex... as goldilocks I haven't found my just right... I'll keep this in reserve as I think it would be easy to do in the RV w/ my grand kids...
I actually first came across bargello designs in quilting and learned later that it was originally a needlework style. I’ve done neither myself but have both on my ever growing list of things to do. And I’ll definitely come back to this video for the needlework.
I've always called the 'not quite bowl, not quite plate' a pasta bowl. It is way easier to eat slippery things like pasta from them. And yes am a woman who loves using them!
These Bargello stitch pieces turned out Beautiful 👌❤ Haven’t tried before but definitely looks like a fun new craft! Lovely patterns with your lovely choices of floss. Will follow along to see how it turns out and listen to your stories.
One of our machine knit patterns in the group I follow is a Bargello style scarf using variegated yarn and its beautiful. You made great progress and I am glad you are having fun. Keep I mind those panels you made can be incorporated into a corset or waistband with attached canvas and lacing. The plastic could be used, cut down, into coasters and glasses cases……….👊🏼
I remember when I went to the Bargello as a needleworker i was extremely excited to see Those Chairs and they were just randomly in a room lol. Don't remember if i took a picture but all my pictures from the digital camera era are missing if they weren't uploaded to Facebook.
My auntie used to do this! She passed away in 2011. And I remember her doing this all the time, her house was filled with Bargello ❤️ I’m so happy to finally find the name of this craft! Definitely getting my supplies to make some!
So bargello quilting often uses the same motifs you'll see in the needlepoint. For instance, the blue-green motif you worked is often called "Light in the valley". They're generally made by sewing "strip sets" of your desired color arrangement, then cutting the strip sets into a variety of widths. These can then be offset a specific amount, and it does seem to often stick with the same half-height offset used for embroidery. Of course, because quilters can never leave well enough alone, you'll see all kinds of fascinating variations that bear no resemblance to traditional embroidery motifs, but it's really interesting to see the evolution.
Thank you so much for introducing me to this stitching book/style....I received it last night...and I was speechless...my embroidery game will never be the same...
I actually did some looking into the correct pronunciation of aida years ago and it seems like no one is really sure where the word originated so we can’t be sure of which way is “correct”
This reminds me of a memory I have asked other people about. Do you remember people making covers for their Kleenex boxes? Like, when I was young, so many people were covering up their Kleenex boxes. Toilet paper sometimes too. I know it still exists to some extent, but those plastic canvases were definitely involved in the conspiracy to hide tissues. Maybe the boxes just got more attractive??? People got lazy. Idk. T-Shirts used to be offensive as outerwear. The past was wild.
I have a bargello project started sometime in the 70s or 80s I think. I think I might have the bargello book you showed with the orange/brown cover. I should probably find it and finish it.
Totally unrelated. But like. You can now zoom on youtube.. like ALOT of zoom. And I found that out while watching this video. Definitely love looking at your face in 4x zoom 😆
This was fun 😊 I look forward to see you dip into Temari. I made 3 of them and always thought they would make such a cute christmas ornament but did not get around on making another one. I solely know bargello from quilting (and it's on my list, for sure) but it looks good in embroidery, too. And you probably could take the complexer stitching patterns and turn them into a quilt. Something to simmer over. Have a nice day!
I love how you just adapt and poke at crafts, see what works and what doesn't, versus just trying to match things exactly. And I know there were other comments but when it comes to many crafts, number are 'per inch' fabric, canvas, those tend to be threads per inch, if you ever work with wire, it's the numbeer of wraps side by side to fill an inch. ...never did get sense of crochet hooks, some go up, but the finer ones go down. And while it is perfectly acceptable to use as a vase, I'm more used to seeing a carafe full of orange juice or water in the morning 😊Definitely a good choice for coffee!
Just got my studio set up and as a treat I am going to make myself a quilt. I've been debating which style and Bargello seems to be the one I'm leaning toward. 😊
Absolutely loved this video, it was the first time my mom was watching along too and she was also entertained. Can’t wait to see whatever embroidery styles you’ll try in the future!
So, historically, Mongols drank from bowls. I learned this while attending an SCA event (Society for Creative Anachronism). And here's the thing. Drinking from a bowl, with both hands, is very mindful. Whatever you are drinking becomes your entire focus for a few seconds. It is almost like meditating on the fluid. Coffee, wine, tea, even water becomes your entire focus. The smell, the taste, the temperature. The simple act of drinking consumes your entire being. It's refreshing. It is calming. And it is a worthwhile activity, even in itself. I'm really glad you decided on this experiment. I hope you learned something about yourself, and your focus.
That kinda sunburst pattern unleashed a memory for me. I remember a project I had that made the exact same design. It was a hard plastic box in the late 70’s early 80’s. I was pretty young and thought it was cross stitch, but it looked waaayyy more like yours.
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I do not need a new craft.
I do NOT need a new craft.
I do not NEED a new craft
I DO NOT NEED A NEW CRAFT.
Damn it, I've got a new craft. Now I'm off to get new supplies...
Unless... 👀
Does that work, if it does I need to work on it.
Me too
But.....
Same, no use fighting it or attempting to reason your way out😂😂😂💚💚💚
Stopping in the middle to let you know (you probably already do by now) the numbers are the number of holes in an inch. That's why the bigger the number the smaller the holes and the opposite. 7 holes to the inch verses 14 holes to the inch. Love the video so far! Big Hugs
Was coming down here to say this, but I think it's stitches per inch, instead of holes per inch. 14 stitches would use 15 holes.
Having worked in a store, many years ago, which sold needlework supplies, I learned that the numbers refer to the threads/inch in the weave of the canvas or embroidery fabric That was part of their description on the price tags. I'm not in the USA though.
Beads work the same way.
@@janebarnes4449 THIS! Every woven material has 'thread count' which means exactly that, how many threads there are in a cm of fabric. I ask this when buying bed linens online to not get something you can poke your finger through. Also this explains why Egyptian cotton is so expensive - it has absolutely insane thread count :-P
like a sandpaper.
When I was a kid in the 80s, my Girl Scout troop made tissue-box covers using basically this technique, with plastic canvas and worsted weight yarn, so you're right about it being a suitable activity for kids.
I designed a four way Bargello pincushion, that comes up at 3” square. I then upsized it (! 😂) to 12” square for a miniature quilt, with each patch measuring 1/2” x 1/8”. It got Highly Commended at the Festival of Quilts (UK) and 1st prize at the Great Northern Quilt Show (Yorkshire).
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!
I am 76… yes, I was part of the 70’s bargello cult!! You’re making me go through boxes in the back of closets and start again. I loved it and my pillows are still perfect. The end product is not only very beautiful…it’s tough!
Bargello quilting lends itself to the current precuts that are trendy in quilting. you can buy a jelly roll ( 42 to 44 strips 2.5 inch by width of fabric (usually 44 inches) ) and sew those strips together into a stripey fabric. then you can cut the fabric to various widths, and step them up and down by one stripe. it looks incredibly hard, and so fast. it's magic.
My grandma did a few of these style quilts when I was a child, and I was mesmerized by how fast she could put a quilt top like this together.
My mother-in-law makes Bargello quilts and they are gorgeous. My favorite is the heart Bargello.
I know you said it's great for kids, I've always recommended this for older people (I work in geriatrics). Most older women sewed or quilted but their hands can't do such fine work anymore, this stuff is great for them, bigger holes and I tell them to use yarn! Plastic needles for hiding yarn in a crochet or knitting project works great!!
If you've got anyone that loved cross-stitch, scaling up to monks cloth and using the full embroidery floss strand instead of separating it works great. The tapestry frames are a little easier on arthritis hands than the hoops too.
I haven't gotten far into the video, but when you said 8 way bargello I had to ask my mum, who has done a lot of bargello if she had done eight way and whilst she hasn't her eyes lit up and I think I have created a new monster LOL she is apparently teaching a class on Bargello later in the year and something tells me she will have worked out eight way by then LMAO
i have been obsessed with these 18th century pocketbooks that ive seen super frequently in my historical fashion research, but i am not an embroiderer (it's too freehand for me, i love working on a grid) and i thought i would never be able to/want to make them myself. i had no idea what the style of needlework was called, and i hadn't realised that they weren't just regular embroidery. i'm SO GLAD i saw this video, because it has dumped me straight down the bargello rabbithole and i have bought myself all the supplies. serendipitously, the day after i saw this video i went to a book fair where almost every book was $1.50, and i found four bargello books, one being the same dorothy kaestner book you referenced in this video. a serious of lovely coincidences has led me to a delightful place, and i thank you much!
I think my favorite part of this video is the daily chaos coffee check ins
I too enjoyed.
The thing that fascinates me the most about embroidery of all of the thread crafts is the fact that you are essentially painting with thread. Like, the threads are making up the brush strokes of a painting and they can be overlaid, interspersed, dotted, knotted, etc. There are so many potentials for expression with embroidery and that's even before you get into beadwork. It's such a fascinating subject.
My non-technical names for background work is "living scenery". I do historical re-enacting so I've been recruited for a few things. It's a lot of hurry up and wait so a smallish embroidery project is perfect.
On another note, as a historical re-enactor, I can tell you drinking hot coffee out of a pewter mug is dangerous if you are half asleep.
I remember bargello being a big thing in the 60s and 70s. I'm thinking it looked vaguely psychedelic in the hot pinks and lime greens of the time.
So fun words, when you use that style of vase for a beverage, typically to serve it, the vase is called a carafe.
I thought the same. But also: does carafe usually mean a different kind of beverage holder in American - with a lid and handle and vacuum insulation, maybe?
I once served punch in an actual flower vase :-P was the only thing big enough with mouth wide enough for the ladle.....
I kept looking at it and thinking "Isn't that a wine carafe?"
@@joelledurben3799 yep, us yanks use carafe for both the vase-style ones (usually for water, sometimes juice) and the ones with a handle (most often for coffee) with thermal insulation, or glass with black or orange handles you see in diners to distinguish decaf.
This is the stitch we were taught when we were starting embroidery in class, we were 6-7-8 years old? Used it to make a bag and cushions. So yes, children pick this up easily.
tip if you need double yarn, pull the needle on the middle of the working yarn, when you finish the yarn, cut the needle loose after you attach the thread.
I thought I'd come away from this video with a burning desire to learn a new kind of embroidery. Instead I'm looking speculatively at my espresso machine and my food processor ...
😅😂
Not read the other comments so someone might have mentioned this - with canvas that feels sharp and to stop it fraying.. I bind the edges with felt which I take off when the project is complete and sew it on my next piece.
Love this video xx
What a great idea! Thanks ❤
This is a very neat idea!
We are getting absolutely spoiled on uploads! Thanks for all your hard work, this is gonna be great to have coffee with 🎉
I did a Bargello piece decades ago, I guess in the 70’s, had it in a small footstool for many years. It finally got worn and the small wood footstool. I tried to find the pattern again to recreate the project but never did. Just the word Bargello in the title made me click on your video. Thank you! I will be able to search once again. I have learned to spin my own wool to make yarn and always hoped to make a Bargello piece because it shows off the yarn so splendidly.
😂 70s flashbacks 😂. We made so much stuff with that plastic canvas. My favorite was little trinket boxes. I had forgotten about plastic canvas boxes till you gave me flashbacks 😂 and I’ve been trying to find just the right travel container for my seam ripper and sewing awl. May have to bust out a piece of plastic canvas, some yarn and brush the rust off of my crafting skills.
Oh! Look into Hardanger, another counted technique. I really enjoy working pieces in this style.
I love Hardanger, was gonna suggest it too
Yall might like to watch Karen the needlebugg she does hardanger sometimes as well as cross stitch
@@arianaodom6601 Thanks for the recommendation. I'd not heard of her.
We called it Modifying stitch. It is much easier than cross stitch. We used to do it on grocery bags. On Matty cloth. With cotton six strands. Now I have done it on plastic sheet also. Thanks 🙏
Not a lady, but I love salad plates. That's what I call those plate bowl thingies. They're so nice for rice dishes and salads. I love them.
I call them pasta plates!
me too :)
They're ideal for grits, particularly if you're putting something on top. Just had eggs over easy on our favorite local mill grits for while watching.
When the canvas is scratchy/abrasive i use the masking tape on the edges
If you ever want to do mug replacement again, my grandmother served me and my brother in a small elephant teapot and an elephant milk pitcher. We drank from the trunk.
Some of the best pupper content on the Interwebs.
I have a bargello quilt project waiting to be started for... I'm not going to say how many years now.
I think embroidery is a much more approachable method for the technique.
I'm think they make funky wide sash belts sowed ribbons to the ends. I'm usually a cross stitcher so my daughter at about 8 tried out cross stitching and your suggestion was exactly, how we did it. The plastic canvas with the plastic needles used a large size with yarn.
That food processor bowl made me so nervous. You really filled it as much as you could!
You have opened a whole new world of coffee containment. I loved the vase, too.😁Btw, I remember these types of patterns in the 70's (yah, I'm old.) Loved the geometric designs. Never tried it (remarkably as I tried every other type of stitch work to my mother's chagrin.) Maybe I will.
Platebowls! Long live the plate-bowl! I love them and my husband is still meh 20 years in😂
Same here! He'll use them for spaghetti though, as he understands their superiority in that regard.
Everytime you said Bargello all I heard was “machello” so immediately my brain went to Stargate: “Yes! Inventions to fight the Goa'uld”. I imagine that’s a nerdy reference not many people will get but thought I’d share in case I’m not the only one 😂
Take a body swap vacay and instead of causing chaos with an unsuspecting bystander who thinks you're a war vet, do a little crafting before your time is up :)
I also love the deep plate/shallow bowl style! Eating off of one right now. Using them for pasta makes me feel like I’m at a fancy Italian restaurant.
Great video! As you cross things off your to-do list you add to mine, lol!
Oooh, gorgeous! I love the way the colors you choose change the illusion of depth - that one looked 3D. Might make a really cool collar and cuffs or pockets or even a hem stiffener if you wanted a flowy fabric to stand out a bit. Just rambling thoughts. PS, that couch is in such a cool spot for daytime light. Yay.
Back in the 90’s Bargello became very popular in the Quilting circles, Mom was in a couple of sewing groups where they spent months working on so many different styles. I still not unpacked all of Moms quilting supplies but she had done I think 4-5 different types. I did only the one, loved the style just hated working in fabric apposed to yarn. All my quilting projects have been appliqué as I can hand stitch it all with embroidery floss. I have a very extensive embroidery floss collection of cottons, wool, silk, polyester and many other types of yarn. Some of them as old as 50+ years old. Mom would always raid my stash of yarns for the odd projects that she did doing appliqué.
I use to buy a lot if my yarns from deceased estates back in the 80-90’s and then one day the yarn shop I was buying from was selling everything off at 1/8th of the price to clear out her shop as she was closing her doors after 60 years of business. Every fortnight after getting paid I would go into the shop and just bulk buy at $50-100 depending on how much I had spare. I picked all of the ones still in boxes that had not been opened I did not worry about colours as all colours would eventually get used. I did this for a whole year and even then she had not sold off everything. At the end of the year she packed the rest and placed it into her spare room at home. Her GrandDaughter used it all to start her online business, I would have bought but she increased the prices way to high for me. So I’m just happy to have what I did buy during the shops closing down sales.
So much of my stock is still in the original boxes from her shop. I never bothered with canvases only the yarns. Most of them are no longer on DMC charts today as they are from the 50’s and 60’s and some from the 70’s when the book you’re using came out. I have the 1st book but even most of my supplies are still packed away from when I moved back home to help Dad with looking after Mom.
I will have to get it all sorted out, it’s so frustrating not being able to get into my stash at times😹😹😹
So proud of Matt, yay for Matt taking on the Bargello!
This is how I learned to do needlepoint for chairs and foot stools from my Italian immigrant grandmother. My family hails from Molise and Calabria.
Her mother used to use burlap potato sacks as the base and remnant or reclaimed yarn. My great gran learned from other immigrant traditions floral needlepoint motifs she would work over the top of worn through flame work to make some very interesting pieces.
A trick is to sew the base into a frame and then work. Seriously helps with the intention and the wobbly base fabric.
I tend to look for ways to add these kinds of crafts to my clothing makes. Now I'm imagining bargello on tulle for a skirt or maybe on a linen blouse.
I haven't thought of this in years the 60's and 70's real revival of the arts and crafts movement. There was also a lot of recycling reusing tin cans to make things. Lots of flowers power too. I too have a list of needle crafts I would like to try or at least learn something about them. I also saw years ago something about using cross stitch patterns but doing it in fabric! Which sounds frustrating but fun!
Oh and I've found that the best not coffee much is a thick ceramic beer stien. The ceramic holds the heat really well, has a handle and hold a lot of coffee!
Re: soup plates, I adore them. They are perfect for things like canned beans, stews, and just anything with a bit of gravy or sauce.
I LOVE Bargello stitch, always have since I was a kid. I used to make glasses cases with plastic canvas using the bargello stitch and cheap yarn. You use what you have! My mom taught me to double up the yarn for the finer canvas. Its beautiful and very simple, once you get into it. Excellent for kids with their small hands. I was 8ish in the 80s when we did it. We also did punch needle, but that's another story.
25:50 as someone new to the world of stitching crafts I picked up a bargello kit for the holidays and upon enjoying it ran into this problem trying to find out more about it. Similar problem with something some people call 'canvas work' or 'counted canvas work' which is (I think) a form of needlepoint somewhere between embroidery and bargello. It has some really interesting texture too it and ends up, funnily enough, looking like a quilt but it's all hand-stitched needlework.
Looking forward to seeing your larger bargello project!
I don't really know why, but the exchange between you and Mat at 32:40 was so satisfying for my brain. I rewatched that one bit so many times 😅 Like the "You remind me of the babe" bit in Labyrinth
I love geometric types of patterns, so this looks fun!
Also both my husband and I prefer using our "bowl plates" whenever possible. I like the higher sides to keep me from spilling my food all over myself, especially since we often eat sitting on the couch
My partner and I love our "plowls" (only called this on occasion, in a silly mood) and splades (sporks but leaning a lil more knife). They're good for almost everything except soup or hamburgers
LOVE LOVE LOVE Silk and Ivory thread❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Welcome to needlepoint
I love your videos from beginning to end, and am so entertained by your outtakes! Thanks for including them!😂
As a quilter, I can confirm we definitely like Bargello quilts. I've done a couple, one shaped into a heart, and one wave. Trying to get my act together to do a flame in Aurora Borealis colors.
Maybe I just need to get some needlepoint canvas and do it that way.
That would be lovely!
You are my new favourite RUclips and fibre artist/creator!!! Your videos strike the perfect balance of crafty and interesting and relatable and hilarious and - of course - excellent dog content. From one sofa crafter with a sleeping dog to another ❤❤❤
as soon as I saw silk and merino-- an OH!!! popped out of my mouth! I have some plastic canvas that I wanted to make for Christmas house display items (I am a cross stitcher and there are only so many things I can MAKE and use.. but some holiday stuff is fun)
You are a lovely person. I love watching you and especially enjoy your enthusiasm. It is infections in the best possible way. These are neat and I definitely want to try some more embroidery type stuff. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
I have a book with bargello patterns checked out from the library as I am currently working a crochet blanket designed in that style.
I had to laugh when you mentioned someone said it was hard as ‘they never tried counted cross stitch’ sprang to mind.’
What a fabulous-looking series of patterns you can get from this style. And fun to learn about something I knew nothing about before!
I had to comment over the hilarity of the pasta-sized dish for your coffee! I knew if I tried that, most would have wound up on the kitchen floor before even making it to my sewing room. Also, bargello quilting started to get big around the late 1980s to the 1990s onward. (Am a quilter)
So as to the quilting, like... It's actually really great for quilting because you can stitch 2.5" strips together then make your "steps" you cut the large fabric you've made into different widths and sew them back together with extra bits on the end.
You can usually find evenweave linen (that's what the ones with no punches holes are) at fabric stores in rolls and probably much cheaper than craft or needlework stores. You could even try your loved discount fabric store you frequent if they have the store organized in a way you wouldn't have to search through the whole store. I normally look for craft supplies in odd places like home improvement stores for things like twine which is usually 98% less than a craft store.
i like the green and blue colour scheme, it's very peacock
Thank you! And a happy, wonderful day to you as well! :)
The mug replacements slayed me... visually I find this design most pleasing to my eye... I have done a bit on plastic canvas... too slow... n looked at quilting books... too complex... as goldilocks I haven't found my just right... I'll keep this in reserve as I think it would be easy to do in the RV w/ my grand kids...
Yes, I am a Quilter and have made a Bargello Quilt. It is lovely with purple and chartreuse with a floral strip. I love it.
I pronounce Aida like the name Ada. Also I love your scissor necklace-that seems so useful!
I actually first came across bargello designs in quilting and learned later that it was originally a needlework style. I’ve done neither myself but have both on my ever growing list of things to do. And I’ll definitely come back to this video for the needlework.
I've always called the 'not quite bowl, not quite plate' a pasta bowl. It is way easier to eat slippery things like pasta from them. And yes am a woman who loves using them!
Our set called them "soup plates" and I also give them thumbs up.
I just really love your humor! And I really love to knit while watching your videos! :)
Yay!! Sitting here doing some crewel work for the first time from an Avon kit from the 70s I got in a thrift store feeling very thematically related
These Bargello stitch pieces turned out Beautiful 👌❤
Haven’t tried before but definitely looks like a fun new craft! Lovely patterns with your lovely choices of floss.
Will follow along to see how it turns out and listen to your stories.
I love how much you love your dog❤️🇨🇦🐾
Back in the dark ages my only bargello was upholstery for a wingback chair. Need I say that was my only bargello
One of our machine knit patterns in the group I follow is a Bargello style scarf using variegated yarn and its beautiful. You made great progress and I am glad you are having fun. Keep I mind those panels you made can be incorporated into a corset or waistband with attached canvas and lacing. The plastic could be used, cut down, into coasters and glasses cases……….👊🏼
I remember when I went to the Bargello as a needleworker i was extremely excited to see Those Chairs and they were just randomly in a room lol. Don't remember if i took a picture but all my pictures from the digital camera era are missing if they weren't uploaded to Facebook.
My auntie used to do this! She passed away in 2011. And I remember her doing this all the time, her house was filled with Bargello ❤️ I’m so happy to finally find the name of this craft! Definitely getting my supplies to make some!
So bargello quilting often uses the same motifs you'll see in the needlepoint. For instance, the blue-green motif you worked is often called "Light in the valley". They're generally made by sewing "strip sets" of your desired color arrangement, then cutting the strip sets into a variety of widths. These can then be offset a specific amount, and it does seem to often stick with the same half-height offset used for embroidery. Of course, because quilters can never leave well enough alone, you'll see all kinds of fascinating variations that bear no resemblance to traditional embroidery motifs, but it's really interesting to see the evolution.
Blimey I remember making a cushion cover in the 90's in this style!
Thank you so much for introducing me to this stitching book/style....I received it last night...and I was speechless...my embroidery game will never be the same...
Was just given a bargello kit! So excited to try and had to come back to rewatch!
I mean I am german so I could be wrong, but I also thought aida was pronounced like the opera. That just made the most sense to me 🤷🏼♀
I think the Americans pronounce it Aid-a like "first aid" because that is easier for us than the other ai blend sounds. Could be totally wrong.
@@ProcraftinatorSharon The stitchers in my family say EYE-dah, but I do sometimes say eye-EE-dah, like the opera
I actually did some looking into the correct pronunciation of aida years ago and it seems like no one is really sure where the word originated so we can’t be sure of which way is “correct”
Just found you thanks to a random feed and LOVE your humor, content and sweet doggo! Definitely going to watch more!👍
Yes we made bedcovers also with this embroidery. It was quick on thicker matty cloth and six strand thread.
the vase was also my fav out of all your drinking utensils. it seemed like the most unhinged lol!
This is a great video and an interesting embroidery style. And I`m obsessed with the grey dress you`re wearing
Ooooo now I’m inspired to make a Bargello quilt… I feel a video coming
Oooooh, this looks perfect for the repairs I want to do on my couch
Ooo I'm excited for the white work I saw on that list
Interesting info on etymology of bargello! Thanks for sharing this.
This reminds me of a memory I have asked other people about. Do you remember people making covers for their Kleenex boxes? Like, when I was young, so many people were covering up their Kleenex boxes. Toilet paper sometimes too. I know it still exists to some extent, but those plastic canvases were definitely involved in the conspiracy to hide tissues. Maybe the boxes just got more attractive??? People got lazy. Idk. T-Shirts used to be offensive as outerwear. The past was wild.
Your sample barbells were pretty. I especially like the pastel waves and sun.
Stopping at the intro to say there are bargello quilt patterns too that are super fun and amazing designs.
I have a bargello project started sometime in the 70s or 80s I think. I think I might have the bargello book you showed with the orange/brown cover. I should probably find it and finish it.
You're a beautiful, wonderful person too 😊
Getting more videos makes me so happy ❤ Glad to see more of you! 🎉
Totally unrelated. But like. You can now zoom on youtube.. like ALOT of zoom. And I found that out while watching this video. Definitely love looking at your face in 4x zoom 😆
This was fun 😊
I look forward to see you dip into Temari. I made 3 of them and always thought they would make such a cute christmas ornament but did not get around on making another one.
I solely know bargello from quilting (and it's on my list, for sure) but it looks good in embroidery, too. And you probably could take the complexer stitching patterns and turn them into a quilt. Something to simmer over.
Have a nice day!
I love how you just adapt and poke at crafts, see what works and what doesn't, versus just trying to match things exactly. And I know there were other comments but when it comes to many crafts, number are 'per inch' fabric, canvas, those tend to be threads per inch, if you ever work with wire, it's the numbeer of wraps side by side to fill an inch. ...never did get sense of crochet hooks, some go up, but the finer ones go down.
And while it is perfectly acceptable to use as a vase, I'm more used to seeing a carafe full of orange juice or water in the morning 😊Definitely a good choice for coffee!
Just got my studio set up and as a treat I am going to make myself a quilt. I've been debating which style and Bargello seems to be the one I'm leaning toward. 😊
Absolutely loved this video, it was the first time my mom was watching along too and she was also entertained. Can’t wait to see whatever embroidery styles you’ll try in the future!
So, historically, Mongols drank from bowls. I learned this while attending an SCA event (Society for Creative Anachronism). And here's the thing. Drinking from a bowl, with both hands, is very mindful. Whatever you are drinking becomes your entire focus for a few seconds. It is almost like meditating on the fluid. Coffee, wine, tea, even water becomes your entire focus. The smell, the taste, the temperature. The simple act of drinking consumes your entire being. It's refreshing. It is calming. And it is a worthwhile activity, even in itself.
I'm really glad you decided on this experiment. I hope you learned something about yourself, and your focus.
My grandmother had a bunch of decorative pillows that she'd made with this technique.
I love your dress in the intro! Super cute
Wow. So that is the project you are working on in the stitch & chat video. 😃
It's funny how I used to do these when I was a kid and never knew it was like a proper embroidery style ❤
Many years ago, I made earrings with the bargello style. I found nice examples on pinterest and they were fast to make 😁
That kinda sunburst pattern unleashed a memory for me. I remember a project I had that made the exact same design. It was a hard plastic box in the late 70’s early 80’s. I was pretty young and thought it was cross stitch, but it looked waaayyy more like yours.