Hey Everyone, welcome back to Inspirational Sunday.

I just spent the last two days teaching my Bargello Sunflower class at Quilty Pleasures in Orleans, Ontario.

What a fabulous two days we had – laughing, sewing, learning, creating and being inspired by each other.

Laughter and smiles were part of the class

Of the 10 students in the class only one had done a Bargello in the past but by the end of the two days each student had learned the technique.

In fact Barb even came up with a new terminology of Bargelloing especially when she thought her piece wasn’t Bargelloing properly. Everyone else caught onto the new term quite quickly.

Bargelloing we will go

Here they all are on the first day working diligently and completely focused on the task at hand. The classroom was very quiet.

Totally focused and hard at work

Creating a Bargello to create the sunflower petals with.

A partially completed Bargello

A completed Bargello piece.

A completed Bargello

In fact some even worked at home into the wee hours Friday night in order to be able to complete the flower on the second day of class.

The petal pieces are done as appliqué and here they are made from fusible web laid out on the backside of the Bargello. A couple of family members couldn’t believe we were going to cut it up as it was so pretty.

Petal pieces ready for fusing

My biggest saying of the class when someone thought something wasn’t sewn together right or it wasn’t to perfection was “Don’t worry about that cause we are just going to cut it up.”

Arranging the petals into a flower.

The beginning of petal placement

The flower progressing.

The sunflower progressing

The flower completed and fused to the background fabric.

Completed sunflower

What an awesome class this was. Not only did the students learn a lot but I also learned a few things to help with the creation of the sunflower piece.

Thank you to all who took the class and to Val and Leslie of Quilty Pleasures for inviting me to teach at their shop. It has been a pleasure. I am looking forward to returning in the fall for the second Bargello Sunflower class and who knows maybe there will even be a third class.

And here’s Amy, Val’s daughter sporting a bargello crown. Looks great.

Amy sporting her Bargello crown

Happy Quilting