When I originally decided to attempt an image using a bargello concept, I had two images in mind that I wanted this to work with. One was obviously the College Fjord quilt, which is on pause briefly until I have the right color again but is clearly going to be a gorgeous quilt in the end. I’m SO excited about that quilt!
But as I was planning the College Fjord quilt, there was some trepidation that it wouldn’t work for that one, and if it didn’t work there, I wasn’t going to even attempt a second one. Bargello quilts are just too detailed and difficult to put a lot of work into if it’s not going to be successful. So I said early on that I was going to attempt the College Fjord one, and if that worked, I’d attempt a second one.
Now that I have proof of concept, it’s time to start work on the second bargello. I am also really excited about this one, and now that I’ve looked at it a little bit, I’m REALLY glad I started with the College Fjord one. The College Fjord quilt is symmetrical – it’s a mirror image. The second one is not, which means it has its own special issues. Here’s the original image:
This image reminds me of a song, “Hus Ved Havet” (House by the Sea) by Halvdan Sivertsen, one of my favorite Norwegian musical artists. I have an early songbook of his that includes many images to go along with the music, and this image reminds me of the pencil drawing that is in that songbook to accompany this song. I’ve always wanted to do my own rendition of that idea – a house by the sea. So here we go.