Both my first self-designed quilt and my first large quilting project, I wanted a quilt which showed off the pretty mini-print Christmas fabrics I managed to find while avoiding an overly country-Christmas look. The common color theme to the prints lent them well to the bargello style. In fact, I've since noticed that the seasonal display of prints at the front of the local fabric store usually features a compatible set of fabrics, and ideas for a heart-themed quilt based on Valentine's fabrics is starting to bounce around in my head.

Because I bought the fabrics on sale before finishing the design of the quilt, I don't have the specific quantities of each fabric needed. I bought a yard of each of the seven prints and have enough left over for another small project. I purposefully designed the quilt to be less than 42" across so that I could use a single width of backing fabric; I ended and bound off in the same material. I've been using Warm & Natural cotton batting for all of my quilting projects so far and I like it a lot for wall hangings where you don't necessarily want the loft or long-term washability of a bed quilt. For bargellos, this batting is particularly nice because you are piecing each strip directly onto it as you work, and it doesn't shed to badly and is thin enough to run under a sewing machine foot smoothly. With the huge number of seams in this quilt, though, I used up three spools of thread.

Below, I am including my chart for this quilt; feel free to borrow it.