The Bargello Mystery.......

Well, now for the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say. Sorry for the hodge-podge on the photos; Blogger is being most obnoxious or I am clueless to what I am supposed to do to get them to behave.....and not awake enough to really care!

As stated previously I had this marvelous bargello piece, in fact, two identical pieces that I had received from Tristan. He had e-mailed me about how to make a liturgical stole and I sent him the *pattern* I work from, which is loose to say the least. I guess when you make then and tinker with them you don;t need a highly detailed pattern, plus the idea is always in my head. At any rate, he said since the bargello was done he was afraid he would screw it up (it was for an ordination gift) so would I be interested in finishing it? SURE!!! But I could not understand why he had hesitation about cutting into the pieces.

Until I got them in the mail, looked at these absolutely amazing works and though, OMG, I'm terrified to cut into them!!! No choice; we were working on a short deadline and I knew the amount of time I had each day to work out here was limited. I still cannot manage anything close to a full day so a job that should have taken me a day and a half, welllll, it took longer.

Yesterday I finally finished it up, except for trim on the edge, and in the meantime have written Tristan telling him it was basically done........come to find out, the ordination is TOMORROW, so I slapped that baby under the machine, got the trim sewn on, did what I was NOT supposed to do and drove it to town for overnight mailing. It should arrive to it's new owner this morning.

These pics are lousy as the last thing I did before bundling it up was snap a few photos, and by that time I had myself worked into a lather about getting to the Post Office so it would make the next day delivery. Remember, I live in the sticks and *Next Day* is relative, applying to larger locals. So I had to ask if it would be delivered today. Ask.

At any rate, you can get an idea of how it looked; I think the pics for the most part enlarge when clicked and like I said, these last ones are fuzzy, off kilter, and just not good.

Oh, and to explain the last photo. When originally corresponding with Tristan, I told him I had NEVER had the back of the neck line up, and always used a nice applique to cover it. (the ones I have made have had a woven design, that--the least bit off--YIKES....) Well, to get a good length I had to cut off the bottom of the piece which had beautiful reds...check the top photo. So naturally, when putting this together, I had the same problem with the back of the neck not matching, and carefully took apart the remnants of the bargello, getting a small, three strip piece, which was appliqued in place over the seam.

It visually tied it all together and gave the eye a place to rest.

And then I rested!

So.....this is what has kept me busy, in between naps and resting (or in other words, attempting to be good!) and I could have lived with that beautiful bargello just hanging on my pinning board for ever! But I got to enjoy it a short while and tomorrow, a young man will be wearing it at ordination, and all the meditation and prayer that I put in these as I do the handwork will be there with him, upon his shoulders, with Tristan's talent and color magic making him look wonderful!

We're kind of like Batman and Robin.......the Dynamic Duo!!!! (okay, Tristan is dynamic.....I'm more the speed of Alfred......)

And that's today's story kiddies! Tune in next week, same Bat Time; same Bat Channel!!!

In other words, have a wonderful weekend........

Pax.