Free Bargello Quilting Patterns and Projects

Hey quilter, these free Bargello quilt patterns are something you just have to try!  

By searching the internet, we have found some great beginner free bargello quilt patterns!  On this page, there are bargello patterns for both beginners, intermediate, and advanced quilters.

For those who are unfamiliar with bargello quilts, here is a quick summary of this style of piecing a quilt.  For more detailed information on bargello quilting, check out our general bargello quilting page.

By definition, bargello quilts are made of strips of fabric sewn together in such a way that it looks like there is movement in the pattern. The lines of the bargello quilt appear to twist and bend and flow with movement!

They are so pleasing to the eye, but they look very complicated.  A bargello quilt appears to be made with small scraps of square and rectangular fabrics, pieced in a way to show the movement. It really looks like only very experienced quilters could make them.

Beginner quilters often look at a bargello quilt in awe, imagining that it must have taken so much time to cut each piece and attach them together. 

The little secret is that they are deceptively easy to make!  Many of the links below take you to beginner free bargello quilt patterns!

Even though the finished bargello quilt looks full of curves and waves, there is no curved piecing to do at all!  The truth is that the quilts are strip-pieced!

To make a bargello quilt, fabric strips are cut at a specific width and sewn together.  New strips are formed by cutting the pieced fabric. The groupings of new strips are then sewn together into a ring with the seam allowances facing outward.

This sounds confusing, but the strips are then laid out in a pattern and a seam of each of the different rings are opened in different orders with a seam ripper.  The ring is then laid open. Once this is complete, the strips are sewn together and a quilt block is formed.

After the blocks are finished, they can be placed in different formations to create amazing patterns, from waves to weaving, from flames to diamonds and so much more.

Now that we have that perfectly clear (lol), trust that bargello quilting is something that is much easier to do than it looks.

Scroll down to see fantastic free bargello quilt patterns that create gorgeous quilts!  To give this technique a try on something smaller than a quilt, there are several great free beginner bargello quilt patterns to make placemats and table runners.

If you don't see something you like in our list of free bargello quilt patterns, check out the bargello quilt patterns for sale that we have collected. There are also nice Etsy bargello quilt patterns at this link.

This intricate looking technique is an easy show stopper!