Mystery #8 "Bargello Symphony"

Bargello Symphony, Courtesy of Pierrette

Mystery #8 - "Bargello Symphony" - is 8 x 14 and stitched on ash rose congress cloth. The threads are overdyed floss, Anchor floss, DMC floss, Kreinik metallics and Toho beads.The colors are shades of rose and taupe.

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Here are three finished versions.  Terry's is framed.
http://through-the-hoop.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-1st-ever-needlepoint.html



So is Pierrette's.
http://mystitchinggallery.blogspot.com/2010/02/bargello-symphony-loretta-spears.html

Penny's version, although marred by the ANG logo and the way the photo was cropped, is the best photograph as you can see the intricate patterns and the play of pink and ecru.
http://www.needlepoint.org/WhatIs/1999/BargelloSym.php

Terri's is not framed yet.  The second link is a good close up of the piece when it was partly done.
http://zoomcity.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/drive-by-post/

http://zoomcity.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/bargello-symphony-part-12/

Mystery #8 Courtesy of MJ

Here is MJ's version which won a blue ribbon at the 1997 New York State Fair.  The color is off in the above photo.  She used the colors as listed in the directions.  The following two photos are much better.

MJ's Framed Version of Bargello Symphony

This closeup is better still.  It shows you why she won that blue ribbon.  Note that she did not do the background pattern in the upper left as suggested in the directions.

Bargello Symphony Courtesy of MJ

Materials List:
23 or 24 count rose Congress cloth 12 inches wide x18 inches long (design is approximately 11x17 inches)
Needle Necessities overdyed floss #149 "Hydrangea" (substitute ThreadworX #1081)
Kreinik size 8 fine braid in #713
DMC cotton floss 841 (one skein) and 842 (2 skeins)
Anchor cotton floss in 926 (4 skeins), 1016 (7 skeins), 1017 (3 skeins), 1018 (2 skeins), 1020 (5 skeins)
Tojo beads #A771