tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69150549505960434752024-03-13T14:36:27.752-04:00Barn Quilts by DaveBarn Quilts, which started in 2001, are quilt block patterns painted on sides of barns or painted on plywood boards and attached to barns. Barn Quilts can be found in approximately 21 states. I make smaller versions that I call 'House Quilts' that will be attached to houses rather than barns. If you are interested in having one made for you, go to my website at www.barnquiltsbydave.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-69972364949146841942014-11-01T19:44:00.000-04:002014-11-01T19:44:49.371-04:00Going Green!<span style="color: red;">If you go back thru my blog archives, you will see barn quilts in the 'Double Aster' pattern that were done using a variety of colors. I was contacted by Leondia from Decatur, IN requesting a 'Double Aster' 4' X 4' barn quilt be made for her. She liked the colors that were used in the barn quilts that I made in the past, however, she wanted it to be made in various shades of green. She thought that it would look nice on her barn, that was barn red. When she sent me the photo of it hanging on her barn, I had to agree. It did look very nice.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">About 4 months later, Leondia contacted me again. This time she wanted a barn quilt, also a 4' X 4' to hang on another part of her barn, in the 'Carpenter Wheel' pattern. This one would also be in shades of the same green that was used in the first one. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Like the first barn quilt, this one also looks great on a red barn. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-12565281470800568582014-10-24T17:20:00.000-04:002014-10-24T17:20:27.956-04:00Not just for barns anymore<span style="color: red;">2014 has been a milestone year for me, in the fact that I retired from active employment. Believe it or not, it has been an easy transition.</span> <span style="color: red;">I don't miss work and I've been staying busy doing home improvements, such as, fixing up my deck at the back of my house, doing landscaping work and having the best vegetable garden that I have had in years!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> My tomato plants grew taller than me!! I've had the time to maintain them through the year. One of major purchases, since retirement, has been a new garden shed that I will use during the spring, summer and fall periods and during the winter, a storage building for the lawn and pool furniture.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Now, you are probably telling yourself, 'What the heck does this have to do with barn quilts?!' Well my friends, I couldn't leave it like it was. The garden shed does look nice, however, it was missing something. As my website and business cards state, it's 'Not just for barns anymore!' </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I couldn't help myself!!! I just had to decorate it. The barn quilt on the left is called 'spinning spools' and the one on the right is 'Christmas star'. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-48728213879849284102014-10-20T16:22:00.001-04:002014-10-20T16:22:07.762-04:00A most challenging barn quilt<span style="color: red;">I can't believe how long it has been since I've posted anything to my blog. I'm trying to come up with a good excuse for it, but, I can't. My apologizes to those of you who have been following my blogs in the past. I will try to make up for it.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">This has been a historic year for me, as I retired from employment last March. I should have done it 45 years ago!!! I've managed to stay busy since that time with home improvement projects, travel and just enjoying life. Of course, I've been working on barn quilts! Not as many as I've done in the past, which was fine, because I've been busy with other projects. My most challenging barn quilt that I've done to date, is the one that I'm writing now.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">My wife Sandra is an avid quilter. Her favorite form of quilting is paper piecing, in which you cut out your pattern pieces, sew the onto the fabric, sew all the pieces together to make your quilt pattern, then pull off the paper from the fabric to finish your quilt. Her favorite patterns are from Judy Niemeyer. These pattern are very intricate and time consuming. But, my wife loves to do them. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">About 2 months ago, my wife read on Judy Niemeyer's website that Judy was wondering when one of her patterns would be replicated in a barn quilt. Even though there would be a lot of intricate work, particularly taping off the areas for painting I told my wife that I would attempt to make one. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">In October Sandra and I drove to Chattanooga, TN from our home in Connecticut to attend the American Quilter Society show. We stopped by the Tennessee Quilts booth, which featured many patterns from Judy Niemeyer. I spotted one called 'Fire Island Hosta'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">At first glance it looked very intimidating and I wasn't sure how I would replicate it on a 4' X 4' board. I went ahead and bought the pattern. While at the booth, I spoke with Linda Crouch, owner of Tennessee Quilts and she showed me a picture of her version of the Fire Island Hosta pattern, which she named 'Fire Island Hosta Dark'. I liked the colors and decided that this was the one that I would do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">As soon as I arrived back home, I started planning for the barn quilt. The problem was that the finished pattern would have been a 74" square. I had to find someway to reduce the pattern size to fit a 48" square board. After some thought I realized that I could take it to my local Staples store and see if they could take the pattern pages, run them through their printer and reduce to size down. They were able to do it. The pattern was actually reduced to 63% of the original size. I was thrilled!!</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I cut the pattern pieces out and, placing them on the board, traced out the pattern. The following picture, although not very clear to see, was the result of the tracing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Now came the laborious task of taping off each area for painting. I thank God that I was retired!!! The following photo's show the progress of each painted area and then the final result. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I estimated that it took me approximately 20 hours to complete this barn quilt. Each added element needed to be taped off, painted, the tape removed and then taped again to add the next element. went through about two and half rolls of frog tape!!! The detailing that was added to the hosta petals was done using a nylon shower poof!!! Very scientific!!!!!!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">After labeling the back of the barn quilt, I am now proudly displaying it on my home for all to see!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I truly had a lot of fun doing this one. I was a lot easier than I thought it would be and because of that I'm thinking about doing another one of Judy Niemeyer's patterns. Maybe a Mariner's Compass!!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-8120495442236644702013-07-04T09:53:00.001-04:002013-07-04T09:53:52.042-04:00The Round Table!!<span style="color: red;">At this point in my barn quilting career, which goes back to 2009, I have only painted a guilt pattern on one unusual surface. That was on a piece of slate.</span><br />
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For my next unusual surface, I decided with the encouragement from my wife, to paint a Mariner's Compass pattern on a 6' round picnic table that we had for about 25 years. The table was showing signs of age and probably might have been thrown away. However, the table was made by a good friend of the family, who had passed away last year. So, the table had a lot of sentimental value attached to it. The process of restoration had begun.</div>
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The old stain and paint was sanded down to the bare wood. I also took the time to clean out all the old leaves, twigs and dirt from between the slats. I then applied two coats of an exterior primer/sealer to the top and sides of the table. The Mariner's Compass pattern was line out on the surface and the first set of colors was applied. If you closely, you can make out the compass pattern<br />
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The next photo shows the completed Mariner's Compass pattern. Normally, I will not apply a finish/sealer coat to the pattern. However, because this is a picnic table and will get used in our backyard, I will apply some type of durable finish to it, so that items placed on the table will not scratch or damage the pattern. Of course, when used I will put a table cloth over it.</div>
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This was undoubtedly the most interesting and fun barn quilt (on a table) that I've made. My next project will be a 6' rectangular picnic table that my wife and I bought, 40 years ago, when we were married. Before I work on it, I have to replace several boards due to rotting. But, this will be done over the next several weeks. So, stay tuned for another picnic table barn quilt creation!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-30834303834152501772013-06-08T11:29:00.001-04:002013-06-08T11:29:55.410-04:00Flora update<span style="color: red;">Several blogs ago I wrote about the British Rose and Hibiscus barn quilts that I made for a co-worker. The barn quilts were delivered and I was awaiting a photo of them hung on their shed. At first I thought that they would hang them on either side of the Puerto Rican/British Flag. They decided to hang them on the main doors to the shed. I do think they look better there. What do you think?</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-86726145331278686522013-05-27T22:39:00.001-04:002013-05-27T22:39:32.798-04:00Play ball!!<span style="color: red;">Since I started making barn quilts, back in 2009, the pattern have always been the traditional quilt patterns, i.e: Mariner's Compass, Double Aster, Log Cabin, Lamoyne Star, etc. The wine themed barn quilt that I made and blogged about was the most unusual.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">A past customer and now friend, Gail Links from Illinois, told me, after seeing the wine themed barn quilt, that she thought I had enough talent to replicate the St Louis Cardinal's logo and was I up to the challenge!</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I told her that I wasn't sure about replicating the cardinal, but, I could give it a try. I told her that, with my luck, it would end up looking like a pigeon!!! Much to my surprise, the logo came out quite well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Shortly after starting this one, I was contacted by the lady who I made the wine themed barn quilt and asked if I could do the logo from the University of Kentucky Wildcats. Am I sensing a branch of my barn quilt making? Again, I said 'why not' and gave it a try. This is a progress photo of that barn quilt that I'm currently working on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I started working on the draft for the pattern, when I received another email from her. She wanted to know if I could also add the name on the bottle, which was Fowler Family Wines. I told Tracey that I wasn't very good at calligraphy, but, I would see what I could do. She didn't care if it was block letters or whatever. She really wanted the name somewhere on the barn quilt.</span><br />
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Before I made to attempt to work on the lettering, I began to dress up the board with grapes in the upper corners to fill in the large empty space. I found a grape line drawing on the internet, printed out the drawing and then traced it onto the board. I then finished painting them. The wine themed barn quilt was now taking shape. </div>
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Judgement day finally arrived. I had to start working on applying the name to the label. I turned to my MSWord program and found an appropriate font to use, then size it up to fit the space within the label. Once I decided on the proper font and size, I traced the lettering onto the label. Using the newest Sharpie pens, called 'brush tips', I filled in the lettering and this is the result. I was quite impressed!!!!!<br />
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I also adding more grapes to the bottom. The entire barn quilt looks fantastic.............if I do say so myself!!!!<br />
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As expected, Tracey was very pleased and can't wait to receive it. I will post a photo of the barn quilt hanging at it's new home as soon as I receive it.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Nellie then asked me if I could do two 1x1 barn quilts, one depicting the British side and the other the Puerto Rican side. She wanted me to replicate a british rose! I came up with a photo of a quilted british rose and used it as a guide. There was a lot of intricate taping involved to come up with a suitable likeness of petals. All in all, in came out fairly good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Now she wanted a image to remind her of Puerto Rico. She said that the hibiscus flower is very coming there and asked if I could do that on a board. I scoured the internet for an image of a hibiscus in a quilt pattern. I came up with nothing. I then searched under 'hibiscus line drawing' and came up with a line drawing of a hibiscus. I printed out the drawing and, with an Exacto knife, cut out the petals and drew the petals on the board. The rest of the painting was done free-hand. The result came out better than I expected!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I've now been commissioned to make a barn quilt for someone who makes home-made wine. I'm taking a series of photo's as I progress with it and will do a blog showing how it was done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">An interesting point about this barn quilt, is the fact that the pattern was plotted out to be hung 'squared.' However, this pattern is still stricking being hung 'on point.'</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">That wasn't the case with my last barn quilt order. I was contacted via email, through my website as is the norm, from a lady in Sturbridge, MA who was interested in having two barn quilts made for her. Her name is Gaye. One would be a 4'x4' Mariner's Compass and the other would be a 2'x2', Love in the Mist. I gave her an introduction about my barn quilts and how their made. She asked if I wouldn't mind if she drove down to actually see the barn quilts that I have hanging on my house. Sturbridge is about a one hour drive to my house. </span><span style="color: red;">We scheduled a visit on the following Saturday.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Gaye arrived, quilt pattern book in hand, and we began to finalize what the color options would be. I took her around my house and showed her the barn quilts. She and I then sat down and came up with the color options for her barn quilts. She then asked if I could make a third barn quilt about 18" x 18". Although I don't advertise an 18" square, I agreed to make one for her. That was three barn quilts that I would be making for one order!! Now, if you read on my website, I state that I will deliver free within the State of Connecticut. Because Gaye ordered three barn quilts and lived just over the border of CT, I waived my rule of delivering free within the State and told her that I would deliver the quilts to her home in Sturbridge. She told me that the Mariner's Compass would be hanging on the side of home which faces a lake. She wants it there so that all the boater's passing by will see her barn quilt. Here are the three barn quilts that I delivered:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">This one is the Martha Washington Star and is hanging at the front entrance of their home. The next barn quilt is called 'Love in the Mist'. The lighter yellow in the photo was a special blend that I whipped up. From this photo you can see the lake in the back.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">As a result Gaye's visit, along with her husband Bill, we have sparked a friendship that I hope will last for a long time. I'm already planning on take a drive up in April or May to see, first hand, Gaye's barn quilts!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">2012 was an interesting year for me. I completed a total of 22 barn quilts, which worked out to be about two per month. I wasn't overwhelmed with orders, so I was able to keep my promise of completing a barn quilt within 2 weeks. I'm still employed full time. My work on barn quilts is done in the evenings and weekends, so the 2 week time frame worked out just fine. Retirement is in the works for 2014!! Then I will be able to devote more time to barn quilts!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I had a number of 'First Times' in 2012. I had my first order for a 4x4 barn quilt from a lady in Russellville, KY. It was in the Christmas Star pattern. What was challenging for me was getting it packaged for shipping. There are no standard boxes larger than 4x4. I purchased two 'guitar case' boxes from UPS and cut them apart to fit the barn quilt. Although, this brought on quite a challenge, when I received a photo of the barn quilt hanging, made all the sweat-equity worth it!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">My next 'First' was when I received an email from a lady in Great Britain, who wanted me to make a barn quilt, in the Bear Paw pattern, to be sent to her friend in Washington, at the time that she would be there to visit her. The recipient had no idea that it was coming and the following photo confirms that!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Since I've been creating barn quilts, I've always used existing quilt patterns. I have never taken the time, nor have I had the time, to create a unique barn quilt pattern. Well, a co-worker of mine, who has Puerto Rican and British ancestry, asked if I could create a barn quilt that would honor that. We discussed using flags in the design. This is what I came up with. Of course, she loved it!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-60508738220878200992012-12-02T20:39:00.003-05:002012-12-02T20:39:59.145-05:00The 4x4 Mariner's Compass, Update<span style="color: red;">In a previous blog I wrote about the 4x4 Mariner's Compass, with a nautical theme, that I made for my sister in law Darlene. The barn quilt was finally delivered and hung on their home. The location was above the front door. Due to the height that the barn quilt would be hanging, my brother in law devised a block and tackle set up to hoist the barn quilt in position, which gave him added leverage to be able to secure the barn quilt to the house.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I had a photo of the barn quilt being hoisted into place, however, the camera had malfunction and the shot was never recorded. The next photo shows the barn quilt in position with Darlene posing under it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">As I was leaving, I happened to look back at the barn quilt and was amazed at how it look. So, I just had to take another photo!!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-85092947112819412042012-12-02T20:29:00.000-05:002012-12-02T20:29:05.971-05:00Christmas Star barn quilt<span style="color: red;">I received an email, thru my website, from a lady in Virginia who was planning on coming to Connecticut to be with friends for Thanksgiving. She wanted me to make a 2x2 barn quilt in the Christmas Star pattern for friends of her's in Newport News, Virginia. She indicated that she was thinking about picking up the barn quilt and bringing it back to Virginia. She became reluctant to do that, as she didn't want to damage it in any way, so then told me that I could ship it to her friends. She wanted to have it arrive around December 21st or 22nd to her friends house as a surprise Christmas present.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">She liked the color combinations that I did on a Christmas Star that I made several years ago. This is a photo of that barn quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">She wanted to keep the white background and the red and pink, but, change the green's to blue's. I told her that wouldn't be a problem and the following photo is a result of that change.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">It always amazes me how color shading giving a sort of three dimensional look to a pattern.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-81367045629211602702012-11-11T12:02:00.000-05:002012-11-11T12:03:18.298-05:00A 4 X 4 with a Nautical Theme<span style="color: red;">At a family get-together on the 4th of July, my sister-in-law, Darlene, asked if I could do a 4 x 4 barn quilt for the front entrance of their home. She and my brother-in-law Ivan own a sail boat and are avid sailor's, spending the majority of their summer weekends on the boat. Darlene wanted the Mariner's Compass pattern. How appropriate! She specified that the colors should be red, blue and gold and would like the barn quilt to be hung 'on point'. This is the finished product.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">As far as the detailing went, I thought at first that I would add a lighthouse, anchor, wheel and sailboat to each corner. Not being a good free-lance artist I came up with a better idea. Nautical flags!!! They're simple and look like a quilt block. I googled 'Nautical Flags' and came up with four that you see shown in the corners. They all have a meaning in the sailing world. The one on the top is known as 'Charlie' and means Yes or Affirmative, Change of Course</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The one on the left is called 'Lima' and means Come within Hail or Follow Me</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I'm looking forward to hanging this on their home and then quizzing them on the meaning of the nautical flags. That way I can determine how much knowledge they know about sailing!!!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-25835561520991849942012-11-11T11:36:00.000-05:002012-11-11T11:36:40.269-05:00<span style="color: red;">In my September 21st blog I wrote about a 2 x 2 Mariner's Compass that I made for a co-worker for their cottage in New Hampshire. This is a photo of it hung on their storage shed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Liz asked me if I could make two 1 x 1's to go on each side of the Mariner's Compass. She wanted to keep with a nautical theme and wanted to know if I could do anything with boats. I mentioned about a quilt pattern called 'crossed canoe's' and showed her several sample from the internet. She liked the idea and gave me the go-ahead. This is the result of that:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">This pattern is very simple and clean. However, I feel that it depicts the joy of canoeing on the lake, which their cottage is located at. She know wants me to to a similar pattern. This time she wants to incorporate paddles. I haven't come up with an appropriate pattern, so, I may have to create one. It may be similar to the crossed canoe's and I may call it crossed paddles!! I'm not sure yet. Their cottage is closed up for the winter, so I have time to think about it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-42444949269761454682012-10-25T20:09:00.001-04:002012-10-25T20:09:40.141-04:00A successful surprise!!!<span style="color: red;">The 'Bear Paw' barn quilt that I made arrived at it's new home in Washington on October 10th. This is the barn quilt that I was commissioned to make for a lady from Great Britain for her friend Ellie. Ellie was totally surprised when she opened the package.......Can you tell???!!!!!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-39032009428444915122012-10-25T19:58:00.002-04:002012-10-25T19:58:42.640-04:00My trip to Vermont<span style="color: red;">On September 15, 2010 I blogged about meeting Fern Mercure from Sheldon, VT, who was instrumental in creating the first barn quilt trail in Vermont. I became friends with Fern and stayed in contact with her. My wife and I were making a trip to Vermont, over the Columbus Day weekend, and I contacted Fern to schedule a visit during our time there. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Fern had informed me that there was a second barn quilt trail that was created in Rickford, VT, about 30 miles North of Sheldon. With the development of the second trail, combined with the first trail and a number of individual barn quilts that were created, there are now approximately 84 barn quilts in Northern Vermont!!! The following is a website featuring the second trail, with a downloadable brochure showing the locations of the barn quilts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">It was great to visit with Fern again. She remains busy with her quilting and creating new barn quilts that she displays at her home. She and I are standing in front of her first barn quilt, the Mariner's Compass!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-62240010156852759592012-09-21T22:16:00.002-04:002012-09-21T22:16:33.619-04:00Updated barn quilt photo's<span style="color: red;">About four months ago, I was asked by a co-worker to make her a barn quilt for their summer cottage in New Hampshire. She liked the Mariner's Compass. When I purchased the board to make her barn quilt, I didn't realize that I picked up Oak plywood, rather than my usual Birch plywood. There was an apparent switch of boards in the rack at the lumber store and I didn't realize that I purchased an Oak board. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I noticed that after I applied the primer/sealer, in two coats, the oak bled thru the primer. I applied a third coat and it was still the same, but, not as much. I figured that once I applied the white background paint, the bleeding would cease.............Not so! It still bled thru somewhat. I wasn't pleased. I let her know about it and she wasn't concerned. This is a photo that shows the bleeding. It's rather subtle, but, if you look carefully you can see it, particularly on the left.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">When I brought her barn quilt in to work, she loved the effect that the bleeding gave. Here is a photo of her barn quilt hanging on their cottage in Unity, NH.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The next photo is of the Union Jack and Puerto Rican Flag barn quilt that I blogged on a while back. These are photo's of the barn quilt hanging on the garden shed. This one is located in Newington, CT.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-35883954037936807932012-09-12T22:25:00.000-04:002012-09-12T22:25:06.540-04:00A Perfect Fit!!!!<span style="color: red;">It's always an adrenaline rush for me when I see my barn quilts proudly hung on the new owner's house and/or garden shed. A 2' x 2' barn quilt is appropriate for that. However, to see my first 4' x 4' barn quilt being hung on a large farm structure, took my breath away!! It was 'A Perfect Fit'!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I recently received these photo's from Pam B, who commissioned me to make this 4' x 4' barn quilt, in the Christmas Star pattern, to be hung on her mother's storage building!! I must say that I was taken aback by how well this barn quilt looked! Pam's mother, Caryl K, was thrilled to have received it and see it hung. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">This next photo is of Pam (on the left) and her mother Caryl (on the right) standing under the barn quilt. I am so proud of this one. It's as if it was made to be placed where it is!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-18272397537139294382012-09-11T20:03:00.000-04:002012-09-11T20:03:00.145-04:00An order from across the pond!!<span style="color: red;"></span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Several weeks ago I received on email through my website from a lady who wanted to order a 2' x 2' barn quilt in the Bear Paw pattern. She wanted it made, as a surprise, for a quilting friend of her's who she was to visit in October. Her friend lives in Washington State. She wanted it in the Bear Paw pattern and the colors were to be primarily blue. She was going to leave it up to me, as to the shades of blue to be used and their arrangement on the board. In closer inspection of her email, I noticed 'uk' at the end of her email address. This lady was from Great Britain!!!!! How cool was that!! </span><span style="color: red;">She wanted to know if I could coordinate the delivery date for the period that she was going to visit her friend. I said not a problem!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">As I do with all of my clients, I take progress photo's and email the photo's to them. On this particular barn quilt, I took photo's of the entire process and have included the photo's in this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The first photo shows the line drawing of the bear paw pattern. I decided to do a group of four in each quarter section of the board. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The next photo shows the bear paws taped off so I can apply the back ground color, which was a light blue. All of my barn quilts have been painted using a paint brush. In the case of this project, I elected to use a small foam paint roller to apply the back ground color. This proved easier as there were a lot of angled areas to paint and I wanted to make sure there was even coverage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Once the back ground color was applied, I taped off the area's around the claw part of the bear paw and the small squares to prepare them for painting. This was a very tedious undertaking, as there were a lot of angled area's to tape off. This is the photo of that.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The final photo is of the completed barn quilt, in the bear paw pattern. To dress up the barn quilt I applied texture to the squares. It was a very scientific process in applying the texture. Are you ready for this?! I used a shower poof that most women use in place of a wash cloth!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Traditionally, barn quilts are created using existing quilt block patterns going back many generations. Those patterns may have slight changes in their design, but, you can easily recognize the basic pattern.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">On occasion new patterns are created. They may represent a family heritage and, in some cases, they may honor career's of family members. This barn quilt was created by my friend Linda M, from Guyton, GA. She wanted to make this to honor her son-in-law who is a member of the Effingham County, GA Fire Rescue. Linda successfully recreated the colors of the patch that she used as a reference guide to make the barn quilt.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-67525257460217359342012-08-12T10:14:00.001-04:002012-08-12T15:46:16.364-04:00Helping out!<br />
<span style="color: red;">One thing that I've enjoyed about making barn quilts, is the online friendships that I've made with those that I've made barn quilts for and other's who contacted me to ask questions about how to make them.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I received an email from Linda M who lives in Guyton, GA asking me about barn quilt patterns and whether they are copyrighted designs. I don't ever recall that any particular design was copyrighted. I jokingly told her that she could replicate any pattern except MINE!!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">We had a nice exchange of emails. She complemented me on my abilities and thought that my barn quilts were beautiful. Linda said that she made several barn quilts for family and friends and wants to to more. However, I got the sense that she thought she was that talented to do them. I asked her to send me some photos of her work. She sent three photos. I found them very interesting.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">One thing that I've learned about quilt patterns and paint combinations, is that they all look great. Each one is unique to the others.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I asked Linda for permission to post him here for all to see. I think she did very well and should be proud of them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The first one she made was to honor her husband's 23 years in the Army. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Photo courtesy of Linda M, Guyton, GA</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The second one was made to honor her brother in law from Northwoods, IA who got her into barn quilt painting. This one is called 'Double Canoe's'</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Photo courtesy of Linda M, Guyton, </span><span style="color: red;">GA</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">This next one was made for her best friend who enjoys gardening and likes the many shades of red.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">This one is called 'Double Aster'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Photo courtesy of Linda M, Guyton, GA</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I applaud Linda for her creativity with the designs, using her own color combinations to create a unique barn quilt. I told her to stay in touch and to share her future work with me. </span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915054950596043475.post-49861347016213631082012-08-12T09:58:00.000-04:002012-08-12T09:58:03.153-04:00A second for West Virginia!!<br />
<span style="color: red;">My latest barn quilt was replicated from one that I did several years ago. As a matter of fact, it was the second one that I did when I first started. I had done it on regulat BC grade plywood, the lines weren't the straightest and there was a lot of touch up work to do, due to paint leeching into the other colors. At that time I hadn't perfected my taping abilities. This is a picture of the first one. It has hung on my workshop for about 2 1/2 years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">It still looks remarkably good. There are no signs of aging due to peeling or cracking paint and the white is still a bright white.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">The client for the latest one, which she wanted the same as this one with just minor changes in shade of red and blue. This is the one that I recently made for the client in West Virginia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I really liked the way this one came out. I jokingly tell people that the lines are much straighter on this one, due to having cataracts removed from my eyes several weeks ago!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">A friend at work, who I made a 2x2 barn quilt for her New Hampshire cottage, in the Mariner's Compass pattern, brought in an old piece of roofing slate and asked if I could possibly paint a quilt pattern on it. I have never painted on slate before and told that I would give it a try, but, I would promise anything. I wasn't sure if the paint would adhere to the surface well and I was a bit apprehensive about taping off the different area's. After I painted the white background, I applied a small piece of painter's tape to see what happened. As I had expected, the tape pulled off the paint. I ended up painting the 'card trick' pattern free-hand. I used a nice square cut artist's brush. The results came out very nice, if I do say so myself! You can just make out the border that I painted, which is 'Hunter Green'. After it was finished, I applied several coats of a clear sealant. By doing so, I hope to prevent any unnecessary chipping in the future.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627758558002011969noreply@blogger.com0