![]() ![]() Reproduced with permission from Business Publications Corp. And the cheery contagion continues to spread. A great pattern for a beginner, bright colors are best on this pattern. Another barn quilt showed up down the road last year. "A lot of people see these and want one,” Thomas says with a chuckle. The other is brilliant green and yellow, a scheme reflecting Thomas’ fondness for John Deere farm equipment. One is classic Americana, red white and blue. They’ve now created two quilts, flanking the door to the Thomas barn near Dallas Center. “I had my granddaughter come up with the idea and paint it,” he says. In Dallas County, John Thomas became a barn-quilt convert in 2014. In fact, search the terms “barn quilts” and “Iowa” in your favorite Web browser, and you’ll find sites devoted to barn quilts in Black Hawk County, Humboldt County, Hamilton County, Sac County, Washington County and more. Sac County isn’t alone in its pastoral passion for barn quilts. Today, the committee is more focused on maintaining quilts than adding to the numbers, he says: “We had to slow down or we’d be putting up barn quilts the rest of our lives.” “Seems like every week we see a new one spring up somewhere,” says Harold Payton, who has been active on Sac County’s barn quilt committee. In total, Sac County has about 200 quilts adorning properties of every stripe… or other pattern. Then there are the dozens of in-town homes that have joined the effort. Many civic buildings in the county, from museums to churches, now have nearby 4-by-4-foot “community quilt” boards, most often displayed on posts like road signs rather than affixed to building walls. The surge of quiltomania led community leaders in Sac County to bring the fun in from the farms. ![]() Sac County has an online map to lead barn-bent tourists from one colorful image to another and there's even a virtual tour available at. (See Painting a Barn Quilt.) Volunteers first draw the 3-inch border on the ends and one long side of each piece of plywood. The quilt pattern is drawn on plywood that has already been primed with exterior latex paint. ![]() Unadorned barns are getting harder to find, as more and more sport the quilt-inspired finery. Borders are not mandatory you can choose to do a barn quilt without a border. 4-H groups jumped on the project, and the expanse of barn-side artwork races happily on. It is widely believed that barn painting/quilting originated in Pennsylvania with these immigrants and then spread too much of the New England and Midwestern. The trend hit northwest Iowa’s Sac County in 2005, when a committee was formed to encourage the spread. Quilts have now been reported in some 45 states. The phenomenon of wooden “barn quilts” started in Ohio and spread westward faster than the emerald ash borer. In days long before interstates and the Internet, travelers along country byways would see broad barn walls bearing vivid encouragement to “Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco.”īut today, travelers through rural Iowa will see an entirely different kind of work on the sides of barns-distinctive quilt patterns painted on 8-foot panels. A genuine movement is changing that, bringing splashes of color with artistic flair to farmyards across the state.Ĭommerce tried to do that before, early in the 20th century when advertisers, notably Mail Pouch Tobacco, saw barns as billboards. Step 5: Continue taping off your different colors and painting. Step 4: Tape off your first blocks and paint. See images for Fabric Requirements and Quilt Sizes.Think about barns and color, and what do you get? You have your white ones, your red ones and. How to Make A Barn Quilt: An Easy Tutorial Step 1: Prep your wood. Pattern includes five size options: Baby, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King. Previous knowledge of quilt top assembly, basting, quilting, and binding are assumed and are not taught in this pattern. It has easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, charts and diagrams for cutting and piecing this stunning quilt. Grandpa's Barn is suitable for advanced beginners and up. The PDF Download version of Grandpa's Barn is available right here.ĬOUPON! Save $2 off 2 patterns with TWOPATTERNS or Save $4 off 3 patterns with THREEPATTERNS at checkout. This listing is for the PRINTED pattern which will be mailed to you. Also included are pressing instructions so every seam in the quilt will nest. This pattern is entirely strip pieced you will not be sewing individual squares together. This design looks great in any fabrics you choose when paired with a contrasting background fabric. Grandpa's Barn is a 2-1/2" strip friendly quilt pattern where old fashioned meets today's modern fabrics for a stunning quilt. ![]()
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