sharni Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 In looking up Sewers Aide I ran across this fantastic blog. This lady is a quilter and a photographer. She has collected the "barn blocks" photographed on barns and has them listed with the address where the picture was taken. She also has some quilts designed with the block designs she has collected. This must be a Wisconsin thing. Here in the far West I have see cattle brands on the barns but not blocks. Here is the address. Don't know if this will work as a link. http://cre8tivequilter.blogspot.com Click on the tabs: Quilt Blocks on Barns, and The Quilt Block Trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmillie2010 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 saw them all through TN, KY, and OH. almost as good as spotting the burma shave signs ... remember those? LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neher-in-law5 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 we have a county in SE MN that has at least 33 listed as a tour. It makes a great escape day to drive through and see them all. I've seen new ones in WI on my way to take kids to our camp 4 hours away too. It is just day brightening to look up and see them. Hubby wants to put a couple on the new (small) shed that we just got. I voted yes! One for him, and one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonbon Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 My friends and I did a"drive around" in Tillamook County on the Oregon Coast. It's catching on here in the west. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingraisin Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I have yet seen any, but Eleanor Burns featured pictures of them in her evening presentation at Road to California last January. It's a fun idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharni Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 It would be fun to make a quilt with a collection of favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlebug Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 if that's the same site- my favorite story was where she and 2 friends were driving around looking for all the barns and the friend in the back seat was feeling left out cause she wasn't spotting them as fast as the front seaters. then she started pointing wildly out the window at one and it was a Purina Dog Food sign (red and white 9patch) on the side of a feed store.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisae Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Too funny, Shannon! If I decide to paint a quilt block on our shop next summer, it will have to be "Contrary Wife".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 There are lots of them here in Iowa.............my DH said he would get the board for me and hang it on the end of our machine shed, but I have to do the painting. A winter project, maybe. My friend did one for the end of their machine shed. I think they are neat ! There is a new building on our State Fair grounds in Des Moines and all around the upper edge there are different quilt blocks made from tiles and set into the brick of the building. Really neat ! Maybe I can find a picture somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Remember my barn quilt? I'm planning another one to do next month. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the link...I love looking at barn quilts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neher-in-law5 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 LisaE. If you make one with Contrary Wife, don't forget the companion piece of Ornery Husband, or Contrary Husband. Someday, I hope to make a quilt with them combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltedsunflower Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 My local quilt shop recently did a 2 day bus tour in NW Missouri/SW Iowa and as we were riding from the 1st shop to the 2nd there was a prize for the first person to locate the quilt block on the barn first. Not only was it fun to see the block, but the competition got fierce! One of the ladies tried to get away with the Purina feed sign, too. Very funny. Anyway, when we returned back to our "home" shop, the had put up a quilt block on the side of their building also. My brothers are building a new barn in Kansas and I'm trying to talk them into putting one on it. The jury is still out on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisae Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Originally posted by Neher-in-law5 LisaE. If you make one with Contrary Wife, don't forget the companion piece of Ornery Husband, or Contrary Husband. Someday, I hope to make a quilt with them combined. Great point, Madelyn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainquilter Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 If you go to this web site and scroll down they have a link to Barn Quilt Tours you can take your self. Pretty neat www.wbwbarnquilts.com Diana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharni Posted July 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 A barn quilt block would be fun to create and hang above the house numbers even for those of us who live in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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