Originally Posted by
Nammie to 7
Great barn quilt! Please give us details -- what paint did you use? What sort of board did you use?
Well, I used the hardware store brand of the Rustoleum-type paint - I think it's called "X-O Rust" or something like that. The gentleman who did MY barn quilt has used that for quite a few barn quilts, so I figured it would work for me. And it comes in the 1/2 pint size. We used cabinet grade plywood, because my husband had a piece leftover from a project. Then we put banding around the edge, because the plywood layers of my own barn quilt are starting to come apart. One has to bear in mind that rain, snow AND sun are rough on things left outdoors. Lastly, we will be putting a little "roof" over Mom's barn quilt, in an attempt to keep some of the rain and snow from sitting on the top edge.
I don't know what kinds of boards others use for their barn quilts. I've heard some use metal.