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06-10-2010, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Ginaky
Are you wanting to make wooden ones or fabric ones? I know the ones here in KY that the county Home Extension offices make are just regular quilt blocks you can find in any book. One of the members husbands puts the plywood sheets together to make them 8 x 8 and drafts the patterns on them and then different groups paint them. The the power company mounts them on the barns.
06-10-2010, 05:28 PM
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I did some barn quilts and put on our privacy fence. I just used regular quilt patterns and drew them to scale with a yard stick, some of it was free hand (flowers). My DH used 4 X 4 pressure treated plywood and we used exterior satin paint from Lowes to paint them. We spent an entire weekend painting 3 blocks. It did create some interest in the neighborhood and some even stopped to take photos.
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06-10-2010, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MissM
I did some barn quilts and put on our privacy fence. I just used regular quilt patterns and drew them to scale with a yard stick, some of it was free hand (flowers). My DH used 4 X 4 pressure treated plywood and we used exterior satin paint from Lowes to paint them. We spent an entire weekend painting 3 blocks. It did create some interest in the neighborhood and some even stopped to take photos.
06-10-2010, 05:35 PM
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http://barnquilting.ning.com/
Do you know about this site? I just joined but not sure what it is all about or if it might help you.
Do you know about this site? I just joined but not sure what it is all about or if it might help you.
06-10-2010, 05:54 PM
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06-10-2010, 08:28 PM
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Don't know for sure if this will help, but we found a couple of those barns in Shady Valley (among many other places in East Tennessee) and a sign at one of them that said referenced "quilttrail.com". I also have a guide for quilt barns titled "Appalachian Quilt Trail." And several years ago I printed maps from: http://vacationaqt.com
I think there are some specific size requirements to participate in one of the trails, but I really don't know how to go about finding out what they are if one of these internet addresses doesn't have the information.
If you haven't done it, it is a lot of fun driving the highways and byways looking for these barns. A wonderful excuse to see some truly fantastic country.
I think there are some specific size requirements to participate in one of the trails, but I really don't know how to go about finding out what they are if one of these internet addresses doesn't have the information.
If you haven't done it, it is a lot of fun driving the highways and byways looking for these barns. A wonderful excuse to see some truly fantastic country.
06-11-2010, 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Linda B
Don't know for sure if this will help, but we found a couple of those barns in Shady Valley (among many other places in East Tennessee) and a sign at one of them that said referenced "quilttrail.com". I also have a guide for quilt barns titled "Appalachian Quilt Trail." And several years ago I printed maps from: http://vacationaqt.com
I think there are some specific size requirements to participate in one of the trails, but I really don't know how to go about finding out what they are if one of these internet addresses doesn't have the information.
If you haven't done it, it is a lot of fun driving the highways and byways looking for these barns. A wonderful excuse to see some truly fantastic country.
I think there are some specific size requirements to participate in one of the trails, but I really don't know how to go about finding out what they are if one of these internet addresses doesn't have the information.
If you haven't done it, it is a lot of fun driving the highways and byways looking for these barns. A wonderful excuse to see some truly fantastic country.
I just love to see them. They are beautiful and we are blessed to have them all around us.
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