Does anyone know if there are patterns available to make the quilt designs that are on the barns across the country?
My DH would like the pattern (s) to make the ones that actually are the outside ones on the barns. Some are 8 feet by 8 feet!

TIA
Phyllis

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.

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.

Hello Gina! We have some nice ones around don't we? We see a lot of them around Stamping Ground when we pick up the klids.

Phyllis, 'Quilt Blocks on American Barns' by Eleanor Burns - 2010. It's a beautiful book that shows how to make the blocks on several barns and interviews the people who own the barns along with the history of the quilt blocks painted on the barns. Beautiful book. Pam

Yes, there are lots of nice ones. I'm in Richmond, so we're close together! It's a year long project here at our Madison County Extension ofice.

I have an issue of "The Quilter Magazine" issue Nov.'07', that has several pics and an article on the KY Barn Art. If you would like, I can send you a copy of the article. It's only 3 pages, if allowed I could post it here for others to look and read.

Are you thinking of Hex signs: try going to the library and looking up Penn. Dutch Amish Hex signs. You can do it without a pattern, just by looking at the book picture. I made one for our barn meaning prosperity. Each hex sign has it's own meanings. Here's a pic of ours

Looking to make the wooden ones to hang on barns.

Sending you a PM.

Do you know what the process is that he uses to get the patterns onto the plywood?

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.

Very nice! I just told my DH he could make some and put on the privacy fence between us and out neighbors! It's the neighbor's fence. We could put it on our side. :lol: :lol:

ty

Here is more information about Barn Quilts

http://www.barnquilts.com/instructions.html

Free information on how to make:


http://www.ehow.com/how_6103081_dire...rn-quilts.html

MissM, I love the quilts on your fence. Such a cute idea!

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.

We have several right around us. I see them every day on my way to work. But haven't found how they make them. DH would like to make some. Usually I think it is groups that paint them and volunteers that do it.
I just love to see them. They are beautiful and we are blessed to have them all around us.

We don't have any around here but I have seen pictures and they are really neat!! I wonder if we could make "ROOF QUILTS"? :wink:

Thank you! That should help. Plus there is a lot of other interesting information there. Will have to check it out later when I have more time.
:thumbup:

Sure, why not? They put other things on roofs.

Sort of reminds me the th Underground Railroad Idea! 'LOVE IT!

cool idea, have fun!

A measuring tape, (carpenters) chalk line, and pencil should be all he needs to make the pattern and then paint and a brush to paint it!

There is a gal at our LQS (Patched Works in Elm Grove, WI) who travels around Wisconsin looking for Quilts on Barns. She publishes a paperpieced (usually) pattern every Wednesday of a barn quilt. She's up to 23 with this week's post. The patterns can be reached through her blog at http://cre8tivequilter.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

You might try this site...........

http://thegoldenthimble.com/quiltbar...om_others.html

Eleanor Burns has a book. I believe it is 'Quilt Block on American Barns'. It is on her website.

[quote=pstoner]I don't know if colors in barn quilts have meanings like hex signs do, but I suggest researching it before putting it up. We got a really cool hex sign for our back porch because of the colors, it just blended well with what we had . Then we had a baby, one more, both 'planned' Then we got an 'oops' baby and shortly after saw the back of the hex sign. Seems the green, the major color in it, is a sign of fertility! For a year we had 3 kids under 3

But I did just get a wonderful idea:
Our son, the oops, is in the Navy and lives at an apartment house in San Diego. I joked with him that he should take some duct tape and put "HI MOM" on the roof of his car so when I looked for it on Google Earth, it would show up. Now I'm thinking a quilt block would be more fitting! (We have seen his car on Google Earth)

My DH has decided he is going to make one for the front of our home. We live in town but we have a two story house and one BIG space on the front. He is going to do it in America. Then put "IN GOD WE TRUST" on it.

I have made some. I went to AC Moores and bought a projector and then traced one on the board and then painted it. I looked on the internet and one site said to put two coats of primer on the board first, then three coats of good outside paint. I had a plywood board cut with two 3x 3 and a couple of 2x2. Use a good grade of plywood. I made he bear paw pattern, and one wth three three pines, set on point. just used my quilt books to find a block I liked. I also made one called the "Peony". I want to do a dresden plate next, just trying to figure out how to put the designs on the different colors. They are great. We have a cabin in a small development and I am making one for eash cabin(12 If I can ever figre out how to attach a picture I will send one.

sorry. you can't post it here. but if you can find a link to an archived article, that would be ok.

i must also pull out my board-police badge and remind you that you can only offer to send the original pages from the magazine. if we let you offer to send copies, we'd be aiding and abetting copyright infringement.

but since i'm sure you meant the actual pages, this is just a general reminder. :-)

Ohio had its Bicentenial in 2003. We have 88 counties so the quilts were "painted " on them. There was a book out at that time with a picture of each and where to find the barn.

Hope this helps you.

sue in OH

Oh WOW these are beautiful. I would love to take a tour around the country and see all these beautiful blocks and barns.
Being in Ca. it would be quite a trip but sounds like fun.
I would like to put a block on our garage doors, That's my project for this summer along with a million other things that have to get done around the house.
Thanks for the links to these. kjym Kathy

Beautiful oh so neat. can't wait to give it a try.
kjym Kathy

Heck why not? I have seen other signs on roofs address etc.
i think a quilt block or a few blocks that would look like a whole quilt would be neat.
If you do it please show us a picture.
Be careful of the roof don't step back to admire your work.
Can't wait to see a picture of your roof. not sure how you will get a picture though?
kjym Kathy

Will look forward to seeing photos of the finished product you dh has it made./Regards, Dorothy

I got looking on the Web and a guy makes 2'x2' or 4'x 4' and sells them finished. He has a lot of samples.
they run $149. for the 2x2 and I forgot what the 4x4 are.
kjym Kathy
http.//the barnquilt.com/shop/index When you put this in search it will bring up his website.
Really neat if you don't want to paint your own.

You usally put it on the side or towards the peak of the roof on the end. We have a quilt trail here in NC and its fun to follow. I saw one that was probably 8 x 8. Now that was a big one but beautiful.

MissM, This is a wonderful website. It would be so easy to make anyone of these designs, just by drawing the square onto plywood and painting with an assortment of exterior paints. Thanks for the idea. Eiltcoq.