A Bunch of Barns

Well, here it is .... my first finish for 2017!  Can we say 'yay'!!!!  This is hanging on the wall beside the door leading into the garage.  My barn quilt is not my usual style, but I have a plan and it includes making a large barn quilt.   This was a panel and what can I say, except I love panels and have quite a few in my stash to work on.  Yes, I do make complicated quilts, but when I see a panel that I love, I buy them.

 Coordinating fabric was found for the backing.  More barns.  Love it!

I used my Styrofoam design wall to block this quilt.  Perfect for blocking.  Just stick in pins on one side and then pull and manoeuvre into place.  Stand back to make sure everything is straight and adjust where necessary and then leave the quilt to dry.  Perfect way to block.

Well, what can I say except this is a good start to 2017.  How many more quilts will get done this year?  Oh, the surprises in store to come.

Have a great day!

Almost finishes

Oh woe is me ... I've come down with a cold virus.  DH got it first, then he passed it onto me.  This is the first day that I feel human.  Not much has been happening here except for some hand quilting.  That was mindless work that I could do without concentrating too much.

My barn quilt is almost done.  Happy, happy, happy!  Doesn't the baptist fan quilting look wonderful?

The borders stumped me until I looked at the barns and kept seeing lots of roof peaks.  That's it!  So, my borders have a lots of peaks.

The binding is on and I can work away at that while watching t.v.

Waiting in the wings for binding is this quilt which I machine quilted before I got sick.  Too sick to show you until now.

So, these are my almost finishes!  Not bad, eh!

Now that I feeling a bit better, it is time to take down the Xmas quilts and put up different quilts.  :o)

I'm linking to The Needle and Thread Network.

Have a great day!