Where the Green Grass Grows

This sample/demo/teaching barn block 

was initially pieced in September 2017 

when I was teaching barn building at JCCFS.

I shared its May 2019 makeover from 

Cows at Sunset to Where the Green Grass Grows HERE.

I used random scribble-zig-zag stitching 

around the cows' feet and in the grassy areas 

and added some gentle outline stitching 

around the bushes and a few of the cows.

I like the textural results.

The rocky area was stitched 

with lots of tiny liberated pebbles

to push it behind the grass and barn.

The sky's batik told me how to quilt using

random pebbles to outline and fill as needed.

Once again, I am very pleased with the result.

The door and haymow as well as the borders

were quilted with uneven and fairly close matchstick lines.

So why did I name this Where the Green Grass Grows?

That's a lyric fragment from an older country music song

that suited the quilt's theme and depicted scene.

Finished size is approximately 19" x 19"

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Three-plus years have now passed

since the release of BUILD A BARN 

and the time has come 

to stop adding new posts to this blog.

Everything that is here will remain 

as a testament to the fabulous free pieced work

done by the members of the SSOBB and others

who have used the book's process notes

to create buildings of their own.

THANK YOU to our loyal followers and

please feel free to use the links within this blog

to keep tabs on those who have contributed

by following their personal blogs. 

CLICK HERE to read the story behind this photo

Until we meet again . . . 

Rosewood Farms - The Quilt

This was the last photo I shared of the pink barn.

(created mid-2016 as a  demo/presentation 

sample block for BUILD A BARN)

Since that threads-chosen photo was shared, 

I have been pondering how to quilt

the barnyard and the sky . . .

And then I saw these clouds and knew what I wanted to do.

(photo taken through the windshield while DH was driving)

From flat to fabulous.

My liberated free motion all-over fans

created perfect texture for the sky and

using the barnyard fabric design as my guide

provided realistic texture for the bushes and plants.

(for more examples of how quilting 

enhances free pieced work, click HERE

and scroll through the barns of See Rock City)

The batik binding works so well -

what a happy find from the stash.

Here's a detail photo to show 

the roof line ribbon candy motif

as well as the haymow and door details.

Rosewood Farms finished 

at 22" wide by 21.5" high.

Now I can share it 

as an additional example during

my upcoming class at our LQS.

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If you have made a free pieced barn

or other building using the process notes

from BUILD A BARN,

I would be happy to share your work here.

Just email me photos and your project's story -

there's a link in my profile (see sidebar).

Quiltdivajulie