AQS Chattanooga -- Come See The Exhibit!

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AQS Chattanooga

September 14-17, 2016

And while you are at the show,

be sure to see our

SPECIAL EXHIBIT

featuring the SSOBB Gallery Quilts.

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While you are there,

take some photos of yourself with the quilts

and email those photos to me.

(email in profile in sidebar)

The SSOBB would love

to hear your reactions to their quilts

and see your smiling faces.

Inspiration Photos From Eunice

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Eunice sent these photos recently

after a trip to Virginia.

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All four of these photos were taken from a moving car's window -

I especially love this old broken but still useful barn.

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These barns are all in the Shenandoah Valley area

near Harrisonburg, VA.

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This barn with its red sliding doors

intrigues both Eunice and yours truly.

THANK YOU, Eunice!!

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Have you seen any intreating barns lately?

Send me your photos

and I'll share them here

for all of us to enjoy!

(email in profile)

News for Chattanooga and Des Moines Exhibits

Barn + Quilts = WOW

The Secret Society of Barn Builders is 

an international group of quilters 

who created original free pieced barns 

as part of the testing process for 

Julie Sefton's amazing book, Build-A-Barn. 

Don't miss this amazing exhibit.

(from the AQS On Point Newsletter)

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AQS Chattanooga (September 14-17, 2016)

and

AQS Des Moines (October 5-8, 2016)

CLICK HERE for more information

Sharing Our Barn Photos

Now that the SSOBB Blog Hop has ended,

it is time to start sharing barn photos.

As you are out and about,

grab your phone/camera and take photos 

of the barns, silos, sheds, shacks, 

and other interesting buildings you see.

Please email your photos

(email is in my profile in the sidebar)

and I will share them here.

I'd also love to share photos of your free pieced barns

(or other work inspired by BUILD A BARN)

and/or links to your posts about your work.

For those of you on Instagram,

feel free to share your photos there

using our primary IG tag #freepiecedbarnproject 

along with  #freepiecedbarns and #build_a_barn

and #buildabarnnopatternconstruction

There's also a general tag for #freepiecing

Let's each do our part

to keep the free piecing community 

alive and well!

Wrap Up Week for the SSOBB Blog Hop

This week marks the conclusion

of our extended SSOBB Blog Hop.

CLICK HERE for Julie Sefton's Post One

CLICK HERE for Julie's second post

CLICK HERE for Julie's third post

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(P.S. Note added late Sunday - This week's giveaway winner is Joy Murphy)

Blog Hop Week 11 - Debbie's Turn

Dragonfly Summer - the SSOBB Thank You quilt / quilted by Debbie Voigt

This week,

the SSOBB's 

featured Charter Member 

is

DEBBIE VOIGT.

CLICK HERE

for Julie's intro post

and

CLICK HERE

to read Debbie's blog hop post.

TWO Ways to Enjoy BUILD A BARN

Now there are 

TWO ways 

to enjoy BUILD A BARN!

You can order a physical book

through me 

(see note in sidebar) 

or through AQS

or through Amazon

(affiliate link in sidebar)

You can also order an e-book

through AQS

by clicking HERE.