Cajun Camp - An "Inspired By" Project

Check out the "inspired by BUILD A BARN" project 

SSOBB Charter Member Glen is creating.

Her photo above does not feature a barn . . . 

Glen built this duck blind as part of her

new Cajun Camp project.

There are several posts on her blog

about other parts of the camp,

so  you'll want to scroll through 

and look for those when you visit.

Kevin the Quilter Encounters BUILD A BARN

Kevin the Quilter and I were hoping to meet up at Paducah,

but we missed each other by 24 hours.

Instead, he shared this awesome photo of himself

with The Seasonal Sampler

taken in the Author's Showcase at the Pavilion.

You can read his Post-Paducah post HERE.

Thank you, Kevin!

The SSOBB Blog Hop Starts TODAY!!

The Blog Hop has begun!

This week's featured 

SSOBB Charter Member 

is

LYNNE TYLER.

Lynne's first Blog Hop post is HERE

featuring behind-the-scenes details

from the making of her first SSOBB barn.

Lynne will share another 

blog hop post on Wednesday

featuring her second SSOBB barn.

She's also offering a giveaway 

for a copy of BUILD A BARN.

CLICK HERE to visit Lynne's blog

You can also enjoy her SSOBB Gallery Quilts/stories

by clicking on the tab with her name at the top of this blog.

* * *

THANK YOU, LYNNE

for being part of the Secret Society of Barn Builders!!!

AQS Paducah 2016

Photo by SSOBB Charter Member Cherie Moore (quiltedjonquil.com)
Photo will supersize if double-clicked

This was my first public presentation for BUILD A BARN.

I enjoyed sharing everything about my free pieced barn project:

* the possibilities that come with free piecing,
* the book's cover quilt SEE ROCK CITY,

* the book's SEASONAL SAMPLER that will travel

 with the Showcase for the next year,
* the Secret Society of Barn Builders, and 

* the SSOBB Gallery Quilts.

I also enjoyed hearing stories shared by those in attendance

about barns belonging to family members and

different styles of barns from around the country.

So many told me they have wanted to create a barn quilt

but just hadn't found a way to make that happen.

Their excitement about using the free piecing technique

and process notes/ideas from BUILD A BARN

to create their own long-thought-about barns

gave me goose bumps of joy.

* * *

To those who were there -

Thank you very much for sharing that hour with me.

I can't wait to see what you create!

Quiltdivajulie

p.s.  There are more photos and stories about this event on my personal blog - CLICK HERE.

Once Upon a Barn

Photo by Debbie Voigt (aka Mrs. Goodneedle)
from BUILD A BARN:  No Pattern Construction

SSOBB Charter Member DEBBIE VOIGT

shared her response to the book in a recent blog post.

CLICK HERE to read her thoughts.

Let's Build Some Barns

Photo by Mari from Build a Barn:  No Pattern Construction

CLICK HERE to read Mari's review of BUILD A BARN.

In her blog profile, Mari describes herself this way:

"Mild-mannered college professor by day, fearless quilter by night!"

Note:  Mari and I have never met in person,

but we've followed each other's blogs for quite a while,

shared considerable email correspondence,

and we both participate in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Do You Own a Hammer?

Check out THIS POST by BELINDA,

one of the Charter Members of the Secret Society of Barn Builders.

You can see her Gallery Page here

or by clicking on the her name tab 

at the top of this blog.