Barbara's Barn Photos

Photo by Barbara Stanbro

If you haven't visited Barbara's blog Cat Patches,

I highly recommend checking it out.

She LOVES barns.

Everywhere she and her husband travel,

she takes photographs of barns.

Photo by Barbara Stanbro

Some are drive-by shots.

Others like the one at the beginning of this post are still photos.

No matter - they're all FULL of inspiration.

Photo by Barbara Stanbro

And she and her husband have a long trip planned

during which she'll be sharing lots more barn photos.

So be sure to visit her blog every so often

to get another burst of barn-goodness.

Any Time Now . . .

Be on the lookout for the September issue

of American Quilter magazine.

WHY??

The Secret Society of Barn Builder's

amazingly wonderful gallery barns

from BUILD-A-BARN

are featured in this issue!

Be sure to read pages 80-83.

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SO EXCITING!!

SSOBB Quilts and AQ Magazine - BIG News!

SSOBB quilt tops pinned on my design wall - early 2015

Remember the SSOBB gallery quilts?

THEY WILL BE FEATURED IN

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE 

OF AQ MAGAZINE!

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To celebrate,

please take a fun photo of the page 

with your favorite SSOBB barn

and post it on Instagram using the hashtag

#freepiecedbarnproject

(selfies and on location shots are encouraged)

Lori's Ohio Barn Photos

Photo of Ohio barn taken by Lori D. 

Lori from Humble Quilts

recently spent some time in Ohio.

She shared three blog posts

loaded with photos including LOTS of barns.

Photo of Ohio barn taken by Lori D.

THIS ONE featured the Ashtabula Barn Quilt Trail

with ever so many photos of inspiring barns.

THIS ONE featured more information on the barn quilt trail

including a link to their database of barn quilts.

and THIS ONE featured quilts, buildings, and barns.

Photo of Ohio barn taken by Lori D.

Have YOU built a free pieced barn?

If so, please email me a photo.

We all enjoy seeing work  inspired by BUILD A BARN!

Lynne Begins to Build a Barn

SSOBB Charter Member Lynne Tyler

recently visited her brother in Colorado.

The photo above is his barn.

Lynne has plans to free piece his barn --

her first post about the process is HERE.

And while you are on her blog,

you should scroll back through the last several posts

to see lots more photos from her trip.

And, if you happen to live in New England,

Lynne will be teaching a free pieced barn class

at Quilted Threads in July.

Carol's Recent Farm/Barn Post

Photo by Carol E.

In case you missed it,

CLICK HERE

to read Carol's recent post

about visiting two of her family's farms.

There are some really good barn photos

that just might inspire you.

double click to supersize photo

Carol's free pieced barn quilt was donated to a group
that does cleft palate surgeries.

She recently spotted it in this photo taken in a clinic in Tanzania.

How cool is that?!?!

Marlene's Peach Farm Barn

Marlene was one of my students at The Folk School last April.

Due to outside commitments,

she had to miss two days of class

so she took her partially-constructed second barn

home and worked on it during the evenings.

When she returned for our final half-day session,

she was unhappy about the way her barn's upper story

didn't line up correctly necessitating the chopping-off of her 

marvelous (small!) pieced haymow sign block.

I kept thinking about her dilemma as we drove home,

completely understanding her disappointment with the finished block.

Except - was it really finished?

The next day I called her and suggested that she unstitch a few seams

so she could remove the chopped off segment

and replace it with something else before re-assembling the block.

Just recently she sent me this late-at-night photo

of her newly updated barn block.

Well done, Marlene!

I love your bold winter barn under that fabulous night sky.

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Note to all free piecers:

You are  never really done until you are happy with the results.

You can ALWAYS take it apart and make changes

so that you are happy with your work.

Be brave - take it out and do it over!