With a sprint to the end, we both finished our quilt tops for the Barn project last week. So the entire thing got done in 2014! We are so proud of ourselves. The twelve blocks were sewn together in four rows of three blocks with the barns and silos alternating. Each block has a strip of sashing around it and there is an extra row of sashing around the outside so that each block has two strips of sashing on each side. The sashings alternate so that each block corner has a woven look. The four outside corners have small squares to finish it off. We dug through our stashes quite deeply to get sashing and I made some small purchases to finish us up so that all the sashing pieces are unique. That was a bit of a scramble! But we love the scrappy look to the finished project. We plan to sew backings and get them quilted sometime next year, then display them in the Alpine Days Quilt Show next August.
Team ShaRee
Team Sue
Our reflections on this project include:
- it was really fun to work on it together for support and mutual cheerleading
- we learned a lot about our machines during the project and as I acquired a new machine in the middle of it, that was also a learning curve for me
- we learned many new skills as we tried new blocks and techniques
- we shared tips and tricks with each other, thus increasing both our skill sets
- we just got better and better at piecing as we went along
We are now committed to sewing together and are busy planning projects for 2015. If you are on Pinterest, I have a board dedicated to this barn project.
