I showed you the front of my farmers wife quilt...
But what I didn't show you...
was the back!!!
I always planned on using the vintage seed catalogue print on the back...
(it's from Lakehouse fabrics and sadly is no longer in print)
Anyhoo...
When I went to prepare the backing...
I found that I didn't have quite enough.
(insert sad face here)
My grandma always said that
"necessity is the mother of invention"
And so...
I decided to "invent" a larger backing piece
by designing and piecing a row of
blocks into the backing fabric
to make it larger!
Because the quilt celebrates farm life...
I thought it only fitting to build a barn
around some 6" blocks!
YaY!
I have always loved barns.
Although I am not a farmers wife...
I was raised on a farm and so
I am a farmers daughter:)
I had so much fun building them and
I decided that these quilty barns would make an adorable quilt.
And so...
I got the idea that you might have fun building barns with me!
Yep!!!
My big announcement is ...
The Quilty Barn Along!!!
If you want to "quilty barn along" with me...
let me know and I will put the tutorial
for my barn block up...
along with a
Quilty Barn flickr group and a button.
Sew...how about it???
Are you in?
xx
Lori
Ooooh yes your barns are gorgeous, count me in!!
ReplyDeleteOh Lori your barns are wonderful! What a perfect addition to the back of your Farmer's Wife...they'll make a fabulous quilt...I'd love to do some!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness Lori!!
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing barn blocks!!
I am so in!!! :0)
Your quilt and your barns on the back are just wonderful! I love how each barn has a different quilt block on it, just like the painted barns that you see sometimes. Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteCount me in! I am having fun doing the rows, so I would love to do your barns! I love barns!
ReplyDeleteDorothy in IL
I love it! Cannot wait. Not a day goes by that I don't say, if I had a barn, I would paint a barn quilt. Not likely to happen anytime soon. Now I can have my barn quilt! Can't wait to begin. Thank you for developing and sharing this wonderful idea!
ReplyDeleteYes please to the Barny quilt along!! Jessie, xo
ReplyDeleteOh, yes indeed...I have not finished my back for my farmer wife quilt and this may be something I could do...but really, a separate quilt would be prefect..adorable.
ReplyDeleteOh my! I totally love the barns! I'm in! They remind me of the great barns we see on the highway with the barn quilts on them. So cool!
ReplyDeleteI agree! Your barns rock! I'd love to join the barn along!
ReplyDeleteYour barns rock! I'd love to make some of these! I love the little quilts haning on the barn side!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful surprise on the back of your quilt, Lori. I'm a rancher's granddaughter; we didn't have a barn but we had a bunkhouse...I can pretend. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, please, I'd love to make lots of barns.
Oh, YES! Count me in!!
ReplyDeleteYes. I would like to join you in making barns. I grew up on a farm and this would be a creative way to combine fabric and barns
ReplyDeleteI love it, Thanks
ReplyDeleteVery cute. Love how you incorporated your left over blocks into the barns. I would love a tutorial.
ReplyDeleteOh, my, *yes*!!
ReplyDeleteLori, I love your barns!!
Your quilt is awesome!!... So beautifully done!!
Thank you, Lori, for so generously sharing your creativity!!
Pat T.
Oh, my, *yes*!!
ReplyDeleteLori, I love your barns!!
Your quilt is awesome!!... So beautifully done!!
Thank you, Lori, for so generously sharing your creativity!!
Pat T.
Cute! Cute! Cute! Count me in! Count me in! Count me in! I'm not a farmer's wife, or even a farmer's daughter, but your barns make me wish I was.
ReplyDeleteLast summer I visited Amish country in Pa and would sew like to sew some barns! Thanks! Carol
ReplyDeleteA barn-raisin' in mid-winter?
ReplyDeleteOh, yes!
Oh, my, *yes*!! ... I'm in!
ReplyDeleteLori, I love your barns!!
Your whole quilt is awesome!!... So beautifully done!
Thank you for so generously sharing your creativity!!
Pat T.
I love your quilty barns! And I'd love to make some! Thanks! :0)
ReplyDeleteI am so in for making the quilt barns! When I was looking at your barn blocks, I was thinking I want to make barns and now I can, Yay.
ReplyDeleteSure would love to do this - I hope one day to do the drive by on the Virginia and North Carolina trail to see the quilts on barns. Count me in and hopefully I will be able to keep up. Judy C in NC
ReplyDeleteAs the granddaughter of a farmer and a farmer's wife, I'd love to make some barns. Four of them would be a great wall-hanging, don't you think? Thanks for the offer of a tutorial!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!!! I LOVE them! Count me in.
ReplyDeleteI would love to do the barn a long with you. I found out about the row a long in the middle of the row a long and had to collect some thirties fabrics for it. Got them now and will be playing catch up on that one. Bring on the barns please.
ReplyDeleteLisa in Georgia
How cute! I would love to "Barn" along!
ReplyDeleteYES! Count me in. Wait! Do I smell...hay?
ReplyDeleteBarns are my favorite! How clever you are to design the side of the barn with a quilt block.
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome idea ~~ thankyou so much~~
ReplyDeleteI would love to go into the barn raising business with you!!
ReplyDeleteDefinately!! Count me in!!
ReplyDeletePlease, please a barn tutorial!! count with me too.Thank you.Love from Spain
ReplyDeleteI think your barns are sooo cute! Yes, I want to build some barns too
ReplyDeleteThose barns are so cute! Great idea to add them to the Farmer's Wife!! I would love to make some. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteReally, really cute. Count me in.
ReplyDeleteYes, Yes, Yes!! Being a farmers wife, I would really love to build some beautiful barns with you!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely I'm in! I don't think you had to ask.... Tee, hee. They are so cute! Remind me of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Nanette knows!
ReplyDeleteDuh?....YES!
ReplyDeleteA big yes. I grew up on a farm and love barns. I have been looking for a barn project to make.
ReplyDeleteI love barns, I am in. Can hardly wait.
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever.. I love the addition of the barns. I would love to do some with you..
ReplyDeleteThanks
I too, am a farmer's daughter growing up in Iowa. Count me in!
ReplyDeleteGG
A big yes! I grew up on a farm and love barns. I have been looking for a project with them.
ReplyDeleteI love barns and yours look great, I will be following.
ReplyDeleteI love barns! I'm in!
ReplyDeleteI love barns! I'm in!
ReplyDeleteOh I love that idea. What an inspiration you are!
ReplyDeleteYes please let me in.
ReplyDeleteVery cute!!!! I'd love to make some too.
ReplyDeleteYes! Yes! I'm having so much FUN with your current row along challenge. I've learned so much. Skills that I am using when I sew other things. I would love to participate in your Quilty Barn Along challenge.
ReplyDeleteYes, love the barns...lets do it
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! Sign me up please :-)
ReplyDeleteI love barn i would like to make some too!!! Great idea for the back!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of a barn block or quilt, I'm in!
ReplyDeleteThese are so ADORABLE! I would love to do the Quilty Barn Along!
ReplyDeleteSharonTx
I love your barns! I would love to join your challenge.
ReplyDeleteLove the barn blocks - count me in! I wish we could get Lakehouse to reprint that whole line of fabric, too - or at least the seed catalog prints! Wouldn't it be great if they did it in a wide backing option too?
ReplyDeleteLove your Farmer's Wife quilt, it's the prettiest I've seen (they are usually so dark) and love love love the back!
ReplyDeleteI'm in!!!
Count me in I love barns and houses.
ReplyDeleteDon't mind if I do! That would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteReally love these barns. I am a farmer's daughter too. This would be on my to do list.
ReplyDeletewow! i love your farmers wife quilt, really neat. and, yes, please count me in. your barn blocks look so real!
ReplyDeleteThis is Thrilling I am so into this I love Barns and Have wanted to make a sampler with barns. I am so into this one!! thanks again for a wonderful year of excitement
ReplyDeleteYes, please! The barn blocks are so cute!
ReplyDeleteI loved your completed farmer's wife quilt when I saw it yesterday, but I truly adore it now after seeing those barns on the back! So perfect for the quilt! I'd love to get some of those delightful barn blocks made.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely!!! I just finished my school house blocks with sampler blocks and am hooked on doing more quilts with the same idea.
ReplyDeleteYes i would love to make some barns. I love the quilt block on the barn!
ReplyDeleteLove the barns! I want to play too!
ReplyDeleteI'm in, too! I'll need something to work on after the row along is finished, right?!
ReplyDeleteOoh I was looking at your barns thinking how gorgeous they were and how I would love to try to make one/some ...
ReplyDelete...and then I read what you had written ... YES, PLEASE.
Count me in!
OH YES ~ would love it ~ you are so
ReplyDeleteamazing ~~~~~ Your barn blocks are wonderful ~ Can't wait ~
The barn blocks are the first thing that grabbed my attention when I first saw your post today. I was thinking to myself 'oh I hope she has a tutorial for them'. So yes. I am definitely interested in a quilt along, barn style!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, sign me up..definitely interested..
ReplyDeleteI just discovered your blog recently and loved your row quilt! I love the Farmers Wife Quilt, too! Count me in on The Quilty Barn Along. Your blog is wonderful.
ReplyDeletethat quilt back = the best!
ReplyDeletere: yesterday's comment . . .
barns > babies!
I'm a farmer's daughter too and would LOVE to make some barns. They are adorable! Thank you for the offer!!
ReplyDeleteLove the barns. Bring on a quilt along!
ReplyDeleteI just discovered your blog recently & love it! The Row Quilt was terrific. I love the Farmers Wife Quilt as well. Count me in on the barns. They are adorable.
ReplyDeleteThose barns are soooo cute! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteYes and please do, I love those barns!
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ReplyDeleteLove the barns I would do a Barn A Long! They are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYes please do!! What a lovely idea to put barns in the back. Your tutorials are so well written and photgraphed. You always have nice things for all of us. Thanks
ReplyDeleteAre these ever cute! Yes, a barn-a-long would be so fun! I love the blocks in the middle of the barns. I have so enjoyed your row-a-long. Looking forward to making those cute sewing baskets. K-
ReplyDeleteIn like Flynn!!! I LOVE your quilt and back....... Would love to do this with ya'll.
ReplyDeleteChris
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHave always loved barns and am so glad to see one. Your tutorials are so great to work with and the pics are so helpful too. Thanks so much and I am saying yes. Butterfly George
ReplyDeleteLove the barns! So ridiculously cute!
ReplyDeleteYes, Yes I am...I am all in....I can't wait! I love your barns so much. What a fun project.
ReplyDeleteHave a sweet day, Elizabeth
Yes! I would love to make Quilty Barns! Yours are so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great surprise! I was so surprised that I didn't notice the quilt on the barn at first! Adorable. Yes, I'm in, cute, cute, cute!!!
ReplyDeleteLori - Love it Love it Love it Please yes a Barn along - ei ei oh !!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, love the barns on the back of the Farmer's Wife quilt. You had a great idea there. i would love to make my own barn quilt too. My family homesteaded in Minnesota over 130 years ago. The barn my ancestor put up is still standing! The foundation was made from the rocks they "harvested" from the fields. My gramma said every year they would have to pick up the rocks in the field before they would plant!
ReplyDeleteCute!
ReplyDeleteI live on a farm -- My daughters are waiting for me to finish the Farmer's Wife -- and the barns on the back would be fantastic! I'm IN!
ReplyDeleteA BARN RAISING!!! Let's do it! Thanks so much...I've learned so much and love quilting along with you:) God bless:)
ReplyDeleteI am in with my mind now to see if the hands can keep up with it. cool Love what you have shown so yes yes Patty
ReplyDeleteI am in in my mind now to see if the hands can keep up with all that goes in it.LOL I love the barns so cute. put my name on your list.Patty
ReplyDeleteLori - please do a tutorial! Quilts on barns. I live in the midwest and quilts on barns are popping up everywhere.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
Oh yes please! I live in a rural area in northern Canada. We often fundraise for equipment for our small local hospital. A "Barn Quilt" would be perfect! I am in!
ReplyDeleteCount me in - absolutely love the barn blocks. Never lived on a farm but I'm a farm girl at heart.
ReplyDeleteYES PLEASE! Fabulous lovely and fun! count me in!! margo victoria bc canada
ReplyDeleteThe barns are gorgeous. Count me in!
ReplyDeleteI love your barns. Count me in. I've been a barn lover all my life. Although I am not a Farmer's Wife nor am I a Farmer's daughter I am a Farmer's Grand-daughter.
ReplyDeleteI was a farm girl. Count me in.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! I immediately thought "I'd love to do these as a quilt along!" And you're offering to do it! What fun. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI would love to do the Barn Quilt Along with you. I have never done a quilt along before so this should be fun.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, I'd like to make a barn table runner for my farm kitchen table.........I'm sure everything will taste better with these cute barns to look at.
ReplyDeletethanks,
-b
Me too...please!!
ReplyDeleteBarns! Fabulous! I'm in!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, yes count me in. I don't know where the time will come from, but I;ll rob it from somewhere(cooking or cleaning). Looks like lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteCarol L
NE
Of course, I'm in. Who wouldn't want a "Quilt-Decorated-Barn Quilt?"
ReplyDeleteI love them. Count me in.
ReplyDeleteCheryl J
Such a great solution and your blocks are fabulous! You are very clever!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! i say that isn't just a back... that's a 2 Front Sides Quilt!!
ReplyDeleteLove the Barn quilt along idea!!
susie
I'm a farmer's daughter and I'm in! Last summer we painted quilts on the barn at home too. Can't wait to start these!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of the quilty barn along! It reminds me of living in Iowa. In the city Kalona they have a tour of barns that all have huge quilt blocks on each barn. Even their city block has quilt blocks in their sidewalks. :)
ReplyDeleteYes by all means. Can hardly wait to start!
ReplyDeleteSHARSUE
I always try to do something to make my backs more interesting--like add blocks that didn't make the cut on the top. I love your barns and I would love to be part of your Quilty Barn Along.
ReplyDeleteso cute the barns!!! I turned 40 a few weeks ago and for this year my project for ME is the Farmers wife quilt....got the book, got the fabric....so working on a barn here and there will be perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhat an inspired idea, I just had a feeling as I was reading that was where you are going! Absolutely love them!
ReplyDeleteI am so in, I couldn't be more in if I tried. Thank you so much - I love those houses.
ReplyDeleteWould love to go barning with you.
ReplyDeleteLove the barn. Count me in
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteToo cute! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteYou do not know HOW much I love barns...I am so sad as we drive in the midwest and see them about to blow down!!...I want to start a SAVE THE BARNS crusade!!..I picture them alive with animals...and farmers..and family...memories of my Uncles milking and squirting the kittens with the milk from the cow...made me giggle a little girls giggle! So,yes, count me in...I am at inthesewingbasket.blogspot.com..just starting my blogging.. addicted and love to quilt! and help others too! Karen
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt barn design, it looks like a very fun block...looks like you have lots of interested people.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying your row along blocks. You have a wonderful creative soul.
Oh MY I am IN!
ReplyDeleteLOVE it love leanne
I live in farm country. I would love this!
ReplyDeleteLOVE THAT BARN! Count me in
ReplyDeleteYour Talents and creativity amaze me. Thank you for sharing this marvelous quilt.
ReplyDeleteI want in!!1 Love the barns
ReplyDeleteI'm all in!
ReplyDeleteEeeek! Yes, yes, yes!!
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, barns...sounds like a plan - I'm in.
ReplyDeleteI am a framer's wife and love old barns. Count me in!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Love the barn blocks!
ReplyDeleteI just love barns. Live on a dairy farm and find so much inspiration everyday. Not sure about the flickr stuff though....
ReplyDelete136 people already LOVE your Barns. How can I resist??? I have to get to sewing the current row-along so I can start a new one with you. I'm a farmer's wife and granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteWould love to do the quilty barn along. Have loved every minute of the row along...thanks so very much for sharing your fabulous talents...
ReplyDeleteMary
I love big old barns. Would love to make a barn quilt with you! I'm in!
ReplyDeleteI was already sewww in love with your Farmers Wife Quilt and then you go and turn it into a Master Piece with such a wonderful surprise on the back; you are a creative genius and your Grandma would be very proud of your invention :) I would love to be apart of your quilty barn along, please count me in.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day!!! :)
Sign me up. I love the barns!
ReplyDeleteThose barns are so cute. Counts me in.
ReplyDeleteI love making the backs of my quilts interesting. Your's is especially creative; the barns, the extra Jane's blocks. Really which side is the right side?
I love the barns you showed!!! I'm in! And having them the size to go around the farmers wife blocks is a brilliant idea!!!
ReplyDeleteI just love your barns. They look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteLet's do it! Yay for Quilty Barns!
ReplyDeleteHoly Cow that is CUTE!!
ReplyDeleteI am so in!
You are amazing!!
Adorable Barn Blocks!
ReplyDeleteAt the center of my father's farm is a grand 100+ year-old red barn with the traditional gambrel roof. Red barns are symbolic of home so I'm thrilled with your darling pattern.
ReplyDeleteI was still in awe over the front of your FW quilt, and now the back Wow!! I just have to say well done, and I want to be you when I grow up!!
ReplyDeletecheers
maggie
I'm in like Flynn!
ReplyDeleteSign me up please!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness yes! This farm girl is in ♥ love ♥ with these barns!
ReplyDeleteLove your barns!!!
ReplyDeleteI just finished making my row of houses for your row along...which I'm having so much fun with!
I would love to make some barns!
Thanks for all the amazing tutorials!
You bet! I'd love to make the quilty barns with you. Sign me up, please.
ReplyDeleteLove the Barns on the back of the quilt...what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes count me in!
ReplyDeleteYes, please count me in.
ReplyDeleteI love the barn blocks. They would make a wonderful quilt along.
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable barn....I would love to make some too!!
ReplyDeleteYes! I would lvr to do a Barn Along! Lets start today!
ReplyDeleteThose barns are so cute. I have photographed several buildings with block designs on them. This will be a fun sew along! So I am definitely in!
ReplyDeleteYes please these barns look more interesting than the real ones !
ReplyDeleteYes Please!!!! I grew up on farm and just lost my last parent so this would be a wonderful way to remember the great times we had as kids in my Dad's wonderful barn!
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me, that's the *back*?!?! Holy moly! It's good enough to be the front! It's amazing :D I would defitely love to see a tutorial for the barns although I'm not in a position to do any quilting just that - mostly because I just keep putting it off but hey ho! x
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me, that's the *back*?!?! Holy moly! It's good enough to be the front! It's amazing :D I would defitely love to see a tutorial for the barns although I'm not in a position to do any quilting just that - mostly because I just keep putting it off but hey ho! x
ReplyDeleteI would love to do a barn quilt along!
ReplyDeleteI would love to join you on your quilty barnalong. Thank you so much! Dee
ReplyDeleteYes! to the Barn along!
ReplyDeleteI was hoping you'd have a pattern to share!
THANK YOU!
Love it! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteI need another project like I need a whole in my head! However, these barns are so FREAKIN cute! I seriously love them and will be joining in!
ReplyDeleteI live in Montana - of course I'm in! Love it.
ReplyDeleteI would love to do the barn blocks!! We've got barns all around us.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
I have enjoyed your Row-along so much that I would not miss joining you in another project. It look like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteWe do not have barns like yours in New Zealand. Ours is a very plain utilitarian corrugated iron structure, but the quilt could signify the rural spirit to me.
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to join the quilty barn along!!! They are SO CUTE! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteOh Yes! Your row along has been so happy! A Barn along? Oh Yes!
ReplyDeleteOh My Stars & Garters! There I was thinking how stinkin' cute your barns are and then you announced you Quilt Along. All I need to know, along with what appears to be about half of the rest of the Quilty World, is...how long do we hafta wait for the pattern to be posted?!?!?!?!
ReplyDeletenot anxious...not at all...not even a little itty bitty bit!
I love the idea of a barn quilt. Can't wait. Love your Farmers Wife Quilt.
ReplyDeleteSmiles....
This sounds right up my alley. I'm in. Hope your new fabric will be along soon to use in this quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove the barns. Must squeeze in another quilt-along!
ReplyDeleteOoooh yes your barns are gorgeous, count me in!!
ReplyDeleteIs that actually a question. Of course I am in.
ReplyDeleteIs that actually a question. Of course I am in.
ReplyDeleteYes, please! Love those barns - too cute!
ReplyDeleteHow cute is that? Count me in!
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ReplyDeleteI'd love to but I'm still trying to find time to start on your row along. Your barns are lovely. Vicki
0h yes ~ a barn along would be terrific fun! Love these little barns!
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ReplyDeleteLove it! I'll give it a go.
ReplyDeleteYou are just so stinkin' clever! I would love to learn how to make these. I even have the Farmer's Quilt book but have only made one block that I turned into a pot holder for my mom (used flippy corner cut offs that I had pre-sewed together before cutting them off) and made one of the basket blocks. I thought I was pretty clever doing only that :)
ReplyDeleteHow could we refuse? Of course we're making barns together! :)
ReplyDeleteIll definitely be trying to squeeze in some cute barns between due dates! Thanks, your fabric talents amaze me!
ReplyDeleteWould love to see how you constructed the barns, please do share! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of a barn quilt! You are so talented. I found your blog about a year go and can hardly wait to do some quilt blocks from your tutorials. I Love to look at your blog and see what you have in store in the way of quilting.
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