quiltmom04

Look for one of Ruth McDowell's books. She's the best at doing this, I think, and can give you some. Probably the best for what you're doing would be the Piecing workshop or the Design Workshop. She guides you through all the right steps.

Sewfine

Very interesting. Would love to learn this also.

IBQUILTIN

An absolutely beautiful project. I am trying to do one also from a postcard I got in South Dakota. I love old buildings like that so I wish you all the luck in the world, Thanx to all the rest of you who posted a reply, it helped me also. This board is the best place to learn new ideas and techniques

applique

I do this all by machine not by hand anymore (I do machine applique with a satin stitch). I enlarge the photo and trace the photo with all the color changes onto plastic then enlarge to final stage. Trace the pattern pieces onto fusible (like Wonder Under) and rough cut around the pieces. Match up the pieces with right fabrics. Fuse the pieces to the fabric, cut out on the traced lines. Fuse pieces onto parchment paper placed over the pattern, tucking under where necessary just like you would with hand applique then put onto a background to stitch. I have done Cynthia England's lighthouse as an applique rather than paper piecing! Going the other way.

Latrinka

Sorry, no help here, don't do paperpiecing, but beautiful photo, can't wait to see finished project!

OKLAHOMA PEACH

You might look at the following sites:

a photo editing free software program gofree.com/download/windows-software/graphic-Design/gimp.php

or vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/patchwork

both have been recommended by others on this board.

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WOW - look what I started and the many replies posted. Thank you one and all. I got home this afternoon, disciplined myself to vacuum first and then hit the computer to check this Board. What helpful people quilters are. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

As promised last night, I did make an uneducated guess at how these barn blocks could be made. Needless to say, I need a book or video and I shall get one shortly.

Anyway my barn has a lot of problems, especially on the haymow side and the perspective is all wrong on that side too. I tried red thread button hole stitch for roofline but that does not look right at all so will go around again with black to highlight it. I want to straightline stitch within the wood fabric and the posts need to be darker too.

Then I have some great rock fabric which I will either make a rock wall or a stone base to building all around. Of course there will be a fence, some animals and sunflowers. Not sure what block will end up being (maybe just a reminder that I do not know what I am doing--lol) but I sure am having fun and that is the main purpose of quilting.

Thanks again for all the links provided. Here is my first-step in photo. I will follow-up with another picture when I get it finished.

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Miss Sandra. Thank you for your generous offer. I will PM you.

applique

I have quite a bit of barn fabric if you would like some.

lucy78

that is awsome. love it.