April Showers - Finish No. 4 for 2019

I made this liberated free pieced barn

as a teaching sample for my book

BUILD A BARN - No Pattern Construction

back in March of 2016.

A week or so ago, I received an invitation

to participate in the upcoming regional

BLUE quilt challenge

and I thought of this sample block.

In order to make it a bit more BLUE,

I changed the barnyard to a field of blue bonnets

and adjusted the overall measurements

to meet the required 24" x 24" dimensions.

Pin basted and ready to quilt . . . 

Quilted and bound.

For some reason, this one is tricky to photograph.

The light and angle make a huge difference

in the photographed colors - especially the sky.

This black and white version

shows off the quilted texture of the barn yard.

My free form double clamshell 

was inspired by one of LuAnn Kessi's sketch pages.

And here is the same photo in living color.

I quilted the blue bonnets with Glide thread in Royal.

I also quilted the silo using Royal thread

with a design inspired by Leah Day's Monster Teeth.

The silo's texture shows up better in black and white.

The sky was quilted using 

Affinity variegated thread in Aquamarine.

The barn itself was quilted with  Royal

and the door/windows with Hawaiian Blue.

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I still need to make/add the label

and attach the already-made hanging sleeve,

but there is no problem having my entry

ready to drop off the first week of April.

BLUE will be on display

at Crosstown Concourse (Memphis TN) 

from May 10 through July 28, 2019.

I can't wait to see all of these quilts

hanging together for this event . . .

Quiltdivajulie