I am blaming this one on Mary at I piece too Mary...
Our Cheerleader for
the Twist to the 60's in Batiks..
She had me in a spin---apparently we have a few dozen barn quilts in our own backyard
and I had no idea....
In fact with her permission, I used her photo and photoshopped it a bit
to add my 
SPIN on it..
WElllll you get something into my head and then there is no stopping me...
I had to make a BARN Quilt...problem is I don't have a BARN...
Well do you think that stopped me....???? NOOOOO...
I designed this first..
( actually looked at a few spin blocks...have no idea
what you call this...but I drew the pattern in my software
and coloured it up) 
and then I had David cut me an 18 inch square piece of wood...
I gave it the first coat in white before I left...
now he is gone...( so I am burning the candle so to speak..
well as long as you keep me away from the BARN we don't have,
I should be fine ..)
And how did I transfer my diagram to my wood?
Giant NEEDLE or you could use any pins..
stab it through the pattern
onto the wood and then draw all the lines
and match the needle holes...
Note the holes...then just use a ruler and draw the lines with a HD pencil
I painted the red sections first, then add the red gingham pieces...
I saw it all in my mind....David is used to that by now...
In the past he just thought I was a math whiz or engineer...
Yeah--- like I would have time to go to engineering school, while I was in Nursing,
Nutrition and Pharma...GET REAL.lol
I have always seen things in my head, and I never doubt it
will go wrong...it is soooo weird actually...
Ok here I drew out P for Pink, R for Red, to help me iwth the gingham pattern.
I used some acrylic paints by Martha Stewart ...she has
a really great red...then I took some white and red and mixed
them to make pink..and dabbed them alternate of the pattern
to make a gingham look..
Looks messy I did that on purpose...
to give it that gingham affect from far....
I wasn't even finished yet...
All those bleeding lines, were fixed easily..
Wait for the paint to dry...wait.....
and then use some white paint to cover the bleeds..
Tried tape that was just making a bigger mess...
And then I outlined it all in black....
Still needs a coat of varnish...and I may touch it up maybe one more time...and I have convinced
David to put HER up on our Peaked Garage roof....at the front of the house..NOBODY will be that close to see the imperfections.... Besides look on the BARN you can hardly tell....wink....
Oh the dry eraser by Mr Clean was the perfect solution to erase the pencil lines when I made
some wee mistakes lol
I think we should consider for the future a BARN Quilt BLOG HOP!....
We would all have to show and tell our WOODEN piece...cost by the way less than $10.00 and that was with the piece of wood.
Mary's BARN Quilts
please copy this url below to get to Mary's Barn Quilts
http://barnquillts.blogspot.ca
I know Deonn, has made a couple and was it one or two that won you REWARDS with Accuquilt?
"I will always be behind you, gently pushing you forward..." mdm samm
Of course mine would be red and white and gingham pattern....What else would it be? WINK.
Thanks Mary for INSPIRING ME!
HER NAME IS the
SPIN....
What colour, what block would yours look like?
I have got to get back to homework .
Next week we all will be showing lot's of PINS as in PIN CUSHIONS....
I ammmm so looking forward to Kristen and her cheering and of course all of your creations...
Here is a pretty one to inspire you...Mary from I piece too Mary, created this gem...Are you joining us in BATIKS? Connecting Threads- SALE ON BATIKS
OHHHHHHH as a little incentive to encourage you to try BATIKS for Twist to the 60's
LOOK what RELIABLE YES our FAVOURITE IRON peeps...want to share with you..
ONE OF the PARTICIPANTS will be able to win this.....They ( RELIABLE) wants to shine their LIGHT on one of U...
All you have to do is SIGN UP with Mary! at the end of the HOP
one of you ladies will be shining sooooo much brighter...
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