Barn Quilt

by Hilda Loyd-Pohlman

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I had this blank wall on the out side of my house, I hated it. I planted Ivey, a tree noting looked right. I decided to make a small Barn Quilt got ideas from Pinterest.
I had fun deciding, drew it out first before painting. It took about a week to complete. I allowed each coat of paint to dry overnight or several hours. Before moving on.

This is my blank wall. With the shadow of a limb from the pecan tree that is just out of sight.

We like in the country, and snakes are not my friend, I like to have the front cut close so I can see them when they visit.

My husband cut and framed the back of exterior grade plywood using wood screws.

I sanded the edges and the face side.

After I finished I realized I could have, should have, filled in the gaps on the edge with woodpuddy. But you learn from your mistakes.

Painted both front and back to make it more weather proof.

Three coats each side and edge.

I cut out my design using craft paper.

Traced it onto the face of my finished board

Taped the edges of the design to apply my base color.

Two coats of each color blue and red, tape removed and reapplied before painting white two coats again.

Tape applied for pin stripe.

Red strip next to blue and blue strip next to red for contrast.

We live in a herricaine zone so we hund it with C clamps so it can be taken down an move in.

It is also hanging to high husband to make me wire extensions to center it.

Thanks for all the Imput. This is it almost centered. To answer a few question,

I live on the Gulf coast, husband is retired Military , who flies his own airplane. We live in a flyin community. Hence the color and design choice.

Hung from top not into bricks, husband refuses to drill into the bricks.

PS...We had to add a rubber tubbing to the back, after a bad winter storm, to protect both the wall and the quilt.

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Exterior grade Plywood (Had)
Latex Paint one each of Bear red, white and blue (Lowes)
Blue painters tape (Had)
Brushes (Had)
Freezer paper (Had)
Wood screws (Had)
C hangers (Had)
Wire to hang (Have)

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Laura McCloskey on Mar 01, 2017
C hangers (Had) what are C hangers?

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Gwen on May 07, 2017

What airpark? We have place at Areo Estates.

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Darlene McLemore Hammond on Dec 15, 2018

Are you finished with the wall?

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Itsmemic on Apr 16, 2020

I love you incorporating the plane theme...very cool !

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Lorna on Feb 12, 2023

I think this is really cool! It is perfect for where you live.
I don’t have an airplane, or live on an airport, but I would hand this on my house for sure! Great job!

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