I love barn star quilts that you see on barns (and other buildings) as you travel along country roads.
I love them so much, that we decided to make one to put on the back of our building (we don't have a barn).
LIST OF SUPPLIES NEEDED:
FROG TAPE (This is really good tape. It makes very crisp paint lines)
SMALL FOAM PAINT ROLLERS
EXTERIOR PAINT (we bought sample jars at Home Depot) and white exterior paint to prime the plywood with.
4 x 4 MDO PLYWOOD (we bought an 8 x 4 sheet and cut it in half)
9 galvanized dry wall screws
The first and maybe hardest part is to decide on a pattern to draw. You can google Barn Star Quilt patterns and lots and lots come up for you to look at. Then you have to decide on what colors to use. We decided to use crimson red, sunspark and beacon blue.
Put on two coats of white paint for the primer. We already had exterior white paint that we had recently painted the building with. Also paint the edge of the plywood.
After the primer paint dries, draw on the pattern you want. We used a fine point sharpie.
Tape off the sections to paint (one color at a time) We did the blue first. Let the first coat dry for a day, then paint on the 2nd coat. After applying the 2nd coat, carefully peel off the tape while it is still wet.
Let paint dry a couple of days before taping off next section.
Tape off the 2nd sections to paint. We did the sunspark next. Like before, let the 1st coat dry for a day, then apply the 2nd coat, carefully peel off the tape.
Let paint dry a couple of days before taping off next section.
Lastly, tape off the 3rd sections to paint. Like before, let the 1st coat dry for a day, then apply the 2nd coat, carefully peel off the tape.
FINISHED PRODUCT
Let dry for a few days before putting outside.
My son drilled holes about 1 1/2 inches from the outside border in the corners, one in the middle and one on each side. For a total of 9 holes. He then countersunk the holes so the screw would be flush with the plywood.
We screwed a board up on the outside wall of the building to set the barn star on while we screwed it to the wall.
After screwing it to the wall, we got the blue paint and painted the screw heads.
Then we stepped back and enjoyed the view. I love it!
As you can see, allowing for drying time, it takes at least a week to finish it.
But it is worth the wait.
Do you have one of these on your building or barn?
