First a house builder, now a barn builder

Over the years, I've build many houses from fabric.

Some have instructions

Others have messages

Some are wonkier than others

Some have special functions, like this coffee house

And others have flown across the country for other people's quilts.

I've even made several quilts entirely from houses,

like this one for my son,

Advice from Home

and this one for a recent addition to the family.

Welcome to the Neighbourhood

All of these houses were free-pieced and improvised,

according to the size needed or the fabrics on hand.

None are made from patterns,

but instead from instructions or methods

which can be credited to the great Gwen Marston.

I met Julie Sefton from Me and My Quilts - Exploring the Possibilities

through some of these house-building adventures

and in December 2014, she asked me to join a barn raising movement.

Fifteen barn builders from three countries, some experienced, some rookies

formed the Secret Society of Barn Builders

to test the process notes Julie had outlined in her upcoming book.

Build-a-Barn 

No Pattern Construction

is coming out in April

I'll be sharing my barn soon.