Building barns part 2

I've been building houses a long time,

so I didn't hesitate when Julie asked me to join

the Secret Society of Barn Builders

to test out the instructions in her new book, Build-A-Barn.

I'm starting with scraps in this quick tutorial,

using up a collection of pink bits.

Here I've sewn house fabric around the windows

and installed the front door.

I added background fabric to the sides of the house

and cut two triangles ( a square cut in half)

for the sky around the roof.

You can see I decided to flatten the roof to keep it 

from overwhelming the house.

But it doesn't have to be complicated.

Here's a 2.5 inch square and a coordinating triangle from the scrap bin.

I put a larger piece of blue sky fabric on the cutting mat

placed the roof triangle centred on the bottom,

and cut around it.

That leaves a sky fabric triangle for the scrap bin

and ensures the edges of the block are not on the bias.

I sewed chunks of sky fabric beside the orange square,

joined the roof section to the house base,

and found a bit of green scrap

to ground the house.

These are basic steps and you can get as fancy as you like 

in putting in architectural details.

My giveaway of Julie's barn book is still open for another day here.