Wood Barn Block

I had a fabulous time today at Annie's Quilt Shop, up in Orono which is near Clarington, on the way up to Peterborough.  I spent the night at a friend's place in Peterborough, so that I wouldn't have far to go to get to the workshop that she and I did today.  Nice shop and friendly mother and daughter duo running the shop.

The workshop was about painting wood barn blocks.  It started at 9:00 am and went all the way to 4:00 pm.  I just barely made it....lol!!!  The block pattern that I chose to do and the multiple colours, was a bit more on the time consuming side, especially when you factor in all the taping that is involved with each colour.  This is my colourful, but subdued barn block.   

The blocks are 24" square, so there was a lot to paint by hand, and the colours I chose required three coats!!  Except the raspberry colour.....that one required a base coat of the purple and four coats of raspberry to get good coverage.  I am loving my block!

One of the other ladies did the same block as me, except she did hers more neutral with blue, greys and a white background.  Same block, but they look completely different.  Hers looks sophisticated, whereas mine looks more playful.  All of the blocks there were pretty and the owner made so many others.  They were all different and all gorgeous.  There are 12" blocks too, if you don't what to commit to such a large block. 

Then there was the one that my friend made.  This one I remember the name of.  It is called Carpenter's Star block.  My friend gravitates to the warmer colours.  She is also a longarmer and she plans to put this up on the front porch, so that people will see it from the road.  Her customers won't doubt that they are at the right address....lol.

The fourth person there did this next block.  Unfortunately, you don't see the true effect of this block.  The colours are off a bit.  The perimeter colour is actually a pale taupe, which brings out the warmth of the warm grey parts.  The centre star is full on white.  In person the two colours have more contrast and the white stands out more with a pop.

All in all, we all had a very nice time.  The class was small and quaint, and the conversation was never ending....lol.

This was a really nice start to my holiday week.  I am so relaxed and content.  I am going to try to keep that mood/feeling going.  Note to self....no stressing, keep calm and take time to relax and enjoy the time off work!!

Take care everyone.