The day after Thanksgiving Mr. P. and I drove to our North Carolina mountains to a town called Sparta to pick out our Christmas tree. As you can see it was a beautiful day.
Along the way we spotted quilt blocks on different building.
In this picture there are two building with quilt blocks on them.
This white barn and way out in the distance you can see a red barn.
I zoomed in but you can not really tell what the block looks like but there is one on the front of the red barn.
We stopped at a couple of antique stores and I found this round vintage Christmas table cloth. Be still my heart!
I also found this vintage Christmas tree ornament.
One shop we stopped in had pottery and a few water color pictures. I bought this brown and blue nine patch water color. I found the wood frame at Target which looks pretty good with the browns in the quilt design.
The link for sharing your UFO finishes has closed. Time to announce the November winner.
Tracy from Fibber Babble is the winner. Congratulations!
There is still time to link up your December goals here.
With Passion,
Carrie P.
We have been in the Sparta area a few times. So many tree farms if I remember correctly.
ReplyDeleteI want a barn and a barn quilt...or perhaps I need to invent them for mailboxes so I can have one too :)
ReplyDeleteKelly
I love all those wonderful barn quilts - very awesome to see!
ReplyDeleteYou have found some beautiful vintage treasures, thanks for sharing them with us!
We have barn quilt trails in Ohio. I've been on some of them but there are more to see! Love your vintage treasures.
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt trail, how fun to be able to find them.
ReplyDeleteso fun to see those blocks on houses and barns. wish they them here in CT.
ReplyDeleteI adore your round table cloth!! also love flocked ornaments.
I do enjoy seeing barn quilts. I've written an article about how to make your own "barn quilt" that will appear in an issue of "American Quilter" magazine next year. Maybe you will make one for yourself! Enjoy decorating your tree. For the seventh year in a row, our children aren't visiting us for Christmas, so we aren't putting up a tree. I'll just have to appreciate everyone else's.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finds on your tree finding trip!
ReplyDeleteHow fun seeing all the barn blocks!!
ReplyDeleteGreat pix of the barn blocks! Thanks, fun to see! Don't see too many in CA :0) You are working on some wonderful holiday quilts. Love your blocks for your Modern Quilt group. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteI'll be doing well if I work on one project this month so I did not link up, too many things going on.
Such beautiful country! I love the barn quilts...thank you for taking the time to take the pictures and sharing! I never see barns so certainly no barn quilt block!
ReplyDeleteLove the table cloth and ornament...you found a couple of treasures there.
Congratulations to your winner :)
That looks like a great place to visit! Thanks for sharing all of the photos with us. It's so neat seeing the quilt designs on the barns. Do you have any idea on how old the watercolor is? What a neat find!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful day, Carrie! I would have snatched both the tablecloth and the watercolor - we have similar tastes! I had no idea NC was into barn quilts so much! Must have been wonderful driving around and finding them!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Quilt blocks in the wild! It sounds like a fun little road trip. Your new watercolor is just lovely-- you definitely found the perfect frame for it. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Tracy!
I love those barn quilts. It hasn't taken off in Australia yet so I just have to enjoy these photographic tours instead. That tablecloth is a great find!!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh how fun was that drive! Love those.
ReplyDelete