I am thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to be a part of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour. Volume 10 is extra special because it is celebrating 1000 blocks! Be sure to read this entire post to learn about giveaways and prizes.
What better way to celebrate Volume 10 than getting my ten toenails painted with a special fall design?
Fun, fun, fun!
Above photo courtesy of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks.
I had a blast designing this quilt block. I absolutely love creating landscape quilts and adore barn quilts! Finding them reminds me of the excitement I experienced while hunting Easter eggs as a child. When I drive around the corner of a winding mountain road and see one, I hit the brakes and start shooting photos. It is a passion and yes, I will have to admit, even an obsession.
I am really excited about this block as I continue to design the quilt. The center medallion of my quilt will include a landscape scene with a covered bridge and Amish buggy in West Virginia Amish Country. I am in the process of designing fabric from my numerous photo shoots of a Barn Quilt Trail in West Virginia to go in this quilt.
Here is a photo of the barn quilt from which my inspiration came.
This barn quilt trail is in the heart of West Virginia Amish Country, surrounded by breathtaking mountain scenery.
After several trips to tour and take photos of the West Virginia barn quilts, I decided that I needed a barn quilt of my own. Of course, I had to pick the most complicated design. It is not completed in the above photo but now that I am finished, it was worth it!
My Barn Quilt block with pattern directions is on page 38.
If you like barn quilts, you will enjoy looking through the barn quilt photos on my webpage.
I thoroughly enjoy sharing my love of quilting by giving lectures and teaching quilting classes and workshops across the US. Please share my website and contact information with your local quilt guild, quilt shop and especially those who coordinate quilting events in your area.
Visit my website to see original quilt pattern designs, including my quilted couch! You will also enjoy seeing photos of my quilting retreats attended by quilters from a six state area who all say “It’s well worth the drive!”
Thank you for visiting my blog today. Please come back again! I share a variety of interesting quilting subjects, including: Barn Quilts, Tutorials, Quilting Tools, Quilting Retreats, Cooking, Home Canning and other interesting subjects.
Now for the giveaways!
Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks has graciously provided a copy of their magazine for me to give away. It has instructions to 100 quilt blocks! What a great deal. Leave a comment below on November 19 (between 12:01AM and 11:59PM Eastern Time) to get your name in the drawing for a free issue of this magazine. If you are a no-reply blogger, please leave your e-mail address so I can email if you are a winner!
For everyone who likes Camelia’s Unique Creations on Facebook for the first time on Nov. 19 (between 12:01AM and 11:59PM Eastern Time), I will add your name in a drawing to win your choice of one of my patterns.
Winner will be announced in approximately one week.
There will be giveaways all week-long including the 100 original, signed blocks! How cool would it be to get one of those? For more exciting giveaways (including six of my patterns that will be mailed from Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks in Colorado), visit Quiltmaker’s Quilty Pleasures Blog at quiltmaker.com/quiltypleasures
Happy Quilting!
Camelia
The Recovering Perfectionist 
How cute this would be in a quilt with a different mini-quilt on each barn.
Sounds darling, Liz!
I love the barn quilt block. Congrats on being chosen to be in the magazine.
great block! and I love the photo of the barn you used as your inspiration!
buntyw, I love that barn too!
You have a fun blog and I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for being in the hop and congrats.
Jenelle, thanks for checking out my blog.
I really like your block, looking forward to the new year and my plan to concentrate on applique, paper piecing, and hand piecing. Thank you for sharing your time and talent with us all.
Deborah, it has been my pleasure. Have fun during your new year of stitching!
What a cute block! Thanks for sharing your inspiration for the quilt. That was quite fun!
Margaret, I am all about fun and happy to add some pleasure to your day!
Your block is priceless. I really love it and love barn quilts, too. I enjoyed looking through your blog and have your strawberry-cranberry recipe ready for next summer. Thanks for sharing.
Kris, thanks for the generous compliment. Buy and freeze your cranberries now for the strawberry-cranberry jam :>) Loved the snowflake on your blog made with reed. I am a basket weaver!
I liked you on Facebook.
Thank you, Dawn, for liking Camelia’s Unique Creations on Facebook!
I didn’t know that WV had an Amish country!! My daughter lives in WV, so I’ll have to do a search to see where the barn quilt trail is!
Barb, the one I have toured is in Union County, WV. Just googled it and found five in WV (http://barnquiltinfo.com/map-WV.html)! Lord have mercy…here I go again, down another barn quilt trail!
I love the Barn Block it’s so cute.
Thanks, Dawn.
Loved seeing your.block and your blog. Drhodes9@cox.net
Glad you enjoyed both, debbierhodes.
Wow what a creative block. The barn roof and fields are amazing. You really had fun finding those fabrics.
Donna, you cannot imagine how much I love selecting and coordinating fabrics!
I in the process of trying out different designs of blocks to put above my front door-was inspired earlier this year since we redid parts of our house after storm damage. I also grew up on a farm so barns are dear to my heart!
Brenda, I bet you come up with something lovely to put about your front door.
Love the barn block and that would be fun to make. I got some white fabric with a barn board look, that would be fun to use in this.
Debbie
I love quilt barn trails, and love to come upon them as I travel the country.
They are so much fun, Kathie!
So clever and charming!
Thank you, Cynthia.
Your block is delightful! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
You are welcome, Debby, and thank you!
I love the barn blocks and yours is really lovely! Thank you for a chance to win!
It is my pleasure, Loris.
Wonderful block!
Thanks, Sarah.
Oh, I love your block! Great use of the special fabrics to make the barn! Thanks for the inspiration!
Glad that I was able to give you some inspiration, Jennifer.
These types of blocks are just not me, but i do admire the work and love that goes into them. You did a wonderful job!
Thanks for your comment, Laura.
Your block is adorable! Where in West Virginia is Amish Country? I’ve been to the Amish Country in Ohio, PA and Iowa. Thanks for a chance to win.
In Union County, Sandi.
Great Job.. looks like right out of a farm.
Thanks, Dorothy.
What a cute block. Love the little story telling too.
Thank you, Annmarie. I have always enjoyed story telling.
How delightful. I think this is the first barn quilt block I’ve ever seen. Nicely done. The toes are great too.
Kay, I hope you will enjoy many more barn quilts in the future!
I love your barn and the toes. .. perfect!!
Terri, the little Oriental lady who painted my toenails was a good sport about letting me come up with my own fall design!
This is a wonderful block – love the wood fabric you used (both of them) on the barn. This looks like a fun block to construct.
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Kim, thank you. I had so much fun working on this block!
Love your barn quilt block. I will defiinitely visit your website to see barn quilt photos.
Teri, I hope you enjoy the barn quilt photos on my website (www.cameliaelliott.com).
Pretty block.
Glad you like my block, Quilting Tangent.
Love this barn block – it is so different!
PS liked the page for the first time. 🙂
Thank you, Lee Ann, for liking Camelia’s Unique Creations, on Facebook!
I love quilts on barns and barn quilts! Great block!
I am glad you enjoyed my block, Andee!
Great barn! Love seeing the barn that inspired your block!
KT, the barn that inspired me is in a lovely mountain setting!
Love your barn block, it’s so pretty.
Wanda, I appreciate your compliments.
Congrats. I love your block. It is such a fun block. And your toenails look so fun. Thanks for sharing the pictures of the barn quilts. BTW yours looks wonderful. My husband and I went on a barn quilt tour around Shipshewana, Indiana We loved it.
Shucks, Lori, thank you for all of the nice things you said :>) I bet the barn quilt tour around Shipshewana, Indiana was awesome.
The barn block is fantastic!
I am so happy that you liked it, Jennifer.
Great block….liked on FB
Thank you, billiemick, for liking Camelia’s Unique Creations, on Facebook!
Soooo cute! Reminds me of all the barn quilts in my area of south central KY.
Rhonda, someday I would love to see the Kentucky barn quilts. Thanks for your comment.
What a cute block! Definitely worth being in a magazine. Congratulations. Thank you so much for the giveaway.
You are welcome, Joyce. I appreciate your nice comment.
Charming block and so creative. It’s going to be on many to-do lists.
Joanna, I can’t wait to see other quilters ceation of my barn quilt block!
I just went to your facebook page for the first time and liked it!
Thank you, Madeline, for liking Camelia’s Unique Creations on Facebook 🙂
Cute idea to make a block of a barn with a quilt block! I always enjoy this magazine, thanks for the chance to win!
You are welcome Lisa Marie.
Fun block – thanks for sharing & thanks for the giveaway.
it is our pleasure, Joyce.
I so enjoyed reading your post! thank you for the fun and congrats on a wonderful block!
Thank you for reading my post, Lee!
Love your pictures. Nice block also.
I am glad you enjoyed my photos, Janet.
This is such a cute barn block! Really like it a lot.
I appreciate your nice comment, Jeanne.
Lovely block! Reminds me of the rolling farm hills in southern Minnesota where I grew up!
Julie, I bet the rolling farm hillls in Minnesota are lovely!
I love your block! Very creative and fun!
Nancy, you are so gracious.
LOOOOVE your Barn block!! So creative!
Lori, I’m so glad that you enjoyed my barn quilt block!
Camelia, I think the picture does not do the barn quilt justice; it is absolutely beautiful. Just wish I had somewhere to put one; no one would see it but me (of course, I would enjoy it!). I really like your block!
Cousin Anna, it is so good to hear from you! Thanks for visiting my blog 🙂
What a neat idea, your barn block is wonderful. This tour is so much fun, I just love seeing all the creative ideas and the blocks are so inspiring. I really enjoyed visiting your site and I added it to my favorites. I too have a sturdy couch/bed that needs some love, I’ll be back to view that video again and see what you’ve been up too. Congratulations on making the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks issue!
Deb, thank you for your wonderful reply! About your couch that needs some attention and love, go to my website’s pattern page (www.cameliaelliott.com), scroll to the bottom and click on the slide show with photos of the entire process of me reupholstering and quilting the couch!
Got it, thanks Camelia! I plan to get started on this right after the holidays. Top of my 2015 to do list. Blessings to you and your family.