Outside

After lunch in Brush, the crew and I found another Barn Quilt at the lumber yard!  When it is cooler I should spend some time searching for more Barn Quilts in the eastern part of our county.

This one is outside on of one of the buildings at Ackley Building Center where the large pieces of lumber are protected from the elements. The colors are perfect with our blue skies and the red siding with the white trim on the huge shed.

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Inside

When I went to my local Benjamin Moore store I looked up on the wall and saw THIS! 

A Barn Quilt. 

This one has black lines drawn with a straight edge and permanent marker so each small "piece" is defined and creates a finer look, in my opinion. I was told it was intended to be for a garden fence, but "oops", the painter didn't use outside paint.  I think it is perfect inside the Fort Morgan Paint Bucket!

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Barn Quilts

Going down streets and country roads and keeping an eye open for Barn Quilts is fun.

When friend and I were in town earlier this week she spotted this new block on a home that had recently been remodeled. The ivory, green, and  wine colors were very striking on the new stucco.

The other one is out on Road R west of town on a road I seldom use. There is another one I need to take a picture of when the sun is higher in the sky. I still have a goal of discovering more of this building art in Morgan County.

Barn Quilts

My two sweeties and I went to town and got that flat fixed, shopped, and went to lunch and found three more quilts.

Arrowhead

Blossom Squash

Both on the front of The Country Steak Out.

The bonus was this bright red and white quilt on the north side of the road on a shed of some sort. No home nearby or business, just know that it was also on East 8th Avenue.
One of these days, I am going to venture out into the country to find all the other ones. There are MANY more!

Barn Quilts

On the way to visit my sweet MIL at our local senior care facility, I turned the corner one block too soon and found a new quilt block!

Silver and Gold
around the corner from 1021 Fremont Avenue

The one below is on the way to town and I've wanted to stop for a long time to get a picture, but there is always so much truck traffic that I'm afraid to stop as there's no place to pull over. Yesterday morning on the way to church was the perfect time to stop safely.

Summer Star

Morgan County Barn Quilts are the best! After checking out their site, I've discovered a few more to get my own pictures of the next time I go to town.

Barn Quilts

When taking various routes from Point A to Point B I'm sometimes lucky enough to find a new Barn Quilt.
This one uses the company's colors to create the pattern.
Last Sunday while showing off some of the BQ's in Fort Morgan, we saw this one across from the corner where we were ready to turn. Too many shadows for a great picture this morning, but I take them when I go to town, not planning very well for perfect light.

We spotted this one about a half mile off the road so I went to make sure it really was a BQ block. Couldn't get a clear picture--maybe an eighth of a mile away--so the zoom did its best. I'm not tramping through the fields to get closer!
I know where a few more are that I haven't taken yet, but would like to call and get permission to go in the yard as it is up a long lane. It is a thrifty pastime as all I do is take a detour or two on my way there and back home.

Barn Quilt

During spring break I was in town and saw a wooden frame on the back of the theater. Later in the week I was back in town for cat food and saw what I imagined was going to be on the wall.
This black and white quilt! I can't remember what color the wall was before, but now it is a bright aqua and this block looks so sharp. Several of the businesses on Main Street have doors leading to the parking lot in the back and have made these entrances very attractive. It started last year when our downtown Main Street was redone and the street was closed.
The Cover is located at 314 Main Street, Fort Morgan.

Barn Quilt

My favorite quilt shop, Inspirations, recently put this block in their window. It is very difficult to take a nice picture when they are mounted inside the window, so what I thought looked like streaks are actually reflections of the street and sidewalk.

423 Main Street
Fort Morgan, CO

As I write we are getting wind and big fluffy snowflakes. I should be working on wedding things, but am taking a break before mine is officially over. Tomorrow it's back to school for the rest of the fourth quarter. I'll take some picture of the white milk glass bud vases I found for the reception tables after they are washed and dried.

Another Barn Quilt

This past Monday was a day off from school as we observed MLK Day and on the way to get dog food stopped by for this quilt.
This one is Dog Tooth Violet, 835 E. Platte Avenue, in town at a pet shop.
Some days I can get clear pictures and other times, not. I have no idea what to do to fix it so I share anyway! If you ever travel out to the eastern plains, stop by the Barn Quilts of Morgan County blog page and print out a map and a list. They are all over the place! ♥♫

Fair Grounds Barn Quilts #17-21

DOT and I went to the county fair grounds one Saturday recently looking for six blocks that were listed in the paper. We only found five and can't imagine where the other one is hiding, unless it is in the arena somewhere.

Shoofly, above. Sawtooth star, below.

Ribbon Star, below.

Hourglass / Nine patch, below.

Sarah's favorite, Double Pinwheel.

If I ever have any Barn Quilt blocks mislabeled, please let me know and I'll correct the names. I try to do some research and use the list I have from the Barn Quilts website and the newspaper. I noticed all these blocks are made from nine smaller blocks. ♥♫

Barn Quilts #13--#16

These four BQ's (Barn Quilts) aren't on the list yet, so I'm not sure of their names. I'll have to check on the details when I have time.
They are on south Main Street on the building for the Second Chance Animal Rescue Thrift Shop.
The red and white reminds me of "Luka's Quilt", a story of a Hawaiian girl and her grandmother. I love that book and used it in my quilting theme unit when I taught First Grade.
The colors in the last block are patriotic and have a summery (real word?) feel.
When school is out for the summer, I'll be getting out my map to find more blocks. Right now the end of the year means LOTS to do at school! Any free time I have will be spent in the garden. ♥♫

Barn Quilts #10, 11, and 12

This building has three large quilts. This one is the Spool block. It was after lunch when I stopped and the shadows are not pretty.
This one is an original pattern OR Mother's Choice. There's the feed company block in the middle corners--red and white nine patch will forever be "Purina" in my mind!
So is this Mother's Choice? I'm just using the names that were published in the paper - doesn't look like any I saw. If I had more time to research the names, I would. But, I'm waiting for the fog to lift and the sun to come out so I can go do something outside!
More to come...apparently there are more than 61 sites in Morgan County.

Barn Quilt #9

On the way home from bell practice I saw five more quilts on Main Street! I thought I had found most of the ones in the downtown business area. This is turning out to be a bigger project than I thought it would be.

Bright Hopes on the SARA House in town is on the side porch of a large house. You can see a picture of it by clicking on the link.

From the SARA website: "OUR MISSION:

SARA, Inc. is dedicated to the empowerment of sexual assault victims through direct client services; community education that impacts deep-seated beliefs and behaviors; and the development of a coordinated community response to the crime of sexual assault.

S.A.R.A., Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) program that provides crisis response, referral, support groups and on-going support to victims of sexual violence and their non-offending family members."

Barn Quilt #8

This is Windmill on Highway 34 going into Fort Morgan, if you are going east. I had to wait until a Sunday morning after church to get this picture without the shadow of the grain auger.
When I first found this block, it was late afternoon so the shadow was annoying. I usually go into town on my county road and hadn't starting taking my own pictures of the barn quilt blocks.
The sign out by the road is the logo for Purina--not a red and white nine patch! Jen-this is for you. I laughed at yours with your friend. Now it's your turn. ☺
More snow for tomorrow. Next week--back to school. Nice weather THEN. ♥♫

Barn Quilt #7

The local newspaper, The Fort Morgan Times, just had an article about the barn quilts. Of course, it was a few days after my last BQ piece. It has all the names of the blocks so I will be going back to add them to the Barn Quilts #1-6 posts.

This yellow and purple block is on Main Street at the Business Mart. The block is Crown and Star.
It is our Hallmark store where I like to get my collectible Christmas ornaments, cards, gifts, and the best homemade FUDGE. YUMMY!

Names for the others will have to wait 'til break as the rest of this week is going to be busy with Parent/Teacher conferences and rehearsal for our April bells performance the Sunday after Easter.

The extended outlook for Spring Break said our weather is going to have below average temperatures. :-( . But I can plant my pansies! They don't mind cool temps. ♥♪

Barn Quilts #5 and #6

These pictures show the lowest and highest painted quilts in Morgan County. The first is only inches from the ground.
It's in front of a hair salon.

This next one is at the TOP of the elevator in town. I wish I'd taken pictures of the tallest structure in the downtown area, but it didn't occur to me to do so. For big city people: an elevator is where farmers take their grain after harvest for storage. It can be corn, wheat, sunflowers, or other grains.
This particular elevator has recently gotten into the sunflower business. Don't you agree that it has the perfect flower for its block?!
There are others in town that I will be sharing soon because I took pictures after church on Sunday. Before I start start driving around to find the REAL BARN QUILTS I'll need to get a good map!

My "quilt" block will have to go on the garage door when I decide what I'll work on. I think it will have to have something to do with flowers, too. Until school is out for the summer I won't be wasting any energy on planning, though. ♥♪

Barn Quilts #3

These two barn quilts really are in the country. (The others were in town!) This first one is on a "real" barn.
Technically this green building isn't a barn, but around here, more farms have newer structures like this shed. The metal bins in the background are common on farms for the storage of wheat or shelled corn.
As the two blocks are just down the road from me, I get to see them every time I go into Fort Morgan.

Barn Quilts #2

This red, white, and blue quilt is on the back of the paint store in our downtown area, as was my first quilt. The shading makes it look so real!
I took a picture of the business logo and am including it here because they are also the paint sponsor for Morgan County Barn Quilts. I do love my home town and like to promote the businesses!
Driving around town one day, Sarah and I spotted several more that I plan to photograph soon.

Barn Quilts

A goal of mine for this year is to find all the Barn Quilts in Morgan County. Apparently Morgan County is the first one in Colorado to be a part of this tradition that is more popular in the eastern United States. The one below is in downtown Fort Morgan and is one of my favorites.

The block is on the back side of the business, along with this sign for the Flower Shop.
Visiting all the sites of the blocks may take a few weeks/months. Come back to see another one in a few days as I stopped in several locations for pictures late this afternoon. A few I found had weird shadows after the sun came out so I'll need to go again when the sun is higher.