Bentley Barn Quilts

This is a follow up post to the one I did back on July 2nd about the barn quilt that hangs on the end of my parents barn. Log Cabin quilt...

My son-in-law Justin and I mounted the barn quilt on his grandfather's utility shed a few days ago. It is on display at the Don and She...

This is a barn quilt that one of my son-in-laws wanted me to make for his grandfather’s birthday. It was fitting because both Justin, and h...

Here are some pictures of the Stars and Squares barn quilt mounted on my son-in-laws parents mini-barn. It is a 24" block and I think t...

This is a nice 2' barn quilt I just finished that my daughter Heather, her husband Caleb, and their son Aiden gave to Calebs mother Mar...

I was asked to make this barn quilt as a wedding anniversary gift from Vicke Meyer to her husband Steve. It was to be placed on one of their...

Here are a few pictures of my mom and dad's barn after I flipped the two barn quilts I made them. Contrary Wife is the left and Father...

I just finished this 1' x 1' barn quilt that is called "Sunflowers". I'm not really impressed with the colors I used f...

This is a barn quilt that I just finished called "Illinois". It's made on 1/2" MDO plywood and is 2' square. Can you...

Here, where I live in West Central Illinois county of Scott, our cash crops are corn and beans. This barn quilt I painted in the Corn and...

I got the green unmasked Sunday afternoon. Dave Snow's tip on using the Sharpie cap tip to seal the masking tape really paid off. Thanks...

This morning I took the tape off from around the yellow. This is how it came out. I tried the 3M brand blue tape this time instead of the ot...

I’m not going to make a habit of posting the start to finish process of each barn quilt I make, but this one I knew when I started laying ou...

Thought I’d show everyone my wood shop/man cave. Our house is about 150+ years old and we started doing some major remodeling last spring. O...

I had the opportunity to visit the farm of Jim and Judy Logsdon not long ago. They are located just south of Ripley, IL. They bought the ho...

One of the things I want to do on this blog is to highlight some local barn quilts with their names, who owns them and any stories that migh...

The painting and touch up is done. Turned out pretty good I think. I'll find a better back drop soon.

Thought I'd show anyone who cared how that I am making my barn quilts. There is certainly nothing hard about making one but I think it t...