Tweetle Dee Blog — barn quilt

One of the highlights of the summer was our Olie & Evie Barn Quilt Workshop in gorgeous Idaho.  We loaded up the trailer with barn quilts, patterns and our Prairie Paints and drove through the night to wake up in the beautiful farmland of western Idaho to join the loveliest group of ladies for a day of barn quilting!  As you browse through the pictures you will see why we love our traveling workshops.  The blessing of gathering and "quilting" together brings pure joy!   We are so thankful to Rhonda from Olie and Evie for inviting us to her beautiful shop and...

The buds are popping out in all of the orchards around our mountain community with bright swatch paths of pink, peach and red.  We are so excited to release our newest original barn quilt design, The Orchard Tree.   The Orchard TreeWe love this design with it's half square triangles all pointing to the heart of the tallest orchard tree in the field.  The little burst of color are the fruits of the orchard, apples, peaches and cherries.  Dry brushed on farm wood and framed in a black wash, it has the look of wood fruit crates.  Our Orchard Tree is available in...

Of the 4,600 barn quilts we have painted at Tweetle Dee over the past five years by far our most loved is the Orchard Star.  It is an original design and is now in the shop for order with a pattern releasing soon.  Adapted from our beloved Harvest Star, this star has a deep Old Crow background and colors from our Prairie Paint collection.  Each of the colors in this design were inspired by the fruits and colors of the orchard on my family's farm.  In the spring and summer, berries bursted with colors of reds, purples, and blues.  In summer, the...

One of my favorite designs I have ever made was the Farmer's Wife.  You all know how much I love the Farmer's Daughter and how much I relate to being a farmer's daughter, but I'm also a farmer's wife.   I sat down with pencil and paper and graphed out a similar design to the Farmer's Daughter and fell in love with this simple pattern, the Farmer' s Wife.   The cross bars represent the anchor that a woman is to those around her with the small color design in the center being her heart.   The points of the design are directed...

Our hearts are "swooning" over the newest barn quilt in the Tweetle Dee family, The Swoony Heart Barn Quilt!  We are in love with these Poppy Pink and Rooster Red points around this darling heart.   You can find this barn quilt painted and ready to hang In The Shop today! Swoony Heart Barn Quilt   This Framed Over barn quilt comes in three sizes a 22", 33" and a big 44".  Hangers are included.  Each of our barn quilts are hand drawn and painted on reclaimed wood and then sealed for indoor or outdoor display.  As always, custom colors are available! Swoony...