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Cathedral Window Barn Quilt – A Tribute to Faith, Family & Stained Glass Memory
The Cathedral Window Barn Quilt is one of the most meaningful designs in the Moonbeams & Cabin Dreams Collection, a series inspired by the stories of my ancestors who homesteaded the Nebraska prairie in the early 1900s. This barn quilt is a tribute to faith, family, and the places that hold our memories. The color palette was inspired by a stained glass window dedicated to my grandmother Mildred and grandfather Alvaro in the Howard Community Church in New York. The rich reds, greens, golds, and soft tones reflect the way light filters through glass—carrying both beauty and reverence. My family’s journey took...
The Orchard Tree
There are some designs that come from sketchbooks…
and others that come from memory.
The Orchard Tree Barn Quilt is one that has lived quietly inside me for years—
tucked somewhere between rows of apple trees,
in the hum of bees,
and in the steady hands of my grandfather, Alvaro Lyke.
The Story Quilt Collection
My house is full of these quilts I have collected over the years.
They are draped across chairs, folded at the end of beds, tucked into baskets, and sometimes pulled outside on warm afternoons to sit in the sun. I have always loved the softness of them, the colors, and the quiet beauty of the tiny stitches that run across the cloth like rows of handwriting.
Each one carries a story. These quilts are now available in our shop.
Green Tomato: A New Prairie Paint Color and Garden-Inspired Barn Quilt
Gardeners know that green tomatoes hold a certain magic.
They are the promise of what’s coming next. The stage where the plant is strong and full of life, quietly preparing for the abundance of late summer.
When I began mixing this color, I kept thinking about those mornings walking through the garden rows — brushing past the vines, checking the fruit, feeling the warmth of the sun on the leaves.
Green Tomato became a color that celebrates that moment of growth and anticipation.
A Barn Quilt Garden Angel
Sometimes a design is born in the shop and it feels like a blessing. Not with a big idea or a carefully drawn plan, but with a feeling - a sense that something simple and meaningful wants to be made.
That is how our new Barn Quilt Garden Angel came to life in the studio.
