Degler Farm Barn Quilt
- At September 30, 2013
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A quick post today – another barn quilt square from the Carver County barn quilt project!
This is the Daisy Applique Barn Quilt block on the Lois and Dean Degler barn which can be found at 9111 Audubon Road in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
The side of the barn with the quilt square on it faces the fields rather than the road, so getting a picture is a bit of a challenge. And also why it looks more like a diamond than a square shape, but it really is a square.
Hope you’re enjoying these!
Kelly
Kerber Farm Barn Quilt
- At September 19, 2013
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Finally, another barn quilt square to share with you from the Carver County barn quilt project!
This is the Kerber Farm, located at 410 Arboretum Blvd (Hwy 5) Victoria, Minnesota.
The block is called Goose in the Pond.
This particular block is just east of the Arboretum’s Apple House on Highway 5. It’s set back from the road some and I’m sure I’ve driven past it tons of times without noticing it.
Hope you’re enjoying these!
Kelly
The Hunt for Barn Quilt Squares Continues
- At August 07, 2013
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This was something of an unintentional find. I had my camera with me because we were driving out to the county fairgrounds and I wanted to get pictures there. As we were zooming along, I noticed one.
After we were done at the fair, we stopped back and took a couple pictures. This is the Andrew Peterson barn, located in Laketown Township, at 8060 Parley Lake Road, Waconia. I love this picture, and Zoe was so excited to see the horses I had to remind her to stay in the car. I’m hoping to get back there with a different lens on my camera, the one I had was not great for getting a picture of the block itself. (Or, equally likely, the camera operator is inexperienced and needs more practice!)
This quilt block is called “Swedish Apple Orchard”. It’s very fitting for this site as Andrew Peterson was a Swedish immigrant who farmed and planted apples here in the mid to late 1800s. Peterson was a horticulturist who planted over 100 varieties of apples while experimenting to determine which could best survive the harsh Minnesota winters and resist blight.
On March 8, 1873, Peterson wrote in his diary, “This winter I have grafted 404 apple trees, 13 pear trees, 30 plum trees and 12 cherry trees.” The Minnesota Historical Society published an article in their Minnesota History Magazine in the summer of 1972 about Peterson. Here’s a link if you are interested in reading more about his work.
Happy Sewing!
Kelly
Time for the County Fair!
- At August 06, 2013
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Look where we went today!
Of course, if you know that today is the 6th and happened to notice that all those dates are in the future, you might be thinking our calendar was off and we went too early. Don’t worry, we had it right!
Today was the day to drop off fair entries. We had never done this before, but I made jam and thought it might be fun to enter it. After looking at all the entries for kids, Zoe decided to enter one of her stories. We dropped those off this morning while hockey boy was at practice.
We also took advantage of the fact that the fair was not actually open and grabbed a picture of this building. See that? It’s one of the first barn quilt squares in the county collection! A log cabin square on the log cabin, of course.
If you want to see this square in person, your options are pretty limited. If the fairgrounds are closed, the closest you can get to it is the view from the other side of the chain link fence.
Do you go to your county fair? Have you entered anything? Maybe next year I’ll be brave and enter something I’ve sewn in the fair.
Happy Sewing!
Kelly
Family Crest Barn Quilt Block
- At July 30, 2013
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It’s kind of a dreary drizzly day today, but I managed to get these pictures while hockey boy was at practice this morning.
This is the Barckhoff Barn, located at 1255 78th St in Victoria, Minnesota.
Kind of a lot going on over there. The sign on the tree says “Welcome to Jack’s world”. I showed it to my Jack, who’s seven. His response – “I have my own world? Whoa… Wowwww…”
Here’s a closer look at the square. Google translate says “Suum Cuique” means “to each his own” in Latin.
And one last pic… Did you see the gingerbread cutouts by the barn? And the cows by the old farm equipment?
Hope you’re enjoying these!
Kelly