DIY - Wooden Barn Quilt

Hi friends,

I kept myself busy working on my dining room project all week. The ceiling is done, crown molding done. I'm almost ready to paint the entire thing. I need to get the pics from my phone to share the progress with you. That would be soon.

For now, I'm gonna share this little project I managed to tackled in between all the major things going on. I can't wait to start decorating for Christmas, and this quilt is the one to go a top my fireplace in the family room.

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The idea of the wooden quilt came after looking at this picture a few days ago. Well, I stumbled upon this web site, where they were having a red and white quilt show. If you love quilts, you should visit them, they have lots of beautiful quilt designs.

Red and white's going to be my Christmas theme this year, so, I just had to choose an easy design for this project, because I was going to use all those remnant pieces of ¼" plywood I used in the dining room.

The design was sketched on paper, and these are the materials you'll need:
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• 1 - 33" x 33" piece of  ¼" Plywood material for the back.
• 12' Screen Bead for the frame.
• 3" Squares and Triangles as stated in the above picture (¼" plywood material).
• Wood glue.
• Red and white paint.
• Clamps
• Sanding sponge
• Saw, Miter Saw

The first step was to cut 3" strips out of ¼" plywood.

Miter Saw

I stacked four of those strips to make things go faster while cutting the squares and triangles. A wooden stopper on the miter saw was another way to skip the continuous measuring.

It also worked for the triangles, the angled cut was the only change.

All those little squares and triangles were cut in a matter of minutes.

I used a sanding sponge to smooth out all those sides before painting all the pieces.

Once they were dry, the puzzle was put together. Keeping the pieces within the clamped frame.

After aligning the entire thing, I began to glue the pieces onto the ¼" backer.

I decided to stain the frame to give it some contrast, then, it was also glued onto the backer board.

The frame is a very small molding I had in my stash, since it's also ¼" deep, it sits flush with all the design.

I see little gaps that bother the perfectionist in me. But hey, overall I like it. I'm now debating the idea of distressing it a little bit or maybe not.

What do you think?

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