Each year in Missouri from April to October they do what is called the Hwy 36 Quilt Trail. This year there were 11 different stores that participated and I was determined to visit all 11. Back in May I went on a weekend trip and visited 7 shops, then completed the remaining 4 in October.

There is always a different theme each year and each shop designs a block to go with that theme. You can either get the pattern for free and/or purchase a block kit which would contain the pattern.  This year the theme was a barn quilt and the finished quilt was to look exactly like a barn. Along with each shops block design, a finishing kit is also available for purchase that provides an overall pattern to assemble the entire quilt top. 

There is a contest where you can submit your finished quilt top. I had the intention of entering, but it just didn’t work out for me to enter the contest. I finished the quilt top and was proud of how it turned out.

I started assembling my blocks in November and finished the entire quilt top in the last couple days. Since the quilt is a barn, I added a cat to the loft as every barn has a barn cat. I used the cat block from Lori Holt’s Farm Girl Vintage II book and used some of my Lori Holt scraps.

My Barn Cat!

Completed quilt top!

A window was added to each side!

A door was also added!

The window on the other side!