For the 2026 Bondville Fair, Penny Allen and I pull out all the stops! e each made a new 48″ x 48″ barn quilt, and she donated 2 smaller barn quilts. They were completed in June and are now hangin on the Quilt Hall. Now all the barn quilts have been re-hung for this year’s Fair, and they look great!
This is the second barn quilt for the Fair. This 48″ x 48″ plywood has been painted in a dimensional star with a churn dash inside – that was Penny’s idea to put it in the center for Churn Dash and red patches too. Penny Allen (Madame Sewloft) helped me in all aspects of this barn quilt, and the Fair staff hung it on the side of the Quilt Barn, just in time for the Bondville Fair.
The first Barn Quilt I did was in 2023 at a Quiet Valley Quilters workshop at Avis Hadley’s house. I was shy and did my best, but had no picked the best block for the process. I’ve learned since!
