Heart barn quilt pattern

The Heart barn quilt is painted on a 4 × 4 grid. On a 4 × 4 ft board each grid square is 12", and on an 8 × 8 ft board 24". It has 10 shapes in 2 colors.

Two square lobes with clipped corners over two large triangles, on a four-by-four grid with quarter-square marks for the clipped corners.

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Heart barn quilt painted in barn red, white — Painted in barn red and white.

Heart barn quilt layout on a 4 by 4 foot board with measurements — The layout on a 4 × 4 ft board, with the grid marks in inches from the top left corner. Numbers are the paint colors below.

Measurements for 2, 4 and 8 ft boards

Marks along the edges
Board	Grid square	Marks across the top and bottom	Marks down the sides
2 × 2 ft	6"	3", 9", 12", 15", 21"	3", 12"
4 × 4 ft	12"	6", 18", 24", 30", 42"	6", 24"
8 × 8 ft	24"	12", 36", 48", 60", 84"	12", 48"

Each mark is measured from the top left corner, rounded to the nearest ⅛". Mark both opposite edges, then join the marks with a straightedge and a sharp pencil.

Paint for the Heart barn quilt

Two coats of exterior latex on the front, at 100 square feet a quart for each coat (labels say 300 to 400 square feet a gallon). Reds and yellows often need a third coat to cover evenly, so buy the next size up for those. Exterior paint starts at a quart, so on a 2 × 2 ft board 8 oz bottles of outdoor acrylic craft paint go further; what is left is for touch-ups.

Paint by board size
Color	Share	2 × 2 ft	4 × 4 ft	8 × 8 ft
1. Barn red	72%	1 quart (2 oz)	1 quart (8 oz)	1 quart (30 oz)
2. White	28%	1 quart (1 oz)	1 quart (3 oz)	1 quart (12 oz)
Exterior primer	Front, back, edges	1 quart (3 oz)	1 quart (11 oz)	2 quarts (42 oz)

Ounces are what the paint takes; the size is what to buy.

Paint the lightest color first: white, then barn red. A darker color covers a lighter one that creeps under the tape, but not the other way round. The full method, from priming the board to hanging it, is in how to make a barn quilt.