This tip was mentioned in a forum... it's too good not to share. Once you get your patter outlined with tape, as a next step paint the tape edges with the underlying color. Just one coat to seal the edges and let any bleed be in the color of the background tape.  Works like a charm! Also works:  use clear sealer polyacrylic, to seal the edges of the tape.  

These two 12x12 barn quilts are on opposite sides of a panel to be hung on a garden flag fixture along our street.  

 Not having blogged in a month, I'm going  to run some things together. Picture hangers are pretty simple. I use these to hang barn quilts on fences or fence posts.  Drill a i/8" hole through each opening( after centering on the board. I use t-posts. Available  at hardware, big box or ag stores. Has built in clips to hang things on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This started out with no direction.  I did the spires and it started looking like Statue of Liberty. These two are called "Tape Painting."  I peeled off the original tape but that left uneven edges so... I repainted the edges and applied white vinyl tape to the joints.  Came out fairly decent.  

Snow caps;... cute but kind of boring...  

Better?  

I'm really having second thoughts about this one.  Too busy with too many colors.  I'm in the process of going over it to simplify the design.