I did a search on wooden barn quilts and found a simple one I wanted to try.  I screenshot it and brought it into XCS  so I could use it as a guide.  Now I'm sure there are many ways to do that, but most involve math and I wanted to make this as simple as possible so I started with a 4x4 square as my frame was square.

By looking at the design, I determined that I could use a rectangle, right triangle and a rectangle to recreate the design.  I imported them into XCS

Step 1.  Determined a rectangle 4x2 aligned left and then copied and rotated 90 degrees and aligned top to the 4x4 square would give me the cross in the design. 

Step 2.  A 4x4 right triangle aligned left, copied and then rotated 90 degrees and aligned right to the 4x4 square would give me the x in the design

Step 3. 4 1x1 squares would give me the corner design.  They were place in each corner 

Step 4.  The last step was to add the triangles along the parameter of the square.  Simple math told me they were right triangles 1x1.  I needed to add 8 of those and I used the rotate button and reflection button to get them in the right place.

Sadly, this part I could not do in XCS.  Although I have the beta version which allows node editing, you can not delete segments.  So off to my design software to delete any lines that overlapped.

I removed every shape from my square and went shape by shape adding each to the square.  I then deleted any segment that overlapped.

The 2 rectangles were placed first and all lines were deleted but the ones that made a cross.

The 2 big right triangles were added next and all lines were deleted but the ones that made the X

The 4 1x1 squares were then added and all lines that touched the 4x4 square were deleted.

Finally, for the 8 small right triangles the 2 equal sides were deleted leaving the sides that formed the star point.

I could have done this last step in XCS but since I was already in my design program I grouped the cross lines together, the x lines together, and then the outline of the star lines together.

Once the lines were grouped, I exported the file as an SVG

I imported the svg files into XCS.

I had done a 4x4 square for the easy math, but my wood frame I had was a different size.  I measured the inside down to a 1/16th of an inch and resized the square accordingly.

As a last step to make sure everything was aligned I zoomed in very close to make sure everything was lined up perfectly.

I then placed each section I had grouped onto a different layer.

The cross was blue, the X was black, the star outline was green and the outside square was orange.

I then arranged the layers in the order I wanted them to be cut.  I decided the cross would be first, the X second, the star third and then the outline last.

To make sure that they were cut in these orders, I went to the menu on the right of XCS and chose scanning path for engraving one by one and had by layer turned on.  

file was then cut.

And this is what it looks like in the wooden frame.  Side note, these are actually wooden boxes that when turned over are used to engrave pictures on.  But I got them cheaply off of Amazon and a few came with uneven wood on the front.  Thinking I would have to toss them, I realized if I turned them over, they would make  great wood frames.

So as you can see from the picture I have not painted the quilt or glued in the pieces yet.  That's because I can not decide on a color scheme.  There are so many different color options, and also, there are many different ways to color the pattern.  You can do the star in one big color, or you can alternate 2  or more colors.  The corners you can do as one color so it looks like a square, or do 2 colors to highlight the triangles.  Same for the triangles in the middle. You can do them both the same color to make one big triangle or keep them different colors to show their actual size.

So this part is still a work in progress but whatever I decide I will paint first then glue into place.

Also another little tip is to take a picture of the plain piece and then use the photo editor on your phone to fill in the different pieces with the colors you are considering.  I've shown an example of what I thought would be the final colors until my husband gave it a thumbs down….LOL

I'd love to see if you make this, what colors you go with.  The options are endless.