She teaches classes on how to make barn quilts and pre-draws the patterns for her students to paint. She estimates she’s drawn out at least 3,000 barn quilts herself, which is why she’s known ...

Fabric, thread and yarn ruled at the 2023 quilt show but some quilters painted their patterns at two sold-out barn quilt classes. Barn quilts are a way to explore yet another type of quilting.

Carver County's barn quilt trail began in 2011 and has grown to four dozen sites. Bus tours have helped day-trippers view the quilts, with stops at wineries, breweries, orchards and cafes.

To make a barn quilt like Lauck’s, one needs .76-inch plywood cut to either 4-foot or 8-foot squares. That thickness is ideal, she said, as it does not come apart as easily, but is not ...

The quilt has images of a dozen McHenry County barns ringed around a central square that depicts a dairy barn typical of the area. The central barn was reproduced from a sketch by artist Lori ...

Barn quilts are the brainchild of Donna Sue Groves of Adams County, Ohio. A breast cancer survivor, she wanted to do something in honor of her mother, a celebrated quilter, while sprucing up her ...

This 10-foot-by-10-foot quilt is big enough to decorate a building, not a bed or a lap. Horn read an LNP story in the fall about Willow Valley Communities’ own barn quilt.

Heyman has been making and selling barn quilts for about five years. Many buy the 2-by-2-foot boards to make their own. She has been making them for about five years.

These are just three stories from the 208 that make up the Frontier Barn Quilt Trail. Mike Crampton brainstormed the idea of incorporating a Barn Quilt Trail as a way to increase local tourism ...

The Barn Quilts of Carver County offers support during COVID-19. What began in 2011 as a community-wide, public art project – continues as one during this unprecedented time. This year, the p… ...