A student’s completed work is seen following a wood barn quilts program in the Exploration Commons classroom on Saturday, March 25, 2023. The students learned the basics of color mapping in laser ...

Quilts without stitches, made of plywood and paint, have been decorating barns and sheds since the early 1990s. The concept of barn quilts was started in Adams County, Ohio, in 1991 by a quilter who ...

Upon taking a barn quilt class at Rocori Senior Center in Cold Spring this fall, I became interested in the history of these decorative squares of wood on buildings that is gaining popularity in ...

HURRICANE — The history of making and adding barn quilts to a farm structure goes back to the Europe of 300 years ago and the idea has flourished here in the U.S. in recent times. The art form ...

WADENA, Minn. — Hundreds of brightly painted barn quilts brighten the back roads and highways of central Minnesota. Mounted on barns, fence posts, parks and community spaces, these large-scale, ...

COOPERSVILLE - The Michigan Barn Quilt Trail just added another stop as the Coopersville Farm Museum and Event Center has added a barn quilt to its 40-foot high silo entrance to the museum. The six-by ...

Much of modern farmhouse style – the shiplap, natural materials and distressed finishes popularized by magazines and shows such as HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” – evokes a simpler time in a vague, nostalgic ...

WILLMAR — For decades people have brightened up the outside of their barns, homes and garages with wood barn quilts. They are splashes of color and history that can be found throughout the United ...

The Ottawa County Barn Quilt Trail has 32 barn quilts. There is at least one in every township. Soon there will be a brochure that includes a photo of each, the name of the design and location of the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A few winters ago, a case of cabin fever set in. We yearned for the warmth and color of spring, but it ...

SOMETHING TO DO BEFORE THAT WINTER WEATHER MOVES IN THIS WEEKEND. HOW ABOUT A LITTLE ROAD TRIP TO HARFORD COUNTY TO CHECK OUT THEIR BARN QUILTS? YOU’RE PROBABLY WONDERING, WHAT’S A BARN QUILT? I HAD ...

Much of modern farmhouse style — the shiplap, natural materials and distressed finishes popularized by magazines and shows such as HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” — evokes a simpler time in a vague, nostalgic ...