Gwen Johnson’s latest quilt starts with an eight-point star in brown, slate blue and a neutral pastel. Triangles come next and to finish, she surrounds the block with a frame of blue and brown.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STOKES COUNTY, N.C. — Barn quilts are an ...

lewisburg, w.va. – Carnegie Hall is offering a a pair of two-day workshops with Jane DeGroot on barn quilt painting. DeGroot with Wren’s Nest Studio will be teaching the classes on Tuesday, Nov. 14, ...

Debbie Park of Perryville doesn’t use a needle and thread to make colorful quilts; she uses a paint brush and wood. Park creates barn quilts, which are quilt squares painted on boards and displayed on ...

Join us for a creative and colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint your very own barn quilt—a bold, geometric work of art inspired by traditional quilt blocks. You’ll be guided through the ...

MENASHA - Menasha High School art students started painting barn quilts for the surrounding counties in 2015. The students sometimes create the designs and sometimes the recipients choose their own ...

“Barn quilts” is a somewhat deceptive term. They are not something that could keep someone or an animal warm on cold nights spent in a barn. Instead, it refers to boards painted to look like elaborate ...

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Drive down rural roads just over a year from now, and you may pass more than a hundred four-by-four-foot wood pallets covered in hues of reds, blues, oranges, purples and greens ...

Myra Miller stood in her front yard and waved at the small busload of visitors parked across the country road. Miller’s barn, in rural Cologne, is decorated with the “Hole in the Barn” quilt block, a ...

The barn quilt movement can be traced to the early 2000s, when the Ohio Arts Council adapted the idea of painting messages on barns to an artform. "As soon as you learn what they are, you see them all ...

North Carolinians have an unique art form to help make a breath-taking statement: barn quilts. Plan a trip anchored by one of ...

Barn quilts are beautiful, geometric designs that come in a variety of shapes and mediums. Cynthia Buchholz took on this art form as a signature style. Once an artist invested in oil painting, ...