Take a road trip in the Midwest to see a homegrown art form that creatively combines aspects of Americana. Credit...Kevin Miyazaki for The New York Times Supported by By Jackie Snow Jim Leuenberger ...
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 project ...
A few winters ago, a case of cabin fever set in. We yearned for the warmth and color of spring, but it was still weeks away. With no better plans, we jumped in the car and went on a day trip on small ...
“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 ...
Phyllis DeWys wasn’t expecting to get as inspired as she did while accompanying her husband on a pheasant hunt. “I go out in the field,” she said. “I don’t carry a gun. I don’t find any pleasure in it ...
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, ...
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.
CLEMENT - Kellie Tew positioned a star stencil over a grid penciled on a 12-by-8-foot wooden American flag display. Carefully, Tew dabbed white paint on the plywood flag, then lifted the stencil to ...