Barn quilts are a fairly new configuration of a very old tradition. The brightly colored public designs combine art and architecture and community interaction, standing out like beacons along rural ...

STOKES COUNTY, N.C. — Barn quilts are an extra measure of beauty in an already scenic landscape. “That pop of color makes all the difference, it catches your eyes,” said Lauren Byron, with Market on ...

Last year, Sweetums and I were on one of our road trips through rural Alabama when we spotted a See Rock City barn and stopped to take a photo. The barn next to it was picturesque also: It featured a ...

The barn quilt movement has spread to Ashe County, where dozens of old barns are decorated with colorful patterns and have drawn tourists from across the country. The barn quilt movement has spread to ...

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.

Joan Hayden first learned about barn quilts at a meeting with the local Flying Geese Quilt Guild in 2016. The guest speaker at the meeting that day was Suzi Parron, an author who writes and speaks ...

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 ...

As late-winter brown gives way to spring green, a drive through north-central Minnesota offers some surprising and unexpected flashes of color on barns, businesses and other buildings. The oversized ...

“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 ...

The barn art has proved to be popular, drawing visitors from throughout the United States and Canada, from early spring through the fall foliage season, according to Kay Hamilton, assistant director ...