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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Host Mary Holm visits with Ward Voorhees. Ward tells how the barn quilt trail was created. A barn quilt trail has just been created in Stevens County in West Central Minnesota. Host Mary Holm visits ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...