*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. KAREN PARRISH • Tell us about yourself. My company is called Heritage Barn Quilts. Barn quilts are painted quilt patterns or ...
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.
"I just wanted to see all the barn quilts in Northwest Arkansas, so I started plotting them on Google Earth -- and I saw that Springdale didn't have any. And thus the project was born." Rom had been ...
“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 ...
Farmers who host the quilts told the Carroll County Times that the quilts honor the generational legacies of their farms.
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 ...
A West Valley couple who began making large wooden barn quilts for neighbors and friends early in the COVID-19 pandemic continue adding to their body of work, delighting fans of the outdoor art.
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 ...
In the months this group of women spent crafting Lancaster County’s fourth barn quilt, they’ve also collected quilt quotes. “Our lives are like quilts, bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with ...
Inspired by the traditional barn quilt movement, The Springdale Barn Quilt Project will add Springdale stops to the Northwest Arkansas Quilt Trail, connecting the trail from Brentwood to Bella Vista ...