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Two barn quilts on the U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum in Paintsville, Kentucky on the U.S. 23 Quilt Trail.. A quilt trail is a series of barn quilts (painted wood or metal hung or freestanding quilt squares) installed along a route emphasizing significant architecture and/or aesthetic landscapes.
When the Athens County quilt barn committee first met, they intended to create a quilt barn trail using traditional quilt blocks. However, when, at their second meeting, artist and quilter Lefelhocz presented his idea for a quilt block based on the design of Star Brick, clay brick manufactured in nearby Nelsonville, Ohio during the late 1800s ...
Mount Ulla Barn Quilt, the largest community barn quilt in the United States from 2019 to 2021. In 2014–15, Adele Goodman of the Mount Ulla Historic Preservation Society started development of the Barn Quilt Trail in Mount Ulla and surrounding areas. Barn quilt artists who create in the area are Elsie Bennett, Pam Bostian, and Susan Bostian.
Nakashima Barn History Quilt Installation. The trail hosts several public art installations along the path. An installation titled, "History Quilt", on the Nakashima Barn, depicts the historical timeline of the site from native forest, to sawmill, to dairy farm, to the current recreational site.
Washington County Barn Quilt Trail - is a 16.4 mile (or 26.39 kilometers) route that winds through the beautiful communities of Marine on St. Croix, Scandia, and the Town of May in Minnesota. Along the way, there are 18 barn quilts that are based on quilt patterns in the book The Quiltmaker's Gift. The founder of the Washington County Barn ...
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Their origin is likely connected to barn advertisements. Many rural counties will display their barn quilts as part of a quilt trail, creating a route that connects barns with barn quilts to sponsor local tourism. A fragment of a mountain coverlet from the late 18th-early 19th century. The pattern is known as the 'Cross of Tennessee.'
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