A Tyler woman is taking steps to make the area a new destination for those who love quilting and exploring the area. Barn quilt block trails involve businesses, people or groups making and displaying ...

SUMNER, Iowa — Barn quilts are spreading over northeast Iowa. On a recent summer morning, Butler Rural Electric employees Ben Bowman and Matt Rowell hung a quilt block on Ruth Pickar’s barn near ...

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 ...

Rosemary Pacha poses for a portrait with her barn quilt called “Iowa Barn and Silo” at her century farm in Brighton on May 7. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo If you’ve driven through the Iowa ...

Myra Miller stood in her front yard and waved at the small busload of visitors parked across the country road. Miller’s barn, in rural Cologne, is decorated with the “Hole in the Barn” quilt block, a ...

The Barn Quilt Block project is only one plan in the works to bring art to the outdoors in this rural county. A Hidden History Mural Trail also is set to take shape this spring in places like Neshkoro ...

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 ...

Want to read more good news about Alabama? Sign up for the This is Alabama newsletter here. A rustic barn is a picturesque reminder of Alabama’s agricultural roots. Add a “barn quilt” – a hand-painted ...

A barn quilt made by Sandy Heyman of Burns shows the gridwork that is the backdrop to making one. Annie Calovich The Wichita Eagle Barn quilts have become a colorful addition to rural USA, crowning ...

The six-volunteer New Milford Barn Quilt Trail Committee will on March 1 launch an ambitious crowd funding campaign through www.ioby.com to raise $17,000 online within six weeks. Every dollar raised ...

ATHENS, Ala. – There’s nothing more comforting than wrapping yourself in one of your grandmother’s quilts. One group is using that idea to wrap some love around north Alabama barns. The Alabama Barn ...