"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 ...

A few winters ago, a case of cabin fever set in. We yearned for the warmth and color of spring, but it was still weeks away. With no better plans, we jumped in the car and went on a day trip on small ...

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 ...

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 ...

My first experiences with quilts were sketchy. When we’d make a winter visit to the farm, Grandma pulled out suspect specimens from the darker recesses of closets. Faded and moth-bitten, the quilts ...

Inspired by the barn quilts of Kittitas County, Becky and Chawley Thomas began making barn quilts, large wooden panels painted to look like quilt squares, for neighbors and friends early in the ...

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 ...

Carl Cottingham’s mother was not impressed with his attempts at quilting. As a youngster, he knew winter was coming when his mother, aunts and friends would rearrange the furniture in the Cottingham’s ...