Olivia Nienaber dipped a paintbrush into a can of Sherwin Williams’ Calypso blue last week, wiped off a few excess drips and carefully painted a straight, smooth line onto a white sheet of plywood.

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.

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 ...

Fall is finally upon us, and as the trees begin to change colors, offering scenic drives through Carroll’s rich landscapes, barn quilts offer roadside viewers the opportunity to engage with the county ...

The barn art has proved to be popular, drawing visitors from throughout the United States and Canada, from early spring through the fall foliage season, according to Kay Hamilton, assistant director ...

Debbie Park of Perryville doesn’t use a needle and thread to make colorful quilts; she uses a paint brush and wood. Park creates barn quilts, which are quilt squares painted on boards and displayed on ...

BEAR POPLAR — When it’s completed, the community barn quilt being created square by square at West Rowan Farm, Home & Garden will be the size of a small apartment. The exact dimensions are 10 feet ...

FAYETTE — A ribbon of white fence traces the cracked blacktop road as it winds through Howard County. Grazing livestock and rows of corn mark the landscape. There’s a bend in the road, and out of ...

A group of Madison County residents are trying to organize a local barn quilt tour similar to the Blue Ridge Barn Quilt Tour, a driving tour of barn quilts in Greene County that is now in the ...

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