AKRON, Ohio — Paintings of quilt squares are popping up on barns around the country. But they’re more than just a folksy attempt to beautify the rural landscape. These are the engines of a movement to ...

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 ...

CLEMENT - Kellie Tew positioned a star stencil over a grid penciled on a 12-by-8-foot wooden American flag display. Carefully, Tew dabbed white paint on the plywood flag, then lifted the stencil to ...

Barn quilts, the colorful patchwork designs on barns and other outbuildings in several counties around Iowa, have really caught on in Hancock County. They are showing up on quilt shops, barns, machine ...

See the Hunter family’s blue-starred barn quilt, celebrating Port Hope heritage and expanding the Lumberyard Museum’s ...

Elsie Bennett knew the feed business wasn’t going to sustain her 100-plus-year-old general store. Looking for a way to rejuvenate the Bear Poplar shop, Elsie Bennett found an answer in art. When ...

Elsie Bennett designed and painted the new 12-foot-12-foot barn quilt for Patterson Farm. This barn quilt, put up Tuesday, is thought to be the biggest barn quilt in Rowan County and maybe surrounding ...

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 ...

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 ...

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