Quilts On Barns In Kentucky
Unfortunately a lot of the links no longer work or are outdated.
Quilts on barns in kentucky. Quilt trails are created by quilt guilds civic groups local arts councils 4 h clubs school groups and other organizations. See more ideas about barn quilts quilts barn. Kentucky barn quilt trail map click a county to visit that quilt trail s website. In the past quilts might have been seen warming a bed gracing a couch or flapping on a clothesline but with the advent of the kentucky quilt trail images of quilts now blossom as bright patterns on the sides of weathered barns and other buildings across the commonwealth.
See more ideas about barn quilts quilts barn art. Kentucky s quilt trails were organized by the kentucky arts council. Welcome to the kentucky arts council s portal site to quilt trail projects throughout the commonwealth. Kentucky was the next to join.
Oct 27 2016 barns in kentucky with painted quilt panels on them. The barn quilt quilt was originally oct 2019 on display at the chamber of commerce. Jun 23 2019 explore quilt with judy s board barn quilts followed by 754 people on pinterest. The bluegrass state is home to about 800 painted quilts.
This kentucky barn scene was found at the gladie center in the red river gorge an area surrounded by the daniel boone national forest. Barn quilts in jessamine county kentucky were created and installed in 2007 2009. Here is one resource. Painting quilt patterns on barns was first done in the mountains of west virginia and then spread to kentucky and north carolina as a way to celebrate rural life.
Donna sue groves of adams county ohio has been credited for the initial inspiration for the clothesline of quilts trail theme. The idea for barn quilts probably originated with the hex signs that were painted on barns in pennsylvania. Members of jpq with our barn quilt at the jess. The barn quilt google map linked above shows the locations of the barn quilts.
I have also put any other links i could find for each county s quilt trail on each gallery. It s fun to travel the backroads of kentucky and look for these barns.