Barn quilts are beautiful, geometric designs that come in a variety of shapes and mediums. Cynthia Buchholz took on this art form as a signature style. Once an artist invested in oil painting, ...

Just in time for Christmas shopping. The Kansas Flint Hills Quilt Trail announces “Kansas Barn Quilts” coloring books by John H. Lettau. Lettau, a geometric design fanatic, has previously offered ...

Barn quilts are a fairly new configuration of a very old tradition. The brightly colored public designs combine art and architecture and community interaction, standing out like beacons along rural ...

Join us for a creative and colorful workshop where you’ll design and paint your very own barn quilt—a bold, geometric work of art inspired by traditional quilt blocks. You’ll be guided through the ...

The ideas blossomed as Joanne Clarke sat stuck inside at her son’s Mount Hope home during a Thanksgiving weekend ice storm. They discussed ways to solve some of the world’s problems and how to build a ...

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 ...

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 ...

MORGAN’S POINT RESORT — Melissa Pierce was laid off from her healthcare recruiter job in October, but has since been busy creating more than 40 barn quilts from her home. Barn quilts are simple ...

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 ...

Much of modern farmhouse style – the shiplap, natural materials and distressed finishes popularized by magazines and shows such as HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” – evokes a simpler time in a vague, nostalgic ...