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“Barn quilts” is a somewhat deceptive term. They are not something that could keep someone or an animal warm on cold nights spent in a barn. Instead, it refers to boards painted to look like elaborate ...
Host Mary Holm visits with Ward Voorhees. Ward tells how the barn quilt trail was created. A barn quilt trail has just been created in Stevens County in West Central Minnesota. Host Mary Holm visits ...
Donna Sue Groves once mused that an old barn would look nicer if draped in a quilt. When she painted a quilt block design onto wood in honor of her mother’s beautiful handmade quilts, that simple idea ...
When his wife asked Burgess Marshbanks to paint a large quilt pattern for their barn, he didn't know how to buy paint or brushes. Now, Scott Mason explains, he's completed over 100 barn quilts, which ...
First Farm Inn’s entry on the ‘Quilt Trail’ promotes spaying, neutering of stray and barn cats. PETERSBURG – Not far from the Petersburg exit off I-275 in western Boone County, you’ll find the ...
A student’s completed work is seen following a wood barn quilts program in the Exploration Commons classroom on Saturday, March 25, 2023. The students learned the basics of color mapping in laser ...
Phyllis DeWys wasn’t expecting to get as inspired as she did while accompanying her husband on a pheasant hunt. “I go out in the field,” she said. “I don’t carry a gun. I don’t find any pleasure in it ...