“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 ...

MILLBRIDGE — Every visit to the Country Life Museum at Sloan Park seems to reveal something new. Inside, you see the new collection of kids’ pedal tractors — 18 in all — displayed high along a wall.

“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 ...

Melissa Drury has a basement studio at her home where she pours her "heart and soul" into her passion – colorful barn quilt squares that adorn the sides of buildings across rural Kentucky. Drury, a ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STOKES COUNTY, N.C. — Barn quilts are an ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

MILLBRIDGE — There’s a giant barn quilt square on Millbridge Elementary School, and every staff person at the school had a hand in it. It’s the brainchild of Principal Jordan Baker, whose wife had ...

North Carolina is renowned for its music, creativity, and breathtaking mountain views, but its large-scale artworks offer another compelling reason to visit the state. And, while your mind may ...