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 ...

Take a road trip in the Midwest to see a homegrown art form that creatively combines aspects of Americana. Credit...Kevin Miyazaki for The New York Times Supported by By Jackie Snow Jim Leuenberger ...

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 ...

WILLMAR — For decades people have brightened up the outside of their barns, homes and garages with wood barn quilts. They are splashes of color and history that can be found throughout the United ...

Artwork on a Morgan County barn has been chosen to represent Colorado in a new redwork ornament kit by historic needlework designer, The Posy Collection. The “Bow tie” design on Bill and Nancy Lauck’s ...

Imagine driving on a county road past acres of farmland, when suddenly you spot what looks like a bright quilt hanging over the entrance to a rustic barn. This unexpected sighting of art is becoming ...

If you're out for a drive in P.E.I.'s countryside you might notice something unusual hanging from barns: wooden "quilts." Twenty barns across the Island are now adorned with the brightly coloured ...

NEW MILFORD — Pops of color sprinkle the countryside with images found in a bedroom rather than painted several feet high on a barn. The town’s barn quilt trail is part of a national trend, and is the ...

The Overland Trail Museum is very excited to be hosting an exhibit coming to us from the Smithsonian Institute and sponsored by Colorado Humanities. The exhibit is titled “Crossroads – Change in Rural ...

Olivia Nienaber dipped a paintbrush into a can of Sherwin Williams’ Calypso blue last week, wiped off a few excess drips and carefully painted a straight, smooth line onto a white sheet of plywood.

It’s an idea that started in Ohio about two decades ago and was brought to the Okanagan in 2016: visiting area buildings with beautiful patterns on them. The patterns are called barn quilts and come ...

MOUNT ULLA — As she watched an army of eight men hoist the third panel into place Tuesday morning, Elsie Bennett acknowledged it took “a lot of prayer and a lot of math” to create this particular barn ...