Another part of our Sunday adventure was a sighting of this Quilt Barn along Longbottom road. I think Wilkes county has nine barns so far in their trail. I successfully scaled a hill (avoiding the electric fence) to snap this picture...and left Go Postal in the car explaining to the Pastor why I was so excited to see my first NC Quilt Barn! I wondered why these folks picked the Drunkard's Path as their motif...but maybe I don't want to know. Obviously Go Postal needs a Log Cabin block somewhere on his new barn....I will be planting that seed for sure. This tradition started in the MidWest but I think it is quickly spreading to other areas of the country where quilting heritage is still valued.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Wilkes Quilt Barn
Another part of our Sunday adventure was a sighting of this Quilt Barn along Longbottom road. I think Wilkes county has nine barns so far in their trail. I successfully scaled a hill (avoiding the electric fence) to snap this picture...and left Go Postal in the car explaining to the Pastor why I was so excited to see my first NC Quilt Barn! I wondered why these folks picked the Drunkard's Path as their motif...but maybe I don't want to know. Obviously Go Postal needs a Log Cabin block somewhere on his new barn....I will be planting that seed for sure. This tradition started in the MidWest but I think it is quickly spreading to other areas of the country where quilting heritage is still valued.
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I saw one of those blocks somewhere and didn't have my camera and now I don't even remember where I saw it. Phooey!
DH and I have seen a number of blocks painted on old barns, even in the mid-west, but since I wasn't expecting to see anything like that , my camera wasn't handy.
The barn outside our window on Saturday really, really screamed out for a quilt block, but it would have taken a brave soul to get it up there as the barn really was about to fall in.
I am hoping to do a Quilt Trail of NC tour this summer or in the fall. It is very exciting to see them on the road!
Nane - what a good picture! Congratulations on successfully scaling the electric fence to get the shot. A Log Cabin block on Go Postal's cabin is a slam dunk. Gotta happen!
Too cool! You're right, Go Postal has to have a log cabin block. Sounds like a bee project to me!
What's a quilt barn? Educate me :o) Does it mean the family who owns the barn quilts?
I don't think they have any true meaning other than they promote the art/heritage of quilting. And its like art for your barn! Better than Mail Pouch tobacco or See Rock City I guess!!
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