If you ve ever heard of something called the ohio barn quilt trail you should set aside a day to explore the quilt barns nearest you because there s likely a county dotted with these special barns less than an hour s drive time away.
Barn quilt trail ohio.
Starting in 2001 with the adams county quilt sampler the trail has grown to include over a dozen counties.
The barn quilt geo trail includes 40 geocaches of various types near many of the barn quilt locations including traditional multi puzzle letterbox and wherigo geocaches.
The ohio quilt trail is ground zero for the barn quilt movement.
1 of 54 barn quilts in clinton county ohio.
When people couldn t afford to paint their barns they would create a pattern much like the quilts on their beds and use any leftover paint from their house to paint quilts.
Published in 2012 the story of the quilt trail featuring 27 states and dozens of barn quilt stories order autographed copies the first quilt trail was created in adams county ohio in 2001.
Wild iris 34 on the clinton county bicentennial barn quilt trail ohio.
The geo trail should take about 3 5 hours to complete a trackable geocoin is available to geocachers who complete the requirements and submit their completed trail guide.
As is often the case good ideas fall by the wayside when work and other obligations intervene.
Donna sue groves wanted to honor her mother maxine and her quilting art by painting a quilt block on their tobacco barn.
History of the quilt trail the concept of barn quilts began with donna sue groves and her wish to honor her mother maxine and her appalachian heritage by having a painted quilt hung on her barn in adams county ohio.
For a little history of the trail watch this.
Once the adams county committee began work nearby brown county and artist joann may took on the task of creating a quilt trail.
About the trail the ashtabula county barn quilt trail wanders across ohio s largest county taking in working farms orchards wineries historical sites and private property owners proud of their county businesses and homes.
This 6th generation farm established in 1811 attained century farm status n 2001.
Barn quilt trail map click a state to see the quilt trails in that state.
Barn quilts originated in the south.
1890 barn showcases the family s appreciation of gardening.
Chances are your own county is hiding a few of these special barns.