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Quilt Barn Trails began in Southeast Ohio and spread throughout Appalachia in the twentieth century to promote tourism and to celebrate community heritage. The "quilts" are flat blocks of wood painted to look like quilts and affixed prominently to the side of a barn. Quilt Barn Trails are now popping up throughout the United States thanks to the efforts of community groups, scholars, and local and regional government and agencies. The Quilt Barn Trails, when linked with other local and regional quilt resources (museum collections, galleries, studios, and fabric and equipment sources), are fostering greater awareness of the continued interest in quiltmaking and quilt history studies.

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Publications

"Follow the quilt barn trails: Quilt barn paintings make public art accessible to rural communities – and tourists." Christian Science Monitor, 2008.

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2008/0602/p17s01-hfgn.html

Kentucky Arts Council. Kentucky Quilt Trails: Views and Voices. (book)

Johnson, Evelyn. Barns of Old Mission Peninsula and their Stories. Eladybug Publications, 2007.

Meyer, Zlati. "You Haven't Lived Here Until You See the Quilt Barns." Detroit Free Press, February 28, 2010.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100228/NEWS06/2280471/You-see-the-quilt-barns

Miller, Hannah. "Stars and Barns: The Quilt Trails project brings more color, customs and tourists to the northwestern Carolina countryside." Carolina Country.

http://www.quilttrailswnc.org/carolina-country-article.pdf

Warner, Charlie. "Sale of barn quilts will help jump-start new organization." ARGUS News.

http://hometownargus.com/content/view/3139/

Colorado

The Colorado Quilt Council is beginning a barn quilt trail in Colorado. Their mission is to create and document the Quilt Trails of Colorado project, and provide self-guided walking tours of each trail.

http://americanquilttrail.blogspot.com/2010/11/colorado-classic.html

http://www.americanquiltbarns.com/the-colorado-trail.html

Georgia

Southern Quilt Trail

http://www.southernquilttrail.com/

Indiana

Quilt Gardens

Quilt Gardens Along the Heritage Trail, Elkhart, County, Indiana
http://www.amishcountry.org/quiltgardens/

Iowa

The Barn Quilts of Sac County, Iowa

http://www.barnquilts.com/about.html

Kentucky

Boone Barn Quilts

Boone County, Kentucky
Sponsored by the Florence Woman's Club
http://BooneBarnQuilts.com

Estill County Quilt Trail

http://www.estill.k12.ky.us/estill_county_quilt_trail.htm

Hickman County Quilt Trail

http://hickmancoquilttrail.wordpress.com/

Kentucky Quilt Trail

http://www.kentuckyquilttrail.org/

Kentucky Arts Council - Kentucky Quilt Trails

Discover quilt trails by county at http://artscouncil.ky.gov/QTrails/QTrails.htm

Rowan County Kentucky Foothills Quilt Trail

http://rcquilttrail.tripod.com/

Michigan

Alcona County Quilt Trail

http://www.alconaquilttrail.com/

Osceola County

Old Mission Peninsula

http://www.barnsofoldmission.com/
http://www.mibarn.net/Events/QuiltBarnsofOldMissionPeninsula.html
Map of the Old Mission Quilt Barn Trail: http://www.mibarn.net/Events/_documents/QuiltBro.pdf
Instructions for Creating a quilt barn: http://www.mibarn.net/Events/_documents_QuiltBarnsofOldMissionPeninsula/buildingQuiltSquare.pdf

New York

Country Barn Quilt Trail of Western New York

http://www.countrybarnquilttrail.com/

North Carolina

Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina

http://www.quilttrailswnc.org/

List of quilt blocks in Mitchell and Yancey counties:

http://www.quilttrailswnc.org/maps.html#blocklist

See also:

Ashe County

http://www.ashecountyarts.org/BarnQuilt.htm

Avery County

http://www.averycountyartscouncil.org/pages/avery_quilt_trail_new.html

Macon County Quilt Trail

http://www.maconcountyquilttrail.org/

Madison County

http://www.madisoncountyarts.com/mcac/QUILTS.CFM

McDowell Quilt Trail, McDowell County

http://mcdowellquilttrail.org/

Wautauga County

http://www.watauga-arts.org/pages/barn.html

Yadkin Valley Quilt Trail

http://shacktownnc.com/YadkinValleyQuiltTrail.php

Ohio

Adams County

http://adamscountytravel.org/quiltbarns.html

Athens County

http://www.athensohio.com/whattodo/index.php?page=25&item=76

“Barn Clothesline” of Quilt Squares

The Adams County Ohio Quilt Sampler Project-Quilt Barn Squares
The original Quilt Barn Trail
http://appalachiandiscovery.com/Quilt_Barn_Squares.htm

Monroe County, Ohio Quilt Barns

http://www.monroecountyohio.net/tourism/barns/

Tennessee

The Tennessee Quilt Trail Barns were made possible in part by the Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development Council.

Carter County

Greene County

Johnson County

Sullivan County

Unicoi County

Washington County

Learn more about the Tennessee Quilt Trail at http://www.appalachianrcd.org/quilttrail/.

Texas

Terry County Quilt Trail

First quilt trail in Texas
http://www.terrycountyquilts.com/QuiltTrail.html

Where You Can Buy Quilt Barn Panels

Barn Quilting: Sharing the Art of Community

http://barnquilting.ning.com/forum/topics/barn-quilts-for-sale

Sara's Barn Quilt Creations For Sale

http://sarasbarnquiltcreations.blogspot.com/

Safety and Courtesy

On any quilt trail, please use caution when slowing down or stopping near a site. Stopping on busy roads can be dangerous and illegal. All Quilt Barn sites are located on private property. They should be viewed only from the road unless otherwise indicated at the site location or if that site is a business open to the public.