Last week when we were on our way to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to visit our friend Pat, Ron decided to take a bit of a detour and go on some back road to avoid the construction on the highway around Green Bay, Wisconsin. We had driven only a short while, when we stumbled upon some barn quilts.
After we arrived home on Sunday, I checked to see if there was actually a Barn Quilt Trail in that area.
Much to my surprise, there was not only a trail, but it happens to be the largest trail.
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I wrote to Shawano County in Wisconsin to see what kind of information I could get about the Barn Quilts.
They sent me a map and list of addresses for 250 quilts in their county. It appears though, since the map was originally printed, more have been added. |
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| These first two, I have not been able to find the names of the patterns. |
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| This one is called "BIKING IS LIFE". It is on the Lynch farm, in Bonduel, Wisc. |
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When you go to their website, they have 6 pages of pictures of the quilts for the first 250 which are on the map.
Also, there may be a second page, that will tell you more about how the quilt got its name, and more information about the barn and or family, business that where it is placed. |
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More barn quilts have been installed this year, and appear on another site list, that is not in the brochure
This pattern I could not find, and I have no idea where we saw it.. |
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| It is an interesting barn and great quilt. |
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| Here is "ALL STAR ARRAY". It is on the Ebert family barn, in Bonduel. |
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| One of the things we did see were quilts that looked similar to each other. This was one of them. I saw it on another barn, and had not realized it was considered a barn quilt, and that we were on a trail. |
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| While driving we did come across this farmer with his rig plowing in the fields. We stopped for a while to watch how he was working the field. Very interesting. |
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| Here is "SUNFLOWERS", at Windswept Acres in Cecil. |
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| "IRIS RAINBOW" is on the reverse of the same barn at Windswept Acres, in Cecil. |
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| "OLD GLORY CHEVRON" is on a barn that was in the town limits. It is on the Zernieke Family Barn, in Bonduel. |
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| Ron, really liked this one. It was interesting that it is on the doors and between the two silos. |
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| I was not able to find the name of this quilt block. |
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| Even quilt shops have barn quilts on them. |
