Houston County Barn Quilt Bus Tour
Wednesday May 9, 2012
Starting at the Houston County Historical Museum Complex (far east
side of Caledonia, MN)
8:15am to 3pm
Tour: See 31
beautifully painted wooden 8X8 barn quilts on area farms throughout
this scenic Blufflands County. Your tour guide will explain how the
project was started and read actual barn quilt owners stories at
each stop. Tour includes time for shopping in some unique art and
gift shops and time on your own to tour the Houston County
Historical Society Museums. Lunch is included.
For Reservations and More Information Call:
Northland Travel - 563.382.1271
Price per person for tour and lunch is $54
Last date to sign up is April 25
February 2, 2012: Winter Quilt #3
September 15, 2011: Featured Barn Quilt
Quilt #3 – Star Variation – Orv and Patt Guth. We purchased our farm in 1979 and unfortunately have no information or history prior to that. Our barn appears to us as never having been painted; there is no evidence of paint anywhere. Patt was very intrigued with the idea of barn quilts and felt our barn would be perfect site for a quilt because it faced the highway. I choose my pattern Star Variation from a book. I thought its simplicity was appropriate on our simply designed barn, I painted the quilt pattern at the fairgrounds in a building set up for the painting. It was hot, the flies were bad and the air stifling in the building in late July. I had one week to do it prior to going on vacation. I live very close to the fairgrounds and painted early mornings to put on a coat of paint and late afternoons to finish in a short time period. Once it was painted my husband put two coats of polyurethane on the quilt to protect it from weather, Smiley Bauer said he would hang it on the barn and he and his two sons came out one afternoon and up it went on the face of the barn. I enjoy seeing it everyday when we drive by, and I appreciate all the comments from others who view it. I think it was one of the better ideas for community development in the last many years. It is unique to our county and puts us on the map if you will
July 22, 2011: New Featured Barn Quilt - Quilt #2 - ASTER
Ken and Erma Esch –
My daughter Sara mailed quilt patterns to me that had been
used in
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