Quilt Barn Trails

As we are driving across the country on this tour I keep noticing all of this awesome wooden quilt squares on the sides of barns out here.  I asked our usually dorky and encyclopedic bass player yesterday but even he was clueless (no offense Jeff. You usually have plenty of ridiculous information on hand).  So,  I looked it up. And it was pretty cool.  

There are plenty of places to dig up further histories and retellings but the dorky link is here for a basic story of one woman's desire to created a national trail of quilt squares by which the traveling public could both enjoy a rich strain of history and plug support back into the surrounding rural communities. Very cool idea and it works.  Even the guys in the van are noticing and pointing out some of their favorites which is a testament to the contagious and simple power in the design of a single quilt square. I dig this. Big time.