Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Barn Quilt 101 Class
Westmoreland
Saturday, December 7, 2013
1:00 p.m.
Community Building, located at the corner of 2nd St. & Main St.
Call Bobbi Prinz to pre-register - 785-456-3535, 785-457-3436
Pre-registration required. $35.00 fee on arrival at class.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

 
Kansas Flint Hills Quilt Trail
101 Class
Alma, November 2, 2013
 
 








Monday, November 4, 2013

Down The Trail
By Ron Wilson, Poet Lariat
Reprinted with Permission
Some cowboys herded longhorns up the dusty Chisholm Trail.
Some modern folks like trail rides, with horses head to tail.
But there’s a new kind of trail, now that the story’s spilt,
That carries the kind of folks who want to wrangle a barn quilt.
“What’s a barn quilt?” you say. Well, I surely didn’t know,
Until the topic came up here several months ago.
I
t seems a lady in Ohio took a quilt square design, and painted it upon a board.
It was ki
nd of like a sign.
Then that sign was placed upon the side of her barn,
And they called it a “barn quilt” to complete this truthful yarn.
These colorful barn quilts grew in popularity
And spread across the countryside for everyone to see.
Then people got together in a region or county,

To organize some trips to see the Barn quilt bounty.
They call them barn quilt trails, where people go and ride,
To see these pretty barn quilts sprinkled through the countryside.
Now the Flint Hills of Kansas has organized a group

So folks can see these pretty sights
As they travel in a loop.
We give thanks for artists, barn owners and others that this may entail,
And for those modern-day wranglers who travel

The barn quilt trail.
Happy (quilt) Trails!

(copyright 2013)

Sunday, November 3, 2013

 
 
Congratulations
To The
Tonganoxie Historical Society
Barn Quilt 101 Class
Saturday, October 26th
Pave the Way For The
Leavenworth County Barn Quilt Trail!
Follow their success at
Tonganoxie Community Historical Society Facebook