Saw my first and hopefully, not my last - BARN QUILT - on a barn on Hwy 60 - in western Kentucky - not far from Missouri. We went to see our DD in Paducah this past weekend. Also went to Hancocks of Paducah also - more pictures later.
Barn quilts are rampant throughout Kentucky. They are especially prevalent in the middle to eastern part. They are gradually spreading westward though. I live in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio border; in Daviess County KY. Our local Extension Office has coupled with the homemakers and some of the members of my quilt guild to make and sell Barn Quilts for what it costs to make them. They just began in August and already have almost 30 contracts signed and ready to be painted and installed. We are thrilled! The state of Kentucky has a website through the Kentucky Arts Council that gives you maps and sometimes addresses of barn quilts. Our committee orders the special light-weight metal and paint especially for this purpose from a company in Chicago. If you google Kentucky Barn quilts, you can read all about them and find locations. Ours are not there yet, but hope to be by this summer. We love them.