what you saw is called in our area 'quilt trails' ours is the western north carolina chapter www.quilttrailswnc.org these blocks are all up and down the eastern coast. where i live i can see 2- 8' blocks at all times.my daughter is in college and is in the process of fixing a block to donate to her college for her senior project, this is her heritage, the college is so excited.this process can involve the local high school art department, carpenter dept. and retired people . it also helps to bring tourist in (people really do go quilt block looking) we have our county divided into 9 sections.my section has18 blocks and it takes 3 hours to drive, we are talking picnic lunch,beautiful mountains ect. these blocks are from 2' to 8' in size and cost from250. and up they are on barns ,churches and business. this is more info. then you may have wanted ,so tell husband you really did see quilt blocks on barns.