Hi Retired, I am from Charles City ,Iowa area. And Yes, the quilt guilds do most of the quilts on barns. Not all, but lots of them In Floyd , Chickasaw, and Fayeitte Countys there are hundreds of barns with QBs. Our guild recieved a grant from the state 3 years ago. That grant paid for all the materials to make and paint them. Then the owners of the Barns help with the instalation of them on the barns. There are rules in order to be able to have them. 1-must be on a hard surface road. 2- must be visible from the road without pearsons trsspassing on private prop..and several others that don't come to mind. But yes, it stated with quilt guilds.