Originally Posted by Retired Nurse
We just returned from a trip to Iowa. Between Caledonia and Hokah, MN we saw several barns with approx 8 X 8 squares, painted, which appeared to be quilt squares. One was a pinwheel, another hour glass, etc. One barn had multiple squares. Is this some type of quilter insignia or has quilting just gone to my head? We also saw one or two in WI.
Something fun to do I got a gift card to buy supplies for one for our barn. But it's not a tall farm barn, just a shorter shop barn, so I'm going to make mine 4x4. Probably make two, actually.
Some areas of the country have groups that help make the barn quilts. One group uses a special aluminum with special paint.
Hopefully that gal will see you post and give you information on one.