Want to read more good news about Alabama? Sign up for the This is Alabama newsletter here. A rustic barn is a picturesque reminder of Alabama’s agricultural roots. Add a “barn quilt” – a hand-painted ...

ALTA VISTA — A group of Kansans are putting aside their thread and needles and picking up paintbrushes to create quilt blocks on barns throughout the Flint Hills. Since its initiation last fall, the ...

ATHENS, Ala. – There’s nothing more comforting than wrapping yourself in one of your grandmother’s quilts. One group is using that idea to wrap some love around north Alabama barns. The Alabama Barn ...

Last year, Sweetums and I were on one of our road trips through rural Alabama when we spotted a See Rock City barn and stopped to take a photo. The barn next to it was picturesque also: It featured a ...

A contemporary design adapted by Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust Inc., incorporating a sheaf of grain by its staff after research into barn quilt block designs, was made for the Weantinoge barn on ...

Becky Thomas has long admired the barn quilts of Kittitas County. More than 100 colorful wooden panels inspired by quilt patterns are hung on barns around Ellensburg and Cle Elum. The artwork ...