Quilts bring new life to old barns The barn quilt movement has spread to Ashe County, where dozens of old barns are decorated with colorful patterns and have drawn tourists from across the country.

They are followed by quilt patterns for sale. A great way to use up those precut squares is to make a smaller quilt. Many of these patterns are small quilts that you can finish in a weekend.

Barn quilts are a fairly new configuration of a very old tradition. The brightly colored public designs combine art and architecture and community interaction, standing out like beacons along ...

The newest collaboration includes versatile fabrics with geometric patterns, marled textures and performance-ready designs for modern interiors.

Bemidji Chamber Ambassadors recently congratulated Julie McFarlane on the opening of her new business, Hooked on Quilts, ...

The walls of the new store are lined with intricate and colorful quilts, each either an example of a pattern for purchase or the theme of a class. Hodgeboom and Quilt Gallery employee Connie ...

Some quilts pieced together small bits of fabric, while others incorporated unique patterns. About half of the exhibited quilts were made as functional pieces to warm a bed.

Many barn-quilt squares are painted to hew closely to traditional quilt patterns. Kevin Miyazaki for The New York Times ...