A barn quilt made by Sandy Heyman of Burns shows the gridwork that is the backdrop to making one. Annie Calovich The Wichita Eagle Barn quilts have become a colorful addition to rural USA ...

“I had no idea what a barn quilt was until he got on the internet and showed me,” said Clarke, of Jetmore. Now the spark that ignited on a cold winter day is hanging at the Kansas State Fair ...

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and these write-ups are all available in easily readable format in a binder displayed next to the community quilt, which is on display in the Domestic Arts Building at the Kansas State Fair.

“We beat Kansas,” said Goodman, who has been instrumental in forming the Rowan Barn Quilt Alliance. In recent years, the group has fostered an explosion of barn quilts in the county. Bennett ...