Gwen Johnson’s latest quilt starts with an eight-point star in brown, slate blue and a neutral pastel. Triangles come next and to finish, she surrounds the block with a frame of blue and brown.

“Barn quilts” is a somewhat deceptive term. They are not something that could keep someone or an animal warm on cold nights spent in a barn. Instead, it refers to boards painted to look like elaborate ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A few winters ago, a case of cabin fever set in. We yearned for the warmth and color of spring, but it ...

It may be too late to close the proverbial barn door now that the American Quilt Barn Trail has made its way into Mesa County. Barns that display large, colorful quilt patterns painted on wooden ...

Phyllis DeWys wasn’t expecting to get as inspired as she did while accompanying her husband on a pheasant hunt. “I go out in the field,” she said. “I don’t carry a gun. I don’t find any pleasure in it ...

Morgan County now has 61 sites with barn quilts. Nancy Lauck, barn quilt project coordinator, has compiled a list of the sites. When viewing and enjoying the quilt trail use caution when slowing or ...

Anyone who knows Adele Goodman knows she loves history, her family and country living. That seems a natural progression since Adele’s family tree goes back several centuries, with many of her ...

People browse the quilts on display Saturday at the Canaan Farmers Hall in Canaan. A group of volunteers worked with students at Canaan Elementary School to create 28 barn quilts, shown on the stage.