White County Barn Quilt Trail

07/11/2024

It's that time of the year again to get your fresh Arkansas pecans. We will be going in the next few days to pick them up so get your order in to ensure you get yours. Call 501-827-1705 or come by 434 Hwy 5 Rose Bud.

12/10/2024

With Rolling Meadows Nursery and Garden Center LLC – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

01/10/2024

Back by request!!! We are happy to announce that we will be hosting another Barn Quilt Painting Class this Fall. This time we are doing a 2' x 2' Barn Quilt so class size will be limited to 8. We are willing to open up more classes at a later date if we have enough interest. Please contact the store at 501.827.1705 or message us to sign up today! Class will be Saturday, November 16 from 12pm-8pm. $85 per barn quilt. All materials and refreshments included. Registration closes on November 1

26/09/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-7, The Jones Star, is located at 2359 Highway 5, El Paso, Arkansas. It is on the south side of the building near the highway. Mrs. Marisue first got interested in barn quilts on a trip she had taken through Tennessee. Then she saw the trail in Stone County and decided she wanted one. She looked through different patterns and found the one she wanted and had someone paint it for her. She decided she wanted it to be patriotic. The barn quilt reminded her of her mother Mrs. Chloe, who had made lots of quilts to keep her family warm. Mrs. Marisue still had many of her mother’s quilts. She kept one and gave the others to her grandchildren so they would have something of hers.

Find the locations of over 690 quilt blocks across the state and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.

25/09/2024

Jessica Colleen Goodwin is a quilter of over twenty years, starting on a 1935 Singer Pedal sewing machine purchased at an auction for forty dollars.
Married to longtime love Sampson Goodwin of twenty-three years. He has believed in her dream of “That Lucky Stitches” so much so that he has built the little shop on the back country road. Nestled in the small town of Pangburn, Arkansas is “That Lucky Stitches” quilt shop.
Although the name suggests luck, the couple knows that it’s first God, demanding work and a lot of prayers that makes “That Lucky Stitches” possible.
Sunbeam crossroads quilt block represents all the choices along the journey of 23 years of marriage. For this reason, “That Lucky Stitches” owner chose this pattern to be on the quilt trail. Life will lead to numerous decisions that will lead onto more. Sometimes you come to a Sunbeam crossroads and it’s difficult to make just the right choice.
Choosing to purchase that 1935 Singer Pedal sewing machine was a part of “That Lucky Stitches’ ” Sunbeam Crossroads. Choosing to quilt at seventeen when nobody else thought it was cool.
Jessica chose the Sunbeam Crossroad block from “The Quilters Album of Patchwork Patterns”, By Jinny Beyer.
Sunbeam Crossroad, Nancy Cabot, Chicago Tribune, Dec. 25, 1935.
“One of the oldest of middle western patterns is this delightful little pieced block with such a cheerful name. Sunbeam Crossroads first was made in Ohio about 1854.”

23/09/2024

As promised here is one of the new blocks on the trail.

A Sister's Love

23/09/2024

Here is the class info.

Back by request!!! We are happy to announce that we will be hosting another Barn Quilt Painting Class this Fall. This time we are doing a 2' x 2' Barn Quilt so class size will be limited to 8. We are willing to open up more classes at a later date if we have enough interest. Please contact the store at 501.827.1705 or message us to sign up today! Class will be Saturday, November 16 from 12pm-8pm. $85 per barn quilt. All materials and refreshments included. Registration closes on November 1

23/09/2024

Good evening everyone. I apologize I haven't posted much lately. I have a couple of announcements to make.
First one is I have added 2 more blocks to our trail. I will be posting those in the next couple of days.
Second is that some of you know that my husband and I have a garden center, with that being said we tend to do classes once a month when we can. Our next class we have going at this time is a barn quilt painting class. We still have 2 slots for this class left and will be looking into to doing future classes like this one I will be sharing the info on this class in a few. If class gets full and you are wanting to take a class please message me or call me and I will put you on the waiting list for the next class.

Hope everyone has a wonderful night!

11/08/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-5, Home Star, is located at 4422 West Highway 36, Searcy, Arkansas 72143. Mrs. Reva Townsend’s barn quilt started out as a traditional Ohio Star, but she made it her own by adding extra to it and named it Home Star. It is on the East side of the outbuilding farthest from her home. Mrs. Reva and her husband, Mr. Dewey Townsend moved into their home in 2014. They inherited the land from Dewey’s parents after they passed. His parents bought the land around 1956. Mr. Dewey’s mom, Mrs. Eloise Townsend was a quilt maker. Mrs. Reva wanted to do a barn quilt in her honor so, Mr. Dewey drew it out for her. Then she painted it. Mrs. Reva also had other quilters in the family as well.

Find the locations of over 670 barn quilts across the state and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.

16/07/2024

25/06/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail.
#23-3, Daniels’ Hummingbird, is also located at 331 Valley View Rd. Rose Bud, AR. To get to it you should pull into the circle and drive in front of the house. It is located on the right side of the front door of house. Juanita had so much fun painting her first barn quilt that she decided to do another one. While looking in the Arkansas Barn Quilt Trail brochure she saw this pattern (Van Buren County) and decided she loved it. She loves hummingbirds and when she and her husband moved to this location she started to have dozens of hummingbirds every year. She enjoyed making this one and she is going to make another one soon. The story behind the next one will be very special to her. So, keep a look out for her next block.
Find the locations of over 650 quilt blocks across the state and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com

20/06/2024

Our store has a booth at the Rose Bud Summerfest. It starts tonight at 5 and will end on Saturday. Times are 5 to 10 on Thursday and Friday and 8 to 10 on Saturday. There is Carnival rides, Monster trucks, cornhole, food vendors, all kinds of other vendors, live music and much more. Come on out to see us. We will have giveaways each night and will also be raffling off a 350 # gravity post deer feeder buck boss. Come to our booth to see how to sign up! Hope to see you there. Rolling Meadows Nursery and Garden Center LLC is our store name if you didn't already know.

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16/06/2024

If you are ever in Dover, AR this is a must visit place. The owner and her family are very sweet. Lots of quilting supplies, along with some very yummy candy that is a must have. They have many other items as well and she holds barn quilting classes there. Go check them out.

We love our weekends in the Merc & Quilt Shop! ♥️
Y’all come see us!

16/06/2024

The quilt trail Coordinators of Arkansas got together for a retreat this weekend. Pope County Quilt Trail Coordinators hosted the retreat and did an amazing job. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and learned a lot of things that I did not know and needed to know. Thank you to all that had a hand in pulling this retreat together.

04/06/2024

I just received the May Arkansas Quilt Trails Update for the coordinators. On that update was the social media all stars. I am proud to tell you that White County was number 1 for May. So exciting. Great job everyone that worked with me and helped me put White County on the map.

MAY SOCIAL MEDIA ALLSTARS
1. May 13, Debut of the White County Quilt Trail, 15,137 Reach, 18 Shares

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01/06/2024

Today's feature is on the new White County Quilt Trail. #23-2, Annie’s Choice is located at 331 Valley View Road, Rose Bud, AR 72137. To see this one, you need to pull into the circle driveway in front of the house. It is by the door on the front of the long brown barn to the right of the house. It is 12”x12”. Juanita Daniels loves to do crafts. When Rolling Meadows Nursery and Garden Center, LLC decided to host a barn quilt class she decided to come to the class. This is her first barn quilt, and this is how she became interested in them. Her grandmother was a quilter and she herself is a hobbyist seamstress for family and friends.

Find the locations of over 650 quilt blocks across the state and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.