White County Barn Quilt Trail

14/12/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-10, Peggy’s Barn Quilts, are located at 186 Honey Hill Loop, Searcy, Arkansas. She has two on her mailbox, some on the porch, some on her garden shed in the corner of her yard, and she has several inside the house. The one on the porch is a porch leaner sign which is changed out with the seasons. The ones on the mailbox and garden shed stay year-round. They are mostly one-by-one. As soon as you come around the curve before her house you will spot the mailbox with the barn quilts on the left and her house is on the right. You can then see the porch leaner and then on the left side of the house in front corner of yard is the garden shed, which there is one on side and some on the back. Peggy loves to sew clothing and take old dolls and repair them and their clothes. She also loves to paint. She is not a quilter though. She grew up in Northern Indiana near Amish Communities and she loved the quilts and things that they made. Barn quilts are her way of making quilts. She makes them as a hobby for herself, family, friends and even fundraisers. Her husband has even dabbled a bit with the painting barn quilts.

Find the locations of over 700 painted quilt blocks across the state and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.

06/12/2024

06/12/2024

Check it out the 501 Life Magazine has wrote and article about our Barn Quilt Trail.

This issue is themed “A Central Arkansas Christmas,” and in it we highlight people and programs that give joy and hope year-round.

19/11/2024

I am a bit late posting this. We have added a new block to the trail. I enjoyed meeting Mrs. Judy. Very sweet and she is writing and article that will be published in the 501 which will include everyone that is on the trail. The name of her block is Diamond Dimensions. The following is their story:

Judy and Tom Riley’s barn quilt – El Paso, White County

“Diamond Dimensions” is the pattern of the barn quilt displayed on a red barn at 1991 Highway 64 West
in El Paso. The quilt can be observed by way of the highway, or by one of two drives entering the
property. Visitors looking at the barn quilt should pull into the westmost drive. Places to turn around are
available. The property was owned by the McCorkle family for generations and is now an Airbnb. The
current owners, who live next door, purchased the property in 2023 and wanted to keep the traditions
established by the original owners. Danny McCorkle was known as “The Trunk Man.” He refinished the
exteriors and his wife Lynne restored the interiors. They sold the refurbished trunks at various antique
stores in the area. Five of his restored trunks are used as décor in the house, known as “The Farmhouse”
on Airbnb. The McCorkles also raised sweet corn and sold on a U-Pick basis, calling their farm “Easy
Pickins.”
The current owners, both retired from the Cooperative Extension Service, purchased the barn quilt
through a live auction raising funds for the Vines Center, the Arkansas 4-H Center, west of Little Rock.
The artist is a fellow retired county Extension agent, Carla Vaught. The quilts are marketed through
“Traveling Sister’s Barn Quilts.” She and her business partner Teresa Griffin, have painted over 25 quilts.
Some have been sold, some donated and some created specifically for others.

18/11/2024

16/11/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-9, LeMoyne Star, is located at 167 Ki Ke Acres Rd. Searcy, AR. It is on the right side of the road on the front of her house. Mrs. Debbie Likert and her husband have done a lot of traveling in their time and some of the traveling was on a motorcycle. Amongst those travels she has come across many barn quilts. Because she is a quilter herself, she became intrigued. She loved to collect old sewing machines. At one time she had about 50 but now only about 10. She got tired of trying to find someone to quilt her tops for her that she went out and bought a longarm. She loves to quilt and give them as gifts to friends and family. They decided to remodel the bathroom and in order to do what they wanted they had to remove the window. She needed something to cover the window, so she decided to paint her a barn quilt. She had to stretch the pattern to make it fit the window but. It worked great.

Find the locations of over 700 painted quilt blocks and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.

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!

03/09/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-6, John Deere Green, is located at 372 Graham Rd. Rose Bud, AR. It is on the garage attached to the house. You can see it as soon as you turn onto Graham Rd. on the right. Marilyn Townsend and her husband like John Deere Tractors. Marilyn became intrigued by the barn quilts that she saw in other places and wanted one. Her daughter in-law was trying to figure out what to get her for Christmas so when she found out she wanted a barn quilt she got her one along with her daughter as well. Mrs. Townsend’s granddaughter has tractors as well but hers is red. Mrs. Townsend now has one with the John Deere Colors and her daughter one with the colors of her tractors. They decided where it needed to go and her son installed it.

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

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.

27/07/2024

Cherry-themed prints make this pretty potholder perfect for summer. It will be charming in prints for other seasons too. Get the free tutorial here: http://quiltingdigest.com/cherries-make-these-pot-holders-extra-sweet/