Starting in the fall of 2008, barn quilts began to cover area barns and corncribs.

By the end of this year, a total of 20 quilts will proudly hang.  While there have

been barn quilt projects in neighboring states, this is the first of its kind in Illinois.

                                                               Photos courtesy of  Clayton & Carol Splear Pratt

                                         Additional Golden Anniversary Ring photos courtesy of Pat Alcorn

                                                                                     


Barn                               Kankakee

Quilts Of                       County


                                  

 
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Kankakee_Barn_Quilts_6_09_files/photo_contest_website.pdf
http://americanquilttrail.blogspot.com/
“Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail” Click here to follow Suzi Parron’s journey around the country as she documents the American Quilt Trail for an upcoming book. http://americanquilttrail.blogspot.com/
Click here to learn more about the project and the barns.http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/kankakee/barn/index.html
Read the July 13, 2009 FarmWeek articlehttp://www.farmweeknow.com/story.aspx?s=24796
Watch a short movie of the barn quiltshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhUqE42x80
http://www.visitkankakeecounty.com/
More on the making of “Golden Wedding Ring” and “Lone Star”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYgfTbCyKUQ

New!  The All Quilts barn quilt poster is available at the Kankakee County U of I Extension office for a $10.00 donation. 

Phone: (815)933-8337 or Email: kankakee_co@extension.uiuc.edu

The first poster of the Lone Star quilt is also still available.

Phone: (815)933-8337 or Email: kankakee_co@extension.uiuc.edu