Southern Ohio Quilt Barns.....

These first two quilt barns are off Hwy 22 southwest of Zanesville, but I'm not sure what country I was in.

My regular followers know that I posted Quilt Barns from Kentucky and from Champaign County, Ohio last year. I knew that there were many more quilt barns in Ohio, and that many of them are located in the southern part of the state where we were traveling the last few days. We saw many in Vinton, Athens, and Monroe Counties. There are many more! There is a national quilt trail that is spreading across this area of the country. There are now Quilt Barns located in Ohio, Tennesee, Kentucky, Iowa, N. Carolina, West Virginia and a few in Indiana, but we seem to be slow getting on the bandwagon.

These next 5 barns are in Vinton County, OH and I had no map to identify them.

I always take photos of the barn and a close-up of the square when possible, but due to space, I will just show the barns from a distance and maybe I will do a collage of the blocks for my Quilt blog when I get the time. Most of the counties have nice maps that you can pick up for a self-guided tour.
I had to include the calf and his mom :-)



This is on an old schoolhouse....the Schoolhouse Block.


The rest of these are in Athens County, OH

The barns in Athens County were often unique and not traditional quilt blocks. This is called the Coal Miners Block. Many of the blocks here are tied to the history of the county.

It was early and foggy when we saw this one, but I didn't try to lighten it too much. All Roads Lead To Athens Block.

Brickwork Block.....for the clay bricks once made in the area.

Buckeye Block. The map also mentions the 140 room Martin birdhouse built over 60 years ago that I already showed in another post.

Cat's Paw Block.....for the Trimble High Tomcats and the owners love of cats.

A distant shot of the same barn.

This is the Dairy Barn in Athens, Ohio which is now an art center. We went to Quilt National 2009.....an art quilt show....while here, but they did not allow photos. The quilts were really wonderful. This is a show that is held on odd numbered years.

The other end of the barn has a special square that is the logo of the Quilt National event. This was a beautiful barn built in 1914 and almost demolished before being turned into an art center.

This is the Ohio Star Block.....very well known and used by quilters.

The next 3 barns are a trio of blocks based on the ironwork that was found at the old Ridges Insane Asylum. The Ridges property is now a nature trail meandering through the cemeteries of the old asylum. We hiked part of the trail and I have a few photos from there for tomorrow.

This block is called: Ridges Arrows Block

Ridges Cross & Clover Block.

I liked this view from afar.....Ridges Spinning Top Block

A closer view of it.

Bowtie Block.....Monroe County

Shoofly Block....Monroe County

I was checking Google to see if Champaign County was having a tour this year and if they had a new calendar for sale. They now have an on-line calendar.......you can click and see the photos. Very nice! here is the link for their site.