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 Elaine Osborn stands in front of the barn at Maple Crest Farms that recent received one of Saline County's latest barn quilts. The quilt was dedicated Friday, July 24. (Contributed photo) [Click to enlarge] |
Representatives from the council met at Elaine Osborn's Maple Crest Farms to dedicate a quilt installed on a barn located 1.2 miles north of Hardeman on Route D.
The council also dedicated a quilt on a barn owned by Robert Thompson located on Route AC.
 Workers install a barn quilt on a barn owned by Robert Thompson of Arrow Rock. The quilt was dedicated Friday, July 24. (Contributed photo) [Click to enlarge] |
The quilts are actually quilt block patterns painted on an 8-foot by 8-foot panel and hung on a barn where they are easily seen from blacktop roads.
Council spokesman Mary Duncan of Arrow Rock said the group's goal is to have 20 barn quilts in three counties -- Saline, Cooper and Howard -- by 2011, and at least one more quilt will be added in each county in coming weeks.
Duncan said sites for the next barn quilts in Saline County include one on state Highway 20 and one on Interstate 70 between Sweet Springs and Emma.
The purpose of this Boonslick Area Tourism Council project is to promote agritourism -- an attempt to attract more people to rural areas. The barns will form a barn quilt trail that will loop through the three counties.
Duncan said the council plans to develop a brochure by next summer that will provide information about the quilts and guide tourists through the barn quilt trail.
Anyone interested in more information information or in sponsoring a barn quilt can contact Duncan at 660-837-3398.
Contact Eric Crump at marshalleditor@socket.net
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