barn quilts

For our interest and amusement, Greene County Economic Development & Tourism, in partnership with the Art Guild of Greene County and Vyvyan Rundgren in particular, initiated what has become the largest barn quilt trail in Virginia. Barn quilts are painted quilt-like designs on plywood.  The Blue Ridge Barn Quilt Trail in Greene County currently displays over eighty barn quilts throughout the county on barns, sheds, houses, fences, porches and mailboxes and even in gardens.  Many businesses also display the colorful artwork which can be viewed by driving the trail that points out barn quilts tucked throughout the majestic mountain-scape of Greene County.   Two of our residents, Ellen Thurnau and Ann Bohn, have barn quilts featured on this tour.  Ellen’s barn quilt, “Read, Read, Read,” (shown above) appropriately graces the side…