Gwen Johnson’s latest quilt starts with an eight-point star in brown, slate blue and a neutral pastel. Triangles come next and to finish, she surrounds the block with a frame of blue and brown.

As late-winter brown gives way to spring green, a drive through north-central Minnesota offers some surprising and unexpected flashes of color on barns, businesses and other buildings. The oversized ...

Becky Thomas has long admired the barn quilts of Kittitas County. More than 100 colorful wooden panels inspired by quilt patterns are hung on barns around Ellensburg and Cle Elum. The artwork ...