Barn Quilt #1 Multi-Cache
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This is a two stage multi. The coordinates at the top of the page
will take you to see a quilt pattern mounted on the side of a barn
in a country setting.
Whether it's due to nostalgia, pride of place or the desire to
bring tourism dollars into the state, barn owners across Kentucky
are blanketing their buildings with quilt blocks as part of the
burgeoning Kentucky Quilt Trails.
The beautification movement began about three years ago in Carter
County with the installation of “Grandma’s Flower Garden” on the
barn of Grace and Dean Ramey. Originally part of the Clothesline of
Quilts, a tri-state effort to decorate Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee
byways with traditional quilt designs, the Kentucky portion of the
Clothesline is now officially called the Kentucky Quilt Trails.
The quilts come in two sizes, 4-by-4 or 8-by-8 wooden squares
painted with bright colors that can be affixed to a barn or fence.
Some are constructed so they can be freestanding in a field.
This barn in Hardin County displays the American Beauty pattern — a
red diamond in the center of a white square, the sides of which
radiate red triangles.
The barn owners picked out the pattern for their barn while
flipping through the county extension service’s many books on the
subject. They said they wanted something simple, not busy, not a
lot of color. Plus, the red and white pattern matched the barn’s
color scheme. The corrugated metal building sits next to a pond
amid hilly pastures on Crume Road near Ky. 1600.
The painting is the first of its kind on private property in Hardin
County. The other local one hangs on the side of a building at
Freeman Lake Park in Elizabethtown. I love quilts and hope to visit
many more of these "quilts on barns" throughout the state.
The coordinates at the top of the page will take you to see the
quilt on the barn.
The second stage is N 37 47.ABC W 085 59.ADE
A= the number of red triangles in the quilt.
B= the first number in the address of this property plus 1. (the
address is clearly marked on the mailbox across the road from the
driveway to the house next to the barn.)
C= The first number in the address of this property plus the last
number in the address of the property.
D= The number of large white triangles minus the number of small
white triangles.
E= the number of red squares in the quilt pattern.
The second stage is a micro with just a log, please bring your own
writing instrument. There is room to safely pull your vehicle off
the road just north west of the second stage location.
Please enjoy your drive in the country and the view of the quilt on
the barn and two old barns and water at the second stage.
Additional Hints
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