The Ottawa County Barn Quilt Trail

Booher Barn Quilt

The Ottawa County 4-H Program and the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council have teamed up to create the Ottawa County Barn Quilt Trail which began in 2012. Barn quilts are 8’x8’ painted quilt patterns fashioned on boards and mounted on a barn or other building. Unlike cloth quilts that are made up of a series of squares, a barn quilt is generally a single square. Today, barn quilt trails can be found in at least 44 Ohio counties and in more than 200 communities in 47 states. The seed for this project was planted by beloved former 4-H Educator Kathy Booher. Today, Ottawa County has 32 barn quilts with at least one in each of Ottawa County’s 12 townships!

To learn more about the Ottawa County Barn Quilt Trail and see a full list of barn quilts and a map, please visit the Ottawa County Historical Society’s website and the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council website.

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Watch this Hittin the Town video that was released the fall of 2024 on the Barn Quilt Trail.

Read this awesome January 2021 article from the Beacon a quilt added to the Barn Quilt Trail! https://www.thebeacon.net/barn-quilt-trail-blossoms-around-ottawa-county/

 

Want to add a barn quilt to your barn or learn more about the project? Contact Marcia Jess at dmjess75@gmail.com