Quilt Block #10 - North Star

The Coos County Barn Quilt trail has extended into Jefferson, NH with the introduction of the North Star block at 90 Turnpike Road in Jefferson, not too far from Santa's Village.

The plywood was prepared for the owner by her son as a birthday surprise.    What a great surprise, and Lucille did a nice job painting the block.

Quilt Block #9 - Log Cabin

We have our first log cabin block, located at 24 Bear Rock Road in Colebrook, NH.
The block is located at the home of Annie Furbush.

Quilt Block #8 - Spinning Star

A new edition to the Coos County Barn Quilt Trail is located in Colebrook, NH on East Colebrook Road.   The block is called Spinning Star and was created by Barbara Smith.

Beautiful addition to the trail and great that we have now reached out to Colebrook.

New editions to the Coos County Barn Quilt Trail

We have extended the barn quilt trail to Colebrook, NH with the addition of two new blocks in East Colebrook.   In the next two posts, we will introduce the new blocks.

Summer is a great time to get out and visit the trail.   The setting of our barn quilt trail couldn't be better, with the views of Mount Washington, the trip along the Magalloway River on the way to Wilson Mills, Maine, the quaintness of the town of Errol and the beauty of Dixville Notch on the way to Colebrook.

We hope to see the trail grow and look forward to any new additions that are currently in the planning stages.

Visitors to Coos County

This is great news.. The Coos County Barn Quilt trail recently had visitors from North Carolina that traveled to our north country to see the covered bridges in Vermont and the barn quilts in Coos County!

We hoped they enjoyed their visit to the Great Northwoods!

Quilt Block #7 - Star Block

This is the second barn quilt block in Wilson's Mills, Maine.   The two blocks in Maine help connect our barn quilt trail between New Hampshire and Western Maine.

The star block is located at the home of the Sloan's in Wilson's Mills.

Quilt Block #6 - Mariner's Compass

This block was the first barn quilt block to be displayed in Maine.  The barn quilt block is hung at the North Woods Quilting, which is home and quilt shop owned by the Flanders in Wilson's Mills, Maine. 

Coos County Barn Quilt Trail Reaches Wilsons Mills, Maine

That's right, the Coos County Barn Quilt Trail has reached Western Maine.    Two new blocks are now displayed in Wilson's Mills, Maine, approximately 15 miles from Errol up Route 16.

Quilt Block #5 - Reflection of a View

This block - the third of the blocks created by the Errol Consolidated School, hangs at the Cote's at 1233 Main Street (Rt. 26, Errol, NH)    The block reflects the view of Mount Washington as seen from the Cote's home.

Quilt Block #4 - Peace Star

This block hangs on the front porch of the Freedman's on Main Street (Rt. 26) in Errol.   This block was one of those painted by the school children at the Errol Consolidated School.

The block is positioned in such a way, that travelers coming into Errol can see it when coming down Route 26 from Maine.

Quilt Block #3 - Sunny Bolt

This quilt block was an adaption of a quilt design created by one of the Errol school children.   The quilt was a rectangle design and part of the project to transfer the design to the barn quilt, was to identify how to turn it into a square block.   The project worked well, as the kids had to use math to get the right size.

The original quilt is displayed in the glass under the quilt block.   The kids were quite proud of their design.  The school is located on Main Street (Rt. 26), Errol, NH,

Collaborative Project

What do you get when you bring school children, Heritage Commission and quilt group together??  
A great collaborative project.   During the spring of 2011, the three quilt blocks were designed and painted by the team.    This was a great team effort