Barn quilts of Shawano County
I’ve been vacationing in Shawano County Wisconsin since I was a little girl. My family owns a cabin on Lake Shawano and some of my best memories were made there.
But now every time I drive up there, I have to have my camera with me. The farmers around the county have erected more 200 barn quilts, each one more beautiful than the last.
I took several photos when I spent a week there in August last year, and found several more when I spent Fourth of July in Shawano.
We’d already stopped three times before I came to the official sign declaring Shawano the Barn Quilt Capitol of Wisconsin at the edge of the city limits. I tweeted that I needed a bumper sticker that read, “Stops for all Barn Quilts.”
I’m trying to get a hold of the man behind the barn quilt explosion so I can tell you more about them, and I’m planning on dragging my husband around the county to see at least a couple dozen more when I go back in August. But for now, you’ll just have to settle for my latest round of photos.
To see more photos of Shawano County Barn Quilts, click here to visit QAA on Facebook.
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These barn quilts are so awesome. I wish I lived close enough to actually see them in person!
Jim Leuenberger and his wife have volunteered hundreds of hours to making these quilts happen – incredible people! You can often find him at the Saturday farmers market in Shawano.