Barn quilts grace Morgan County buildings - Staff Reports and Nancy Lauck - Fort Morgan Times: Posted: 03/11/2010 05:41:23 PM MST
The Keith Bath feedlot on Highway 34 east of Fort Morgan features a corn and beans barn quilt. (John La Porte/Fort Morgan Times)Morgan County now has 61 sites with barn quilts.
Nancy Lauck, barn quilt project coordinator, has compiled a list of the sites.
When viewing and enjoying the quilt trail use caution when slowing or stopping near a site, Lauck cautioned.
Stopping along busy roads can be dangerous and illegal, she pointed out.
All sites are on private property and should be viewed from the public road unless otherwise indicated at the site, Lauck said; on business they are open to the public.
The Morgan County Barn Quilt Project is meant to beautify local barns, preserve Northeast Colorado heritage and promote economic vitality, project organizers said.
The idea came from an article several years Country quilt A Farmers Daughter barn quilt adorns a building on the farm of Kit and Linda Carlson on County Road 20. (John La Porte/Fort Morgan Times)ago in American Profile magazine, which runs in The Fort Morgan Times, said project instigator Pat Knight.
Quilt patterns are painted on plywood and displayed on barns — and on other buildings, some of them downtown businesses.
Lauck custom-painted many of the barn quilts. She can use designs that reflect a person's heritage, occupation, hobbies, religion or other personal traits.
Lauck is a quilt enthusiast and former quilt shop owner.
Diamond-Vogel of Fort Morgan donated paint, and the Morgan County Arts Council covered plywood expenses."
Friday, March 12, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Morgan County Barn Quilt Replicas
If you enjoy quilting you might be interested in creating 'Cozy' Morgan County Barn quilt to compliment the areas barn quilts. There will be an informational/brainstorming meeting to talk about this project
Where: Morgan County Library Complex in the Community room.
All who are interested please plan on attending. Check out the article in the Fort Morgan Times for further information. http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_13550847?IADID=Search-www.fortmorgantimes.com-www.fortmorgantimes.com
You can also contact Nancy at (970) 867-2047
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sunday, December 13, 2009
11 New Barn Quilts
Workers from the Morgan County Rural Electric Association wrap up installation of a new barn quilt on Jim and Dee Oswald’s barn at 21338 Road R between Fort Morgan and Brush. The quilt was one of 11 installed on Nov. 24 by the MCREA, which was working with the Morgan County Arts Council. The council creates and installs the quilts for free to promote tourism and preserve cultural heritages in Morgan County.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
In The News
Here is an article about the Morgan Count Barn Quilt project that appeared in the Fort Morgan Times newspaper.
Project would create cozy barn quilt replicas
By JESSE CHANEY, Brush News-Tribune
By JESSE CHANEY, Brush News-Tribune
Though their bright colors and geometric shapes are characteristic of traditional fabric quilts, the painted-plywood barn quilts found throughout Morgan County aren’t exactly soft and snuggly.
But Morgan County Barn Quilt Project Coordinator Nancy Lauck hopes to soon complement many area barn quilts with comfy, cozy replicas.
“It’s just a branch off our barn quilts,” she said.
Lauck recently created a fabric quilt that illustrates the designs on all 16 barn quilts displayed on her property north of Highway 34 between Fort Morgan and Brush.
Lauck hopes hers will be the first in a collection of fabric quilts that replicate the designs on all barn quilts mounted on Morgan County barns.
She would like to eventually display the whole set of fabric quilts at special events throughout Morgan County. The displays would not only attract more people to local events, she said, but they would generate more interest in the artworks mounted on Morgan County barns.
Some people display the barn quilts on business buildings and other structures, but Lauck said she is only interested in creating fabric replicas of those that hang on barns.
“We can draw more people to the barns,” she said. “We need to bring more attention to the barns that we have left in Morgan County.”
Lauck said she is not yet sure how the fabric quilt project would play out.
“I really am open to suggestions because I’ve got the idea of doing it, I just need more bodies to help,” she said.
Lauck said any effort to replicate Morgan County’s barn quilts in fabric would not be a moneymaking venture. Like the barn quilt project, she said, the fabric quilt project would probably be successful only through utilizing donated time and supplies.
She has considered asking members of local quilting groups if they would help make the fabric quilts. Additionally, some barn owners may want to quilt their own replicas to add to the collection, she said.
“I could even teach them,” she said.
Anyone who has ideas or is willing to help may contact Lauck at 867-2047.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Morgan County
If you live in Morgan County, in Colorado, and would like a barn quilt of your own, contact Nancy at: 970-867-2047 . She will be delighted to help you with your barn quilt.
This is Shannon and Terresa Munday's barn quilt located at 22522 Hwy 34 just East of Fort Morgan, CO.
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