There's a quilt display in southwest Ohio, and you won't find it in the usual venue. Rather than an exhibit in a museum or a community center, hand-painted quilt squares can be found on 60 barns ...

Barn Quilt Trail websites are helpful to plot routes that pass barn quilts in many states. According to Pantheos, the most trails are in Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa and Ohio.

The local quilt barns were created through a partnership between Deerfield Twp. and The Arts Alliance. The first, the Fleckenstein Flower, was installed Oct. 3, 2010 in Fleckenstein Park.

DeWys, 52, of Kent City, first noticed the barn quilts two years ago, but didn’t become obsessed with them until last summer’s hunt when she saw even more barn quilts.

Kalamazoo Barn quilts form new quilt trail in Vicksburg area in south Kalamazoo County Updated: Jul. 29, 2012, 5:00 p.m. | Published: Jul. 29, 2012, 4:00 p.m.

Ohio Outdoor Quilt Festival hangs its quilts on century barns in Wellington Updated: Aug. 09, 2013, 6:00 p.m. | Published: Aug. 09, 2013, 5:00 p.m.

We’ve taken you on a lot of trails that wind through Ohio. An ale trail, a barn mural trail and the ice cream trail just to name a few. Now, it’s time to tour the Ottawa County Barn Quilt Trail.

The first barn quilt trail was created in Adams County, Ohio, in 2001 by Donna Sue Groves wanted to honor her mother, a well-known quilter, by painting a quilt block on their barn.

When Vyvyan Rundgren, of Stanardsville, had the idea to begin a barn quilt trail through Greene County, she never imagined the project would grow to become one of the largest tourist attractions ...