Barn quilts are big in northeast Texas

If you’re anywhere near Bonham, the county seat of Fannin County, you see a lot of quilt patterns painted on barns and other buildings. The paintings represent one square of a quilt. “The history of barn quilts came about some years ago when barns in Kentucky and Ohio and different areas were coming into disrepair and residents wanted to brighten up their communities,” says Patt...

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