White County Barn Quilt Trail

10/02/2025

📢📢📢📢📢ATTENTION 📢📢📢📢📢

WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS TO TELL!!

First Electric Cooperative is the sponsor of the White County Quilt Trail. The cooperative serves portions of 18 counties in central and southeast Arkansas with offices in Bryant, Heber Springs, Jacksonville, Perryville and Stuttgart. Thanks for the support, First Electric!

If you would like to be a part of our White County Barn Quilt Trail call or message your info and i will contact you back. Again thank you First Electric!!

04/02/2025

We have a new block on the trail now!

The Sunflower with Bumblebees is located at 1520 Hwy 5, Romance, Arkansas 72136. It is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cole.
The Cole's first saw Barn Quilts in Kentucky during their travels, which piqued their interest. Mr. Cole decided he wanted one for his place. After some much research he found someone that painted Barn Quilts. Mr. Cole chose this pattern because it reminded him of the massive fields of sunflowers in South Dakota where he is from.

01/02/2025

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-13, A Sister’s Love is located at 436 Hubert Williams Rd. Judsonia, Arkansas. It is on the front of Rhonda’s Hair Shop, on her covered porch. You will have to pull into the drive to see it. Sisterly love, “The bond between sisters is an emotional lifeline, weaving hearts together in a tapestry of love.” This quilt block was painted for Rhonda by her sister, Reva, for a Christmas Gift a few years back. Their grandmother was a quilter and she still has some that she had quilted. Her sister has one on this trail which is #23-5, “The Home Star”. Reva wanted her sister to have one too, so she painted her one as well.

Find the locations of over 700 quilt blocks across the state and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.

14/12/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-10, Peggy’s Barn Quilts, are located at 186 Honey Hill Loop, Searcy, Arkansas. She has two on her mailbox, some on the porch, some on her garden shed in the corner of her yard, and she has several inside the house. The one on the porch is a porch leaner sign which is changed out with the seasons. The ones on the mailbox and garden shed stay year-round. They are mostly one-by-one. As soon as you come around the curve before her house you will spot the mailbox with the barn quilts on the left and her house is on the right. You can then see the porch leaner and then on the left side of the house in front corner of yard is the garden shed, which there is one on side and some on the back. Peggy loves to sew clothing and take old dolls and repair them and their clothes. She also loves to paint. She is not a quilter though. She grew up in Northern Indiana near Amish Communities and she loved the quilts and things that they made. Barn quilts are her way of making quilts. She makes them as a hobby for herself, family, friends and even fundraisers. Her husband has even dabbled a bit with the painting barn quilts.

Find the locations of over 700 painted quilt blocks across the state and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.

06/12/2024

06/12/2024

Check it out the 501 Life Magazine has wrote and article about our Barn Quilt Trail.

This issue is themed “A Central Arkansas Christmas,” and in it we highlight people and programs that give joy and hope year-round.

19/11/2024

I am a bit late posting this. We have added a new block to the trail. I enjoyed meeting Mrs. Judy. Very sweet and she is writing and article that will be published in the 501 which will include everyone that is on the trail. The name of her block is Diamond Dimensions. The following is their story:

Judy and Tom Riley’s barn quilt – El Paso, White County

“Diamond Dimensions” is the pattern of the barn quilt displayed on a red barn at 1991 Highway 64 West
in El Paso. The quilt can be observed by way of the highway, or by one of two drives entering the
property. Visitors looking at the barn quilt should pull into the westmost drive. Places to turn around are
available. The property was owned by the McCorkle family for generations and is now an Airbnb. The
current owners, who live next door, purchased the property in 2023 and wanted to keep the traditions
established by the original owners. Danny McCorkle was known as “The Trunk Man.” He refinished the
exteriors and his wife Lynne restored the interiors. They sold the refurbished trunks at various antique
stores in the area. Five of his restored trunks are used as décor in the house, known as “The Farmhouse”
on Airbnb. The McCorkles also raised sweet corn and sold on a U-Pick basis, calling their farm “Easy
Pickins.”
The current owners, both retired from the Cooperative Extension Service, purchased the barn quilt
through a live auction raising funds for the Vines Center, the Arkansas 4-H Center, west of Little Rock.
The artist is a fellow retired county Extension agent, Carla Vaught. The quilts are marketed through
“Traveling Sister’s Barn Quilts.” She and her business partner Teresa Griffin, have painted over 25 quilts.
Some have been sold, some donated and some created specifically for others.

18/11/2024

16/11/2024

Today's feature is on the White County Quilt Trail. #23-9, LeMoyne Star, is located at 167 Ki Ke Acres Rd. Searcy, AR. It is on the right side of the road on the front of her house. Mrs. Debbie Likert and her husband have done a lot of traveling in their time and some of the traveling was on a motorcycle. Amongst those travels she has come across many barn quilts. Because she is a quilter herself, she became intrigued. She loved to collect old sewing machines. At one time she had about 50 but now only about 10. She got tired of trying to find someone to quilt her tops for her that she went out and bought a longarm. She loves to quilt and give them as gifts to friends and family. They decided to remodel the bathroom and in order to do what they wanted they had to remove the window. She needed something to cover the window, so she decided to paint her a barn quilt. She had to stretch the pattern to make it fit the window but. It worked great.

Find the locations of over 700 painted quilt blocks and the story behind each at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com.

07/11/2024

It's that time of the year again to get your fresh Arkansas pecans. We will be going in the next few days to pick them up so get your order in to ensure you get yours. Call 501-827-1705 or come by 434 Hwy 5 Rose Bud.

12/10/2024

With Rolling Meadows Nursery and Garden Center LLC – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

01/10/2024

Back by request!!! We are happy to announce that we will be hosting another Barn Quilt Painting Class this Fall. This time we are doing a 2' x 2' Barn Quilt so class size will be limited to 8. We are willing to open up more classes at a later date if we have enough interest. Please contact the store at 501.827.1705 or message us to sign up today! Class will be Saturday, November 16 from 12pm-8pm. $85 per barn quilt. All materials and refreshments included. Registration closes on November 1