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The Chelsea Community Barn Quilt Project was started in 2017. It was intended to be an inclusive celebration of community arts and pride leading up to the first annual Chelsea Arts on the Green Market & Festival, held in the summer of 2018.
To date, there are more than 90 Barn Quilts in the First Branch Valley and other neighboring Vermont communities have started their own projects!
Traditionally, barn quilts are painted panels of wood, displaying classic quilt patterns, that are hung on the outside of homes and barns. TheyThey are most commonly 4 x 4 ft-
There is a long rural history of this form of artistic expression, with some examples dating back over 300 years ago with the arrival of immigrants from Germany seeking religious freedom. These groups included Amish, Mennonites, Lutherans, and other Reform groups, many of whom settled in Pennsylvania. The barn quilts were thought to bring luck to a family’s homestead and farm.
Barn quilts can be found and viewed throughout agricultural communities all over the United States.
