Quilt run presentation

Warren CountyQuilt Run

October 6, 2012Doug, Karen and

our Miata MX-5

Warren County Quilt Run – 10/06/12

Using directions provided by the Delaware Valley Miata Club, we set off to explore barn quilts and get a look at the leaves as they begin turning for the fall.

Barn quilts, we discovered, are a fairly recent addition to some very historic barns. Starting in Ohio, barn owners added these painted plywood panels to the barns to draw attention to their historic value. If nothing else, finding them is an incentive to see the beautiful vistas and agricultural heritage of Warren County. There are quilt squares on barns in seven of New Jersey’s counties, but Warren has the most with 10.

There’s information and more photos about these barns on the web. The best site is www.njbarnquilts.com .

Here’s a visual record of our hunt of barn quilts in Warren County.

http://www.njbarnquilts.com/


We found this single-lane bridge on the way out to Phillipsburg.


In some places, the leaves were barely beginning to turn. Others, There were already bright yellows and reds. Meanwhile, Karen got a picture of me driving.


One lane for traffic, one lane for the river. High Bridge


Our first quilt of the day! It’s a “Tilted Ohio Star” on the Frey Farm in Carpentersville. We had to peek down the drive or through the trees, but it was beautiful. The star honors the Frey’s daughter-in-law, who was raised on an Ohio farm. The Frey family moved to this farm in Spring 1888. The original barn burned in 1951, but friends and neighbors built a new one. The 379-acre farm is still in the family and the walls of the original homestead, dating to 1765, still stand. http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/freyfarmquilt.html

http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/freyfarmquilt.html


As we crossed railroad tracks, we found these lime kilns. The man who lives next to them explained that limestone was dumped in the top, hot fires were stoked in these kilns and the resulting powder was used as mortar and fertilizer. Trains on these tracks picked up the product.


Second quilt! This square is on the Hunt Homestead in Phillipsburg. The barn was built around 1900 but the farm dates to the mid-1770s. The current Hunts are the seventh generation. They still live in the farmhouse built by Edward Hunt in 1775. Edward took care of George Washington’s horses during the winter of 1778-79 on this farm. http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/hunthomesteadquilt.html

http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/hunthomesteadquilt.html


The original Hunt Homestead farmhouse.


We were lucky enough to meet Mr. Oberly as he was working in his barn. This American Pride Quilt Block adorns his Stewartsville barn, which has been in his family for 11 generations. He told us the barn was built in 1851, and they know this because they used the same scaffolding on the church down the street. When they were done at the church, they brought it down to the barn.

Information on the njbarnquilts website (http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/oberlyfarmquilt.html ) says the farm was purchased in 1850 by Charles and Anna Oberly and was a milking barn until 1974. Today, the family farms 130 acres and raise Herford and Angus steers. (Tell ‘em THAT the next time someone asks you “what exit?”!)

http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/oberlyfarmquilt.html




Horses? Just the ones generated by the 16 valves under my hood…


This flower basket quilt square graces the side of a barn at Mackey’s Orchards in Belvidere. The place was hopping as people were stopping in for pumpkins, flowers, fruit. We just wanted the quilting square.

The farm was started eight generations ago. Today it is a 96-acre orchard and is still in the family. http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/mackeyfarmquilt.html

http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/mackeyfarmquilt.html




Yeeeaaaa! We make it to Hot Dog Johnny’s for lunch!


At the Planer farm in Hope, we saw this beautiful “Audrey’s Basket.” The barn was built in the 1880s and used as a dairy farm until the 1960s. Today, it is used for hay storage and as a farm shop. The barn is brace-framed with a limestone foundation and pegged hand-hewn beams. The Planer family has owned the farm since 1946.

By the way, what do you think of those quilt squares on the trunk of our Miata?

http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/planerfarmquilt.html





This is the circa-1880 wagon house of a farm that dates back to the early 1800s. The farm itself has been subdivided with pieces going to private owners as well as to add to Jenny Jump State Park. The wagon house has been restored. The interior structure is still intact. The quilt square is called the Moravian Star and was “chosen because of the Moravian Village of Hope and the First Hope Bank.”http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/schaedelfarmquilt.html

http://njbarnquilts.com/warrencoquilts/schaedelfarmquilt.html


Thanks!

There is information about barn quilts and the whole project, which is coordinated by the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, at the website:

http://njbarnquilts.com/home.htmlBarn quilts can also be found in Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and

Sussex Counties. More excuses to drop the top and take a cruise!

http://njbarnquilts.com/home.html

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