Ride With Pride

Ride With Pride. Shawano Country hails itself as Wisconsin's barn quilt capital. The barn quilt project was started in 2010. Shawano County Barn... more

by Susan McMenamin

Title

Ride With Pride

Artist

Susan McMenamin

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Photograph

Description

Ride With Pride. Shawano Country hails itself as Wisconsin's barn quilt capital. The barn quilt project was started in 2010. Shawano County Barn Quilt Project now boast over 300 barn quilts throughout the county on well-preserved barns. The designs are created by local artist, and then placed on a host farm. Barn quilts are an eight by eight foot piece of plywood. No two barn quilts are designed the same. All designs have been given a name. The name of the barn quilt pictured here is Ride with Pride. This pattern was designed by a 3rd grader. The idea behind his design... When I see corn I think of farmers, Brandon said. And when I see red, white and blue, I think America. The design was a tribute to Brandon's two grandfathers, one of whom was a farmer and the other in the Marine Corps. The yellow in the center represents an ear of corn.

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August 13th, 2015