By Norma 
Dittman
Fulda Free Press staff writer
Suzi Parron, author of Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement and Following the Barn Quilt Trail spoke in Fulda on Monday evening, July 18th. She shared with her audience how the United States Barn Quilt Trail originated in Adams County, Ohio, in 2001. “Donna Sue Groves wanted to honor her mother, Maxine, and the quilting she always did by painting a quilt block on their family’s tobacco barn,” Parron said. “Though many believe that the first barn quilt was on the Grove barn, that’s just not so.” The Groves’ barn actually received its quilt in 2003.
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