Amish Country.org 2009 Visitors Guide - (Page 11) It’s Free. It’s Fun. It’s Fantastic. Need to Know: Tour Tools & Tips Amish Country’s 16 quilt gardens and 16 hand-painted quilt murals blanket Amish Country in a colorful patchwork linked by the roads that form our self-guided Heritage Trail Driving Tour. a complete list of quilt garden and quilt mural sites, on pages 32 – 35. guide, marks each stop along the Tour. A Changing Pallet Unlike their stitched cousins, our quilt gardens are never finished. And that makes for pleasant return visits throughout the growing season to Amish Country’s 16 quilt-inspired gardens. As spring gives way to summer and then autumn, you can watch as the thousands of annuals that make up the quilts’ patches take turns blooming, creating an ever evolving panorama of color and scent. Patterns & Places LeMoyne Star Recovery Whirling Star A.C.E. Breezy Days Flower Basket “Harts” of the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Grandmother’s Fan Bird’s Eye View Trapunto and Appliqué Maple Leaf Welcome to Middlebury Step of Faith Barn Raising Center Diamond Aurora Old Fashioned Star Shoofly Quilt Dove at the Window Stone Mason’s Puzzle Crazy Patch Friendship Quilt Maple City Miles II Variation Double Wedding Ring Welcome to Middlebury Amish Quilt Commemorative Stamps Dancing Leaves free of charge from May 25 ‘till October 1. Heritage Trail (see pages 32-35) to guide you along the Quilt Gardens Tour SM. SM is a flexible, self-guided adventure — enjoy it at your own pace! itinerary, read and feed our blogs and so much more at QuiltGardensTour.com Master Gardeners Guide for garden & mural designs, gardening how-tos and more. Facts by Phone provides fun, fact-filled narratives via your cell phone from every garden and mural location. SM To me, the most intriguing part of painting the quilt patterns is just how detailed the original quilts really are — even the most simplistic design is full of interesting stitching and fabric selections. Of course, these details are simplified into each mural — making the actual pattern itself the real work of art. , mural artist 800.517.9739 AmishCountry.org http://www.QuiltGardensTour.com http://www.AmishCountry.org
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