East Chatham-Kent

#1-Dakota Star This barn quilt is on the west side of our barn. This pattern was chosen to honour the first builders of this barn who lived in the Dakota Territory in the late 1800s and returned to their farm...

Grandmother’s flower garden quilt block is made up of concentric rows of brightly coloured hexagons. This quilt block has been a popular pattern for many years with innovative pioneer women using what they had to keep their family comfortable and...

Story Synopsis: Circular tulip-inspired design represents garden the owners have always aspired to grow and display. Long Version: The hill this farm home is built upon is composed of stony gravel. Cement block bricks were poured and cured on-site as...

The lore of buried treasure strikes interest and curiosity in people, young and old. We are no exception with this barn quilt depicting the “Treasure Chest” pattern. Whether the treasure was found or not, no one knows for sure. This...

Our “Sunflower” barn quilt, a modified “Waterwheel” pattern gives tribute to the now silent mills that were built along “Big Creek” in the valley known as “The Klondyke,” just one kilometre east of the property. The early industrialization of the...

Standing guard over the flock this Ram is surrounded in his pasture with the black fence with checkerboard trim. The original barn quilt block is an adaptation of a modern quilt design. The geometric shapes and green, black and white...

The Brien Family escaping the Irish potato famine in 1845 emigrated from Fermanagh County to Howard Township in Kent County. Considered one of the earlier of the settled families this surname now appears in many family trees in the area....

Beechwood, north of Ridgetown, where Victoria Rd. and Beechwood Line meet, was once a thriving community. The Guyitt Family chose to incorporate a Beechwood tree into the design of their barn quilt to honour the original settlement and the proud...

100 Years of Learning To Do By Doing Our Chatham-Kent Community Heritage and Barn Quilt clubs joined forces to create this community landmark celebrating the 100th anniversary of 4-H in Ontario. Members of the “Live Laugh Quilt” club designed and...

The McLarty family rented this hog barn in 1985 as Ken moved into full- time farming. McLarty Family Farms purchased the farm in 2007. This building is now an equipment storage barn. The nine patch pattern was chosen for this...

Archibald McLarty emigrated to the promised land of Canada from Argyll, Scotland, with his wife and four children, arriving in Quebec on August 27, 1831. The family then made their way to the Fingal area, where Archibald lost no time...