Quilted Corners of Wyalusing

May 1, 2010 will be the Kick off for the Quilted Corners of Wyalusing Barn Quilt tour. There will be vendors, antique tractors, quilts galore. A bus will be giving tours all day along the barn quilt loops. Come celebrate with us.  

Looking to spend a day or two in the Wyalusing area?  Drive through a backdrop of historic and beautiful barns and local busineses adorned with the artistry of traditional quilts in the form of an attached 8' x 8" wooden block with a single quilt design.  Access our cell phone audio tour...Take your time, pack a lunch or stop at a country store or restaurant for local flavor...visit shops, museums, wineries, produce stands, galleries and historical sites.

Local Sugar Run resident, Peggy DeMartino, read an article in the Rocket Courier that highlighted local officials coming together to research new ideas for bringing tourism into our area.  After reading an article about Barn Art in a current issue of Country Home magazine, she researched the concept of promoting a Barn Quilt driving tour in our area.  The original idea began in 2001 when Donna Sue Groves from Adams County, Ohio, placed a barn quilt on her barn to honor her mother, a 5th generation quilter, and has since become a "clothesline" of barn quilts throughout the country.

Peggy walked into the Chamber of Commerce with her presentation and walked out with a partner and "fast friend", Wendy Gaustad, whose enthusiasm for the project and personal interest has become the tour de force behind the project. Both Peggy and Wendy recently traveled to Kendall, NY to experience a barn quilt trail firsthand and compile information to make the project here in Wyalusing a success.

The "Quilted Corners of Wyalusing" is a public art project bringing the spirit of the arts to our community and revealing community-wide expression of our farming and quilting heritage to those who tour our area, benefiting present and future generations. 

For more information, or to own a barn quilt please contact..... Wendy at 570-746-4922 or email wchamber@epix.net