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Nancy Harris, a school teacher and resident of Sussex County had noticed painted quilt blocks going up on some of the barns she passed on her way to and from work each day. She saw an article in the NJ Herald and checked out the website for the NJ Barn Quilt project.
She was so inspired by the mission and vision of celebrating NJ's agricultural history that she was inspired to write a grant to her local PTA to model a similar project for her students. Her 8th grade gifted and talented students at Jefferson Township Middle School used the Barn Quilt model to do their community service project this year at the New Jersey School of Conservation.
Congratulations to Ms. Harris and her students for a job well done - and another addition to the NJ Quilt Trail! Additionally, Ms. Suzi Parron has included the student's project in her soon-to-be-published book about barn quilts across the country!
The following link gives further information on the project:
http://csam.montclair.edu/csam_news/article.php?ArticleID=5697&ChannelID=90
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| NJMA Quilt Block - "Windmill" |
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New Jersey Museum of Agriculture
July 19, 2009 - the first Barn Quilt was dedicated
at the National Ice Cream Day event
with over 150 in attendance!
Location: Middlesex County, NJ
103 College Farm Rd.
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
For more information on this event
see the link:
Middlesex Co. Quilts - NJ Museum Quilt
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Children and attendees of the National Ice Cream Day celebration participated in designing and drawing paper 'barn quilt' squares. The squares have been mounted on the display boards outside the Theater room at the Museum.
Below are pictures of the completed 'Barn Quilts'. Be sure to look for them on your next visit to the NJ Museum of Agriculture!
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| Paper 'Barn Quilt' at NJMA |
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| Paper 'Barn Quilt' #2 at NJMA |
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Visit us often to see new sites that will have
BARN QUILTS mounted soon!
As each quilt is mounted, addresses and directions
will be available here.
Watch for our notice announcing additional quilt dedication dates.
Barn Quilt Association of New Jersey
For more information
please call 908-459-4421
or send an email to info@njbarnquilts.com orwww.agriculturemuseum.org
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