BRODHEAD - Barn quilts have gained popularity in Green County, as more than 60 barn quilts can be found.
Two Brodhead High School seniors joined with a Brodhead businesswoman to create the latest quilt. The quilt was recently put on a barn at the farm of Rob and Tammy Riemer, N4031 County F.
But, this quilt will get a little more exposure than most.
It will be part of a television advertisement by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, which will be featured in June.
Joella Miller, Brodhead, who owns a jewelry business, heard Lynn Lokken, chairman of the barn quilt project in Green County, discuss barn quilts at a meeting, and decided she wanted to sponsor a quilt. There was one problem, however, she didn't own a barn. But, she could sponsor a quilt and find a farmer to put it on one of their barns.
Miller talked with the Riemers and they decided their farm should have a barn quilt. Rob is a third-generation farmer. He purchased the farm from his father, Ben, who had purchased the farm from his father, Charles. Charles purchased the farm in 1921, Miller said.
With the barn and a sponsor in place, Abby Paffel and Corey Condon, seniors at Brodhead High School, came into the picture. As part of their senior project for school, the students decided to make the quilt for the barn. Miller and Tammy Riemer found a pattern they liked and drew up the design.
Miller and Riemer decided to use the colors red, blue and yellow for the quilt. They couldn't use the color green, Miller said, jokingly, because Rob Riemer isn't a John Deere man.
The high school seniors then took the idea and created the quilt with a little help from friends at school.
It took Paffel and Condon about a month to cut out the quilt from plywood and paint it so it would be ready for the barn, Paffel said. The quilt is made of two sheets of plywood and painted with three layers of primer. It has to last for many years, Miller said.
The quilt raising, May 3, was not a typical event because it was filmed for the television commercial.
At about the time the quilt was ready to be placed on the barn, Lokken was contacted by Amy Wallace of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. The group wanted to feature a barn quilt in an upcoming commercial. The organization had seen other barn quilts on the Green County Farm Quilt Web site and thought it would make a good picture for their commercial.
Miller said a lot of people helped make the quilt possible and she's happy to see it on the barn.
Paffel said she was proud to see the completed project, too.
"I drove by it the other day and it looks good," she said.
More information about the barn quilts in Green County is available at, www.greencountybarnquilts.com.
Two Brodhead High School seniors joined with a Brodhead businesswoman to create the latest quilt. The quilt was recently put on a barn at the farm of Rob and Tammy Riemer, N4031 County F.
But, this quilt will get a little more exposure than most.
It will be part of a television advertisement by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, which will be featured in June.
Joella Miller, Brodhead, who owns a jewelry business, heard Lynn Lokken, chairman of the barn quilt project in Green County, discuss barn quilts at a meeting, and decided she wanted to sponsor a quilt. There was one problem, however, she didn't own a barn. But, she could sponsor a quilt and find a farmer to put it on one of their barns.
Miller talked with the Riemers and they decided their farm should have a barn quilt. Rob is a third-generation farmer. He purchased the farm from his father, Ben, who had purchased the farm from his father, Charles. Charles purchased the farm in 1921, Miller said.
With the barn and a sponsor in place, Abby Paffel and Corey Condon, seniors at Brodhead High School, came into the picture. As part of their senior project for school, the students decided to make the quilt for the barn. Miller and Tammy Riemer found a pattern they liked and drew up the design.
Miller and Riemer decided to use the colors red, blue and yellow for the quilt. They couldn't use the color green, Miller said, jokingly, because Rob Riemer isn't a John Deere man.
The high school seniors then took the idea and created the quilt with a little help from friends at school.
It took Paffel and Condon about a month to cut out the quilt from plywood and paint it so it would be ready for the barn, Paffel said. The quilt is made of two sheets of plywood and painted with three layers of primer. It has to last for many years, Miller said.
The quilt raising, May 3, was not a typical event because it was filmed for the television commercial.
At about the time the quilt was ready to be placed on the barn, Lokken was contacted by Amy Wallace of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. The group wanted to feature a barn quilt in an upcoming commercial. The organization had seen other barn quilts on the Green County Farm Quilt Web site and thought it would make a good picture for their commercial.
Miller said a lot of people helped make the quilt possible and she's happy to see it on the barn.
Paffel said she was proud to see the completed project, too.
"I drove by it the other day and it looks good," she said.
More information about the barn quilts in Green County is available at, www.greencountybarnquilts.com.