Since its meager beginning in 2004, the number of barn quilts has grown to 55, so visitors can easily spot a barn quilt every five to 10 miles throughout the county. Brochures describing the Barn Quilts of Sac County can be found in visitors centers throughout the state, and barn quilt maps are available in convenience stores, museums, city offices and a variety of other locations in Sac County. Selness’ parents, Harold and Dorothy Hendel, of rural Caledonia, were fascinated with the barn quilts in Iowa, and completed a barn quilt in April for their barn built in 1928 on Prairie Ridge Road. Other quilters and their locations include Duane and Deloris Deters on their barn just west of the Houston County Airport; John and Patti Schulte on their barn just east of Beaver Creek Valley State Park, Blaine and Dianne Schuldt on CSAH 12 west of Caledonia, and Dave and Betsy Pieper, on Houston County 249 just east of town.

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