The answer is Nappanee

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Nappanee, Indiana

The good folk of Nappanee (Elkhart County), don't have a Barn Quilt Trail (yet), but what they do have is a Quilt Garden Tour... that includes more than few large painted quilt blocks. I think that to enjoy the Quilt Gardens of Elkart county, you need to time your visit to the season and the community volunteers. These painted Quilt Blocks can be enjoyed year-round. See more at http://www.amishcountry.org/QuiltGardensTour2010

The picture above was taken from http://www.amishcountry.org/ . The blocks are on the side of John's Butcher Shop in downtown Nappanee and I do not know the actual size of them. One of the interesting things about the Elkhart / Nappanee Quilt Blocks are that they have been painted onto lumber rather than plywood. Look closely at the photos on their website.

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plus a little more

On the heading for my Barn Quilt Web-Site list, I also included the words "plus a little more". This notice is about the little more ( Amish Quilt Gardens Tour ), in Elkhart, Indiana (and also Bristol, Middlebury, Nappanee, Shipshewana, Wakarusa and Goshen, Indiana). The good folk of Elkhart County have taken the art of the Quilt Garden to a new level, and in doing so have included seveal large painted Quilt Blocks in various place around the county. I was not able to find a list or map of just the painted Quilt Blocks, but it all looks like fun. There is a cute video clip about one of the Painted Quilts on their home page, and also one hanging at Goshen College that you can check out in the Goshen College News.