Barn Quilting Circle At Work

Inside a timber barn, three colorful patchwork quilts hang framed on the wall, their star patterns picked out in red, gold, and turquoise. A red wagon wheel leans against a shelf stocked with spools of thread, jars of buttons, and folded rolls of fabric, while a barn door stands open to a view of silos and fenced farmland outside. Five women sit around a large quilting frame stretched with a half-finished patchwork of stars and diamonds, needles in hand as they stitch squares of red, blue, and yellow into place. Baskets overflow with fabric scraps and thread spools at their feet, and a tabby cat sleeps curled beside the table. Scissors, thimbles, and folded cloth clutter the worktables along the walls. The quilt on the frame is already pieced into a grid of squares, each one a shape waiting for its own stitches.