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"Rocky Road to Dublin" Quilt Square #58 |
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Kentucky Quilt Trail |
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"Rocky Road to Dublin" Quilt Square #58 |
Pattern: Rocky Road to Dublin
Colors: cream and 3 shades of green
Location: 101 Lambert Hollow Road
Directions: From West Morehead at the junction of US60 and Rt. 519, follow KY
519 for 0.6 mile then left 4 miles on Dry Creek Road (Rt. 1167). Turn left onto
Lambert Hollow Road and go 0.2 miles. Barn is at left near the road. A driveway
is between the house and barn.
Barn Owner: Diane & Bill Alexander
Painted by: FQT Quilt Painting Team
Installed: November 6, 2008 by five members of the Kentucky Explorers
Sponsor: W. Paul & Lucille Caudill Little Foundation, Inc.
Notes:
The barn is known to be over 75 years old. The farm, with an old house and the
barn, was bought in 1937 by Rob and Ruth Workman. The barn looked old to them
even then. The Workmans lived there off and on over the years before finally
settling on Dry Creek Road. They had replaced the old home in 1965 with a new
one. The barn, which was always used for housing cows, a mule and horse and
hogs, remained.
Diane and her first husband bought the farm about 25 years ago from another farm
owner. After her husband was killed in a car accident 19 years ago and she had
to raise 3 children as a single mother, Diane feels life has been a rocky road.
She felt this quilt pattern was appropriate for her barn. She asked that the
quilt square be painted in shades of green to match the doors on the barn and
the color of her house. Now the barn is used to hang tobacco, for storage, and
for her son’s band room, when he and his friends want to rehearse or jam.
Diane has hand-pieced nine-patch quilt tops and has had them quilted but
that’s the only pattern she’s ever tried making. She has made one for all of
her kids for Christmas, and the last two will be given as gifts this Christmas.
This is the only quilt square on Lambert Hollow Rd. It is just a short distance
from Dry Creek Rd. (and can even faintly be seen from there) and is just one of
two that can be viewed when traveling Dry Creek.
More information about all of the quilt squares can be obtained at the FQT's
Websites: http://rcquilttrail.tripod.com
or http://littlefoundation.tripod.com
A colorful brochure with map is available by contacting the Morehead Tourism
Office.