Vicki Burnett of Starkville put Oktibbeha County on the map. The Barn Quilt Trail map, that is.
"I went to a workshop one time, and a lady painted a barn quilt into one of her paintings," she said. "It was just really kind of intriguing, and that's when I first learned what a barn quilt was."
Burnett, a board member for the Starkville Area Arts Council, learned of the painted quilts and saw potential in the oversized geometric designs for a county-wide project promoting the arts.
"I appreciat
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