This is the Peace Barn in my town. At night the peace symbol is lit up. I just love the barn and drive by it almost every day. I especially love seeing the peace sign when it is lit at night. When I saw the theme Bohemian I started asking about the history of the Peace barn. The barn was painted with the Peace sign in 1969 by the owners Glenn Merry and his wife. They were "classic hippies" my friend told me. It was painted during the Vietnam War and some people viewed the sign as a symbol against the war but they meant it to just be a Peace sign. The sign has been vandalized by someone throwing paint on it.
The current owners have kept up the care of the Peace sign. When Covid started they made sure the lights were on every night. They felt we were all in this crisis together and the Peace sign showed a sense of hope. Someone cut the lights in three places again vandalizing it. It took many months for them to be able to have the lights repaired.
I created the quilt with my photograph of the barn. I used fusibles and free motion machine quilting. I thought it would be a perfect example of the Bohemian theme.
Here is picture of the barn at dusk.
