The Louisiana Quilt Trail is the fastest growing grassroots art movement in the entire country. The Louisiana Quilt Trail is a free outdoor driving exhibition showcasing over 150 colorful, hand-painted quilt blocks mounted on homes, businesses, barns, and historic buildings across five southeastern Louisiana parishes

What exactly is a quilt trail?

A Quilt Trail is the exhibition of artistic interpretations (painted, mixed media, etc.) of quilt blocks outdoors on homes, businesses, sheds, fences, barns or on posts in the yard, field, pasture or flower bed.

WHERE?

Among the region’s unique landscape and architecture of the parishes of Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, Livingston, St. Helena and Washington. These five parishes are located at the crossroad of Interstate 12 (east & west) and Interstate 55 (north & south). All Trails are within a 45 minute-to-two hour drive from both New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

The brain child of Ponchatoula native and resident Ann Boudreaux, the Louisiana Northshore Quilt Trail Association hatched into existence in early 2011. Four women joined Ann to nurture the nonprofit in the hopes of founding the first Quilt Trail in the state of Louisiana.

It was a challenge at first as every creative endeavor runs into its share of skeptics. As artists, quilters and DIY homemakers rapidly painted quilt blocks in garages and on dining room tables in the quiet of the night, the Directors of the LNQT Board travelled the five parish region to spread the word about the advantages of supporting Ms. Ann’s baby. They knew that if they could just offer free presentations with tons of visuals, everyone would jump on board and paint their own quilt block on their business or home.

With the words still ringing in their ears, “Great idea, but what is it?”, the Board knew they needed more help. They invited four more women to join them on the Board to help them carry on in the quest to convince each passerby, each person whose grocery buggy collided into theirs, each casual stranger in the elevator…that Louisiana’s first Quilt Trail would not only enrich the love of quilting in our region, but, as a tourist draw, it could possibly be an answer to the waning economy of the state.

The Quilt Trail Shoppe
146 W Oak St.
Ponchatoula, LA 70454