Take the self-guided auto tour
More than 90 wooden blocks are displayed along a self-guided auto tour route. Look for the quilt blocks mounted on buildings owned by interested citizens, farms and businesses throughout the county.
While you’re on the trail, Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook is a destination for quilters and textile artists from around the world. Take time to visit this fascinating center; take a class, purchase materials, and visit with fellow quilters and textile artists.
The origins of quilt trails
The quilt trail concept, originating in Ohio, is very popular in the eastern U.S—there are approximately 3,000 quilt blocks mounted on barns and businesses. The nearest quilt trail to Tillamook was in Nebraska, and these trails inspired the idea to start one here. Tillamook County, with the help of many volunteers, was able to obtain several grants to get the Tillamook Quilt Trail started on the Tillamook Coast.
Many of the quilt blocks are also part of a popular geocaching tour. Search for it on the geocaching app.
The Trail is covered in two books
The Tillamook Quilt Trail, the first of its kind west of the Rocky Mountains, is listed in the book Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement by Suzi Parron and Donna Sue Groves. It is also mentioned in the book Barn Block Quilt Traditions: Exploring the American Quilt Trail with 55 Blocks and 20 Quilts by Janet Wickell.
