Loose Creek Quilt Barn Tank Top

I've admired this barn with its decorative quilt block many times as I traveled on Highway 50 through the little town of Loose Creek, Missouri. After taking it's portrait, I researched the quilt pattern, and found that it is an old traditional pattern, called "North Star" or "Sawtooth." Legend has it that quilts with the "North Star" pattern were used as a type of code in the Underground Railroad, but historians have been unable to verify the legend. It still makes an intriguing story! (Near Loose Creek, Missouri)

Cricket Hackmann is a fine art photographer specializing in Missouri landscapes. As a farm wife and mother-of-two, Cricket Hackmann's love of photography began with documenting her children's days...and has expanded to become a means of holding on to a piece of all the beauty that surrounds us. Her goal is to produce vibrant, stunning images of the rural landscapes and close-ups of nature in central Missouri...with occasional other subjects included as they catch her eye. As a self-taught photographer, Cricket works daily to learn new ways of honing her skills and improving her art. She uses a DSLR camera as her primary tool to capture an image, and then various software programs, as needed, to transform the image into the desired...