Orleans County’s bicentennial quilt in home stretch
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Tara Thom, owner of the Town & Country Quilt Shop at 10 East Bank St. in Albion, works on the Orleans County bicentennial quilt at her shop today.
Thom and a group of quilters have been working on the quilt that will be presented to county officials during an April 15 celebration of the county’s 200th anniversary. That bicentennial ceremony is at noon at the County Courthouse.
Thom is shown putting a feathering pattern of stitches in the top of the quilt.
Each of the 10 towns in Orleans County are featured on the quilt.
There is still binding to put on the outer perimeter of the quilt, which include blocks of all 10 towns in the county and the year they were established, as well as three other blocks that are dedicated to “Farming,” “Faith” and “Family.”
The bottom of the quilt also says “1825” and “2025.”
Thom opened the Town & Country Quilt Shop in 2017. She and a group of volunteers have been working on the quilt for several months. They did it in a classic pattern. The quilt will be nearly 6 feet by 6 feet when it is finished.
The quilt is done with a design that was common in the 1800s.
