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Press Release: March 23, 2010
Contact: Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000
St. Lawrence County Quilter Exhibits Work at National Quilting Weekend Show
Sackets Harbor, NY – St. Lawrence County quilter Marcia Tiernan of Waddington, NY, shared her wallhanging titled “The Island House” at the Circles and Wheels on the Byway Quilt Show at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor, NY, for National Quilting Day weekend.
Contact: Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000
St. Lawrence County Quilter Exhibits Work at National Quilting Weekend Show
 Marcia Tiernan's "The Island House" quilt |
Tiernan, who has been quilting since 1955, says the wallhanging was made at the request of the David Howard family that owned the house on Ogden Island before the Seaway project.
“Construction of the house began in 1811 and was completed about 1816. It was damaged by fire in 1941 and subsequently repaired. It was believed to be a stop on the Underground Railroad assisting escaped southern slaves to flee to Canada. When the Seaway and Power Project were built the island was appropriated by the Government and the house was demolished along with the other farms and barns on the island,” Tiernan says.
Tiernan scanned a photo of the house into her computer. Raymond Belanger colorized it and the image was transferred to fabric. Tiernan machine-pieced and machine-quilted the wallhanging adapted to a design by Jennifer Chiaverini.
To see the quilts selected as the Viewer’s Choice at the show, go online to the Seaway Trail Quilting Page. #