How do you fit Amenia inside a square?

AMENIA — Capturing the essence of Amenia inside a 12-inch-by-12-inch quilted square is the task at hand for Town Historian Arlene Iuliano. She is looking for local help to participate in a statewide heritage quilt project.The Association of Public Historians of New York State is promoting the project, which was started in 2009 to coincide with the Hudson-Champlain Quadricentennial.The Heritage Quilt Project asks towns to submit quilted squares to represent their communities. The squares will be sewn together into a giant quilt, which will be presented to the New York State Museum for its collection.According to Iuliano, there is no deadline for the town to complete its square. She went before the Town Board April 14 to publicize the project and get the community thinking about how to best represent Amenia.“We can put anything on the quilt,” Iuliano said in an interview. “We have some people in this community who have great skill, and hopefully they’ll have the time to volunteer.”At the Town Board meeting, Iuliano offered the view of the town from DeLavergne Hill as a possible idea. Town Supervisor Wayne Euvrard suggested the Borden Milk Factory in Wassaic, which supplied Union troops with condensed milk supplies during the Civil War.Iuliano asked that anyone with ideas or who has quilting knowledge contact her at 845-373-9088.

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