Epp quilts journey from Hamilton to Hamilton

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Epp donates 80-quilt legacy to Missouri Quilt Museum

  • Lorna and Larry Epp show two of the 80 quilts that they recently delivered to a museum in Hamilton, Mo. The Aurora woman is the co-founder of the Nimble Thimble Quilt Guild and has created more than 400 quilts in her lifetime.
    Lorna and Larry Epp show two of the 80 quilts that they recently delivered to a museum in Hamilton, Mo. The Aurora woman is the co-founder of the Nimble Thimble Quilt Guild and has created more than 400 quilts in her lifetime.
Quilting has been a big part of Aurora resident Lorna Epp's life for more than 40 years and in that time she has created more than 400 quilts of one kind or another. Realizing that a collection that size was too much for her family to eventually have to deal with, last week she and her husband, Larry made the 260 mile trip from Hamilton County, Nebraska to the town of Hamilton, Mo. to donate 80…

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