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Grandma Flower Garden

Jan 27 2012

Alice Kennedy hopes to recover a quilt that was made by her grandmother, Etta Shaw. In January 2009, she gave it to a quilter who does longarm and hand quilting as a business in Garden Grove, California. At the time the quilter said it would take three to four months to finish. Alice was willing to give her extra time and stayed in contact with her until sometime in 2010 when she was unable to reach her by phone or email.

Alice’s quiilt top is about double or queen size. The blocks are vintage fabrics from the 30′s and 40′s and the background is muslin. The blocks are hand pieced.

If you are able to help Alice recover this quilt, please contact her at audiewee@earthlink.net.

 
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Toucan and Sunbonnet Sue quilts

Jan 27 2012

Sally Bishop is searching for two lap-size quilts she made. One is a large, primary-colored, paper-pieced toucan. The other is a pink and green Sunbonnet Sue. These quilts are machine pieced, fused appliqued, and machine appliqued. They were last seen mid-August 2011 in Dexter, Michigan when they were sent to Sally from the quilter. They were being shipped to Palm Springs, California. The quilter shipped eight boxes on same day. Only two made it to their desinations and six did not.

If you see either of these quilts, please contact Sally at sabpsp@verizon.net.

 
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Visitors From Another Galaxy

Nov 30 2011

Charla Kiolbassa hopes someone has found an original quilt made by her grandfather sometime around 1982. The quilt was last seen between 1985-1990. It may have become missing during a move from Kingsland, Texas to Montclair, California. Once she arrived in California, she stored some of her belongings in a garage, which someone rummaged through.

This quilt is a little bigger than king size. It features a large spaceship which has landed on earth, and there is an alien standing outside of the spacecraft. It is hand pieced and hand quilted.

The quilt was made with 36,000 squares that are about 1/2″ in size. It has the name “Charla” in cursive writing across the bottom third of the quilt.

If you find this quilt, please contact Charla at ckiolbassa@ntelogic.com.

 
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Shady Lady and Economy

Nov 18 2011

Wendy L. Starn is asking for help looking for two of her original art quilts. These quilts were last seen in Lomita, California around October 11, 2011. They were part of a special exhibit, Then and Now, which was curated by Anne Copeland. They were being returned to Wendy when they came up missing. It is not clear if they were lost en route to either Office Depot or the Post Office in Lomita, California. They became missing along with two other quilts by Sarah Ann Smith.

“Shady Lady” is 26.75″ by 27.25″. It is an original quilt done in just black and white. It features the image of a large caladium leaf. It is fused applique, reverse applique, and machine quilted. It has a label on the lower right corner of the back which has Wendy’s contact information.

“Economy” is 19.25″ wide by 19.5″ high. It is black, white, unbleached muslin, and bandaid beige. Wendy also used white illusion netting, black Mistyfuse, and adhesive bandages. This quilt was machine quilted in 2009. It is labeled in the same way as “Shady Lady.”

If you find this quilt, please contact Wendy at wlstarn@aol.com.

 
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Fields of Gold and Dogwood::Dawn

Nov 18 2011

Please be on the look out for two of Sarah Ann Smith’s quilts. They were last seen in early October 2011. They were part of a special exhibit, Then and Now, which was curated by Anne Copeland. They were being returned to Sarah Ann when they came up missing. It is not clear if they were lost en route to either Office Depot or the Post Office in Lomita, California. Two other quilts by Wendy L. Starn became missing at the same time.

“Fields of Gold” is 18″ wide by 20.5″ high. The main colors in this original design are green, gold, and some blue. The background is hand-dyed fabric by Lisa Walton of Australia. It is quilted with a wheat stalk motif in the foreground. The design is fused applique. It is labeled with the name of the quilt, Sarah’s name and her old address in Camden, Maine, and her current email and website addresses. This quilt won second place in Art Quilts-Miniature at IQA Houston in 2009, and it was featured as the September quilt in Award Winning Quilts.

“Dogwood::Dawn” is also an original quilt. It is 33″ wide by 27″ high. The main colors are soft pink, gray, blue, green, with brown for the tree trunks and earth. Sarah Ann used sheer fabrics fused as mist, angelina, and silk fibers. It is machine pieced, fused applique, and intensely machine quilted.

Please contact Sarah Ann Smith at sarah@sarahannsmith.com if you have any information on either of these quilts.

 
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Doodle’s Quilt

Feb 24 2011

Doodle's Quilt by Dorothy Viola Holobaugh

Doodle's Quilt by Dorothy Viola Holobaugh

Judith is searching for a quilt that was made by her mother, Dorothy Viola Holobaugh. It was made for Judith’s daughter, Christine Viola (Doodle) Cowan Cary. The quilt was last seen in Rancho Santa Fe, California. It became missing during a divorce, and it may have been given away or sold, along with another quilt and an afghan made by Dorothy.

This is an original design. It is twin size. It is yellow with white and the border is red. The quilt features a little girl doing different dances. Each applique is unique, It was created in 1976 by a grandmother for the granddaughter that was named for her. Judith doesn’t rememeber exactly what is on the label, but it may include the words “Doodle” or “Christy”, “Dancing Girls”, Dorothy’s name, and the year.

Judith writes, “This is an original quilt made especially for my daughter the same year my mother made quilts for three other granddaughters – all designed around the girls’ interests. It is breaking my heart that this quilt is missing…as well as the other one and a hand crocheted afghan mom made for Doodle. The quilts and afghan may be in Mexico as the ex was in the habit of giving his handy man stuff to take home to Mexico.”

If you find this quilt, please contact Judith at judycowan@cfl.rr.com.

 
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Childhood T-Shirt Quilt

Oct 18 2010

Suzanne Decker hopes to find her childhood t-shirt quilt which was made by her mother, B. DeWeese. It was last seen in Ventura, California sometime in 1994. It was accidentally left at a public park.

The quilt is made from t-shirts that are from places Suzanne visited (Camp Tomah Shinga, Order of the Fork) and sports teams she played on. Many locations are from Kansas where she grew up (MJHS, MHS, etc.).

If you found this quilt, please contact Suzanne at suzdeck@msn.com.

 
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Three Gentoos

Aug 27 2010

Three Gentoos by Pat Gould

Three Gentoos by Pat Gould

Studio Art Quilt Associates are searching for a missing quilt by Pat Gould. It was last seen on July 25, 2010 at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California. It was on display at the SAQA booth, but apparently it was not packed up with the other auction quilts.

This quilt is 12″ square. The main colors are browns and grays. It is a painted silk wholecloth quilt featuring of three Gentoo penguins, and it is machine quilted. It has a label sewn to the lower back corner.

If you remember seeing this quilt, please contact Martha Sielman at msielman@sbcglobal.net.

 
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Recovered! Fish Tank

May 10 2010

Fish Tank by Nancy Ryan

Fish Tank by Nancy Ryan

Nancy Ryan was hoping someone had seen her original quilt, “Fish Tank.” It was last seen on April 27, 2010 in Gainesville, Florida. It had been displayed at the Quilting Natural Florida II Exhibit and was being returned by a commercial shipping company. The company said it was delivered to her California address and left on the front porch. When Nancy returned home, the package was no where to be found.

Thankfully, one month later, Nancy reported that her quilt had been recovered! The shipper had delivered it to the wrong address, and it is now safely back home with Nancy!

This quilt was made in 2009 and is 36″ wide by 24″ long. Nancy used bright batiks, especially turquoise and orange. The quilt is appliquéd and machine quilted with specialty threads. Fancy machine stitches were used when the sheer fabric was applied.

Fish Tank, detail

Fish Tank, detail

 
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Yo-Yo Flowers

Mar 15 2010

Yo-Yo Quilt

Yo-Yo Quilt

Edie Johnson is looking for a quilt made by her mother which was given to her daughter. The full size quilt is called Yo-Yo Flowers. This quilt consists of white blocks with different color borders around each block. Each block has flowers made of small, gathered circles (yo-yos of material with a button in the middle of each flower. The quilt is machine pieced. The yo-yo flowers are hand appliqued. The stems and leaves were embroidered with green floss. It was last seen during August 2007 in Downey, California. It was lost when her daughter was moving to Long Beach, California. The quilt was placed in a black plastic bag. It may have accidentally been placed with the things being given to charity.

 
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