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Recovered! Lone Star Pennsylvania Dutch Quilt

Dec 10 2011

Teresa Fusco’s Lone Star Pennsylvania Dutch Quilt was last seen on September 3, 2011 at the Waterfront Restaurant in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It became missing when the Conestoga River overflowed 41 feet and covered the restaurant, destroying everything. The quilt disappeared along with numerous oil paintings by other artists. It could not be found when all of the debris was removed, so Teresa believed it was swept away by the waters.

In December 2011 Teresa wrote, “My quilt has been found! My daughter went to work on opening day about 6 weeks after the flood, when she walked into The Waterfront Restaurant… she saw my quilt sitting clean and folded on the bar. How happy that someone found the quilt in the river, cleaned it and returned the quilt to the restaurant. It was well marked because it was hanging in the restaurant for sale.”

 
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Bird House Quilt

Aug 03 2011

Bird House by Donna LeiphartDonna Leiphart hopes someone finds her Bird House quilt. It was last seen during June 2011 in Frankford, Delaware. It was stolen from her house, probably by a homeless person. It could now be in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Minnesota. A police report was filed.

This quilt is full bed size. The main colors are red, black, and green. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. Donna made it in 1998. It has a label on the back with Donna’s name and “York, PA”. The label is sewn on the back in the lower right hand corner.

If you find this quilt, please contact Donna at dleiphart2032@comcast.net.

 
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Home on the Range

Apr 05 2011

Home on the Range by Susan PaceleySusan Paceley hopes to recover her quilt called “Home on the Range.” She last saw it in April 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when she shipped it to David. It was stolen off his front porch where the delivery company left it.

Susan made this quilt from a commercial pattern. It is 41″ by 41″. It is made from earth tone fabrics including brown, beige, blue and green. It is fused and machine applique, machine pieced, and machine quilted. She made it in 2010. There is a label that has a paper pieced bison. It also says something like “made by Susan Paceley and given to David Kennedy in April 2010 to celebrate his graduation from Carnegie Mellon’s architecture program. The label is hand stitched to the lower right corner of the quilt back.

If you find this quilt, please contact Susan at sue_paceley@yahoo.com.

 
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Pink, Navy, and Tan Ohio Star Quilt

Oct 01 2010

Ohio Star by Teresa Fusco

Ohio Star by Teresa Fusco

Teresa Fusco of Reading, Pennsylvania was traveling, lecturing, teaching, and exhibiting her work from Washington, DC to Northern New Jersey when she realized this quilt was missing.

The 75″ by 75″ Ohio Star is a beginner’s rotary cutting sample quilt used for teaching. Teresa had just finished the quilting and sleeve, but she doesn’t think it had a label on the quilt yet. The Rotary Cutting Pattern can be found in the book “Block Party”.

The backgrounds are pale pink and tan nine patches and medium pink border triangles. The Border is dark navy blue/black. The visual block design is large Ohio stars in navy and browns with smaller stars in navy tan/browns as the middle blocks. Teresa first noticed the quilt missing in November 1999.

There is a reward for the return of this quilt – no questions asked. If you have any information regarding this quilt, please contact Teresa at teresasquiltstudio@gmail.com.

 
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Quilt of Valor

Sep 18 2010

Quilt of Valor by Barbara File

Quilt of Valor by Barbara File

Barbara File hopes it is still possible to recover her Quilt of Valor quilt. It was shipped on July 6, 2010 from Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. It was received by a transfer station in Pennsylvania and sent out to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, but the tracking was never updated. Many calls were made before she was told it was in a fire, but now no one knows anything about a fire on a truck. Barbara wonders if it has been stolen.

This is a large, lap-size quilt. It has a red border, blue sashing, yellow cornerstones. The blocks are red and blue Churn Dash. She used a fabric with red and blue stars on white for the background. It has a label on a lower corner with Barbara’s name.

If you’re able to help, please contact Barbara at tobylehnj@juno.com.

 
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Crazy Patch Quilt Top

Aug 30 2010

Crazy Patch Quilt owned by Muriel Fitzgerald Jones

Crazy Patch Quilt owned by Muriel Fitzgerald Jones

Muriel D. Fitzgerald Jones is asking for help locating a crazy patch quilt top that was given to her by her mother sometime between 1978-1980. Her mother brought it to Souderton, Pennsylvania between 1980-1985 where she knew someone who could replace a few torn fabrics. At the time, Muriel was unaware that her mother was in the beginning stages of dementia. Now no one knows if the quilt top was ever returned or picked up. An ad was placed in a local paper around 2007 with no response. When Muriel’s parents sold their house in 1993, they hired two women to empty it and clean it, with the idea that they could take anything they wanted. If the quilt top had been returned, it is unknown if one of these women might have taken it or possibly even thrown it away.

Muriel believes this quilt top was made between 1900-1940 by her maternal grandmother and her family. It is a double size quilt top made mostly of fancy dress fabric scraps, including silk-like and velvets. She recognizes a few scraps from dresses her grandmother wore. The tops of the seams around each fabric were hand embroidered with a feather stitch in gold-colored embroidery floss.

Muriel grew up playing under a quilt frame in their Pennsylvania Dutch community. Naturally this quilt top has enormous sentimental value. If you are able to help locate this quilt top, please contact Muriel at mfjpsy@charter.net.

 
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Two Trip Around the World Quilts

Oct 27 2009

Eileen Burke is hoping to find two Trip Around the World quilts which she made. The quilts were last seen in 2005 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. One is twin size, and the other is double size, approximately 81" by 81".

One quilt is a bright rainbow Trip Around the World quilt with black, white, and pink with lots of busy prints. This one is a finished comforter, tied with embroidery floss in colors to match, which made a design on the plain black backing. The finished one has a hand-embroidered label in rainbow colors that says, "For Alanna, Love Mom, 1996."

The other is a twilight version, very plain and somber. This one is only a top. It is made mostly of men’s shirts in lavender, blue, green, and navy blue. This one seems to "move" when you look at it.

Please contact Eileen at epaburke@gmail.com.

 
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Ohio Star

Dec 12 2008

Sarah is searching for a dark green and pink Ohio Star quilt that was made by her mother. The quilt is about 72″ square. The background of the blocks is pink. The backing is dark green with sprigs of pink flowers. It was hand pieced and hand quilted in 1992. It is possible that other quilt blocks were also used besides the Ohi Star. There is no border between the quilt blocks and the binding. The backing was folded forward as the binding.

The quilt was last seen in January 1999 at Our Lady of Peace School in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. Sarah’s sister brought the quilt to school to use in a class project, but accidentally left it behind. When last seen, the quilt was stored in a black plastic garbage bag.

Please contact Sarah through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.

 
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Bears in the Woods

Dec 12 2008

Barbara S. Dann wants to recover her “Bears in the Woods” quilt. It was last seen on October 25, 2008 when someone broken into their camp in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and took many items including this quilt. You can see a picture of this quilt at http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1127896624047134707wXxKeh.

This is a queen size quilt made mainly of greens, browns, and tans. It is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted. Barbara made it in 2002.

Please contact Barbara at quiltergirl@msn.com.

 
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Absolut Pennsylvania and Joy to the World

Oct 02 2008

Absolut Pennsylvania by Margaret Cusack

Absolut Pennsylvania by Margaret Cusack

Margaret Cusack is searching for two pieces of stitched artwork which are missing. Both pieces of art were in the same box. They were last seen on May 2, 2008 at the shipping company office in Maspeth, New York. The shipping company had last listed it as “on vehicle for delivery” but it was not delivered and it is no longer in their system.

The first, “Absolut Pennsylvania,” was commissioned by Absolut Vodka to use as an advertising poster. In the center is the Absolut Vodka bottle in yellow with hand-embroidered, blue lettering. Above the bottle are the words, Absolut Pennsylvania. The stitched image is very quilt-like. The colors are yellow, red, and blue. The bold yellow diamond shapes include symbols of Pennsylvania including a pretzel, the Liberty Bell, a guitar, an I-beam (for the steel industry), a folk art weather vane, etc. This stitched artwork is 28″ by 34″, and it is labeled on the back of the framed artwork with Margaret’s information and the artwork’s title. It is framed in a white wooden frame and the front of the artwork is protected with plexiglas.

Joy to the World by Margaret Cusack

Joy to the World by Margaret Cusack

If you’ve seen either of these pieces of stitched artwork, please contact Margaret Cusack at cusackart@aol.com.

 
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