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The BBC Quilt

Jul 18 2002

BBC Quilt by Laura Bailey Parks

BBC Quilt by Laura Bailey Parks

Another award winning quilt has come up missing! Laura Bailey Parks designed a special raffle quilt for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Batesville, Arkansas. She calls it “The BBC” (the Barnett Building Ceiling) because the original design was inspired by a pressed metal ceiling in a department store in Batesville.

The quilt is 85-1/2″ square. It is an off-white, whole cloth quilt which is heavily hand-quilted with burgundy thread. The border has two ornate half circles on each side and four full circles in the center of the quilt. The hand-embroidered label says, “Design adapted, drafted and quilted by Laura Bailey Parks, 2001. Inspired by pressed metal ceiling of Barnett Building, circa 1903. Made as time/talent contribution for Raise the Roof building fund of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Batesville, Arkansas.”

This quilt was last seen on July 1, 2002 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. It had been shown at the NQA (National Quilting Association) 33rd Annual Quilt Show where it won First Place in the Whole Cloth Division. It was packed up for return shipment after the show when it was stolen, along with another quilt called “Grandma’s Peppermint.”.

This was a raffle quilt and many tickets had already been sold. If you’ve seen this quilt, please contact Laura at lauraparks@aristotle.net.

 
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Monica McGregor Quilts

Jun 25 2002

Mountains by Monica McGregor

Mountains by Monica McGregor

Monica McGregor is searching for three quilts which were on loan to Blue Ridge Books and Artworks, Blue Ridge, Georgia. Monica was not notified when the quilts were shipped back to her, so she was not aware when they were not delivered. Recently she asked the gallery owner about them and was informed they were shipped via a shipping company in November 2000. Apparently the package was either stolen off her front doorstep or was lost in transit between Blue Ridge, Georgia and Ojai, California.

“Mountains” is an original design that Monica made in 1999. It is 31.5″ by 27.25″. The main colors are black, white, light blue, biege, brown, orange and yellow. It is made with overdyed garment fabrics, stripes and mottled hand-dyes. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. Monica wrote her name, the year and “Ojai, CA” on the hanging sleeve or on the quilt back using a black pen.

Cat's Eye by Monica McGregor

Cat's Eye by Monica McGregor

“Cat’s Eye” is also an orignal design made in 1999. It is 24″ square. The main colors are blues, reds, yellows, and black. Monica used hand-dyed fabrics and overdyed garment fabrics. It is also machine pieced and machine quilted and is labeled in the same way as “Mountains” was.

Blue Moon by Monica McGregor

Blue Moon by Monica McGregor

“Blue Moon” in another orignal design. It is 36″ by 24″. It is mainly white, yellow, light blue, red, dark green, black and bright blue. Again, Monica used overdeyed garment fabrics and hand-dyed fabrics.

Please contact Monica at monimc@mail.com if you have seen these quilts.

 
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Ellen Anne Eddy Quilts

May 28 2002

Ellen Anne Eddy is searching for four art quilts and one jacket which came up missing after a recent trip. The quilts were discovered missing on May 23, 2002.

From top to bottom, the missing pieces are:

“Beachcomer 1″ and “Beachcomer 2″

  • Two panels, each 20.5″ by 31.5″
  • Hand-dyed cotton, organza, lace, and tulle
  • Direct applique, machine embroidered applique, machine embroidered and quilted
  • Rayon, metallic, and nylon threads

“Breaking the Ice”

  • 35″ by 66″
  • Purple and gray hand-dyed cotton, nylon organza, irridescent organza
  • Machine pieced, quilted and embroidered, reverse appliqued
  • Metallic, rayon, monofilament nylon and irridescent threads
  • Published in “Thread Magic: The Enchanted World of Ellen Anne Eddy”

“In the Grotto”

  • 37″ by 41″ (irregular shape)
  • Hand-dyed cotton, nylon tulle, organza, hand-dyed cheese cloth
  • Machine pieced, direct applique, machine embroidered applique, machine quilted and embroidered
  • Rayon, metallic, perle cotton, and nylon threads
  • Shown on the cover of “Stitchery Magazine,” September 1999

“Sheer Magic Jacket”

  • Purple embroidered organza

Ellen had travelled to Wintersprings, Florida with a suitcase containing her fiber art. She remembers showing these quilts, along with many others, to the quilt guild president on May 9, 2002. She left her packed suitcase at the home she was staying at while she went out with some of the guild members. When they returned, the teenage daughter of the homeowner was showing the quilts to five or six of her friends. Ellen did not watch while the quilts were repacked. Instead she went to bed and left early the next morning to catch a plane. She left the suitcase packed in a locked location until she needed to bring it with her to a show in Edmonton, Canada on May 21. At her class the next morning, the students unpacked the quilts and put them up on the wall. Not all of the quilts would fit up on the walls, so Ellen didn’t realize until the following morning that these four quilts and the jacket were missing.

All of these quilts are original designs and are heavily machine embroidered. For more information about Ellen’s artwork, you can visit her website at http://www.ellenanneeddy.com.

Ellen adds, “If these pieces are found and returned, there is a reward and no questions asked.” If you can help recover any of these pieces, please contact Ellen at elleneddy@aol.com.

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Century of Progress Quilt

Apr 12 2002

Century of Progress Quilt

Century of Progress Quilt

Evelyn Strickler is searching for a Century of Progress quilt which was made by her grandfather, William F. Novak of Chicago, Illinois.

(In 1933 Sears sponsored a national quilt contest in conjunction with Chicago’s Century of Progress World Fair. Thousands of quilts were made for this contest and many are unaccounted for today. Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman wrote about this massive quilt contest in their book entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair.”)

The double bed size quilt made by William Novak was an original design. It was hand appliqued and hand quilted. It features a map of the United States in a half circle with the words “Century of Progress” across the top and “Chicago” below that and then “1933″ on the final line. The Great Lakes stand out in blue against the white of the states. The bottom of the quilt has the heads of Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt and Evelyn thinks the names of all the states are written by the presidents.

The quilt was sent to President Roosevelt and it is probable that he gave it as a gift. Evelyn has a letter confirming that President Roosevelt received the quilt. She writes, “My biggest wish is that I could get it back in the family as my grandfather made many things and gave them away before there were any grandchildren and now that I have been doing genealogy I would love to find this quilt. If I am unable to buy it back I would just be thrilled to find it and perhapshave a picture and know the history where the quilt has been and just be able to see it once.”

If you can help reunite Evelyn with this quilt, please contact her at e.strickler@comcast.net.

 
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Colours of St. Lucia

Mar 08 2002

Colours of St. Lucia by Ann Sullivan Densleigh

Colours of St. Lucia by Ann Sullivan Densleigh

Densleigh (Dennie) Anne Sullivan created this original quilt, Colors of St. Lucia, using a variety of tropical prints in aqua, teal, turquoise, peach and coral. She strip-pieced the fabrics and cut them into squares and circles similar to the traditional Drunkard’s Patch block. She embellished the quilt with thread painting, beading, and bridal tulle layered to create the sea coral. There are three-dimensional flowers and manipulated fabric for the palm trees. The finished size of this machine pieced, machine quilted, fabric art is 50″ by 50″.

There are two labels on this quilt. One is Dennie’s own decorative, descriptive label. The second had Dennie’s full name, address, and phone number. It is computer generated with waterproof ink and sewn on with tiny hand stitching.

In March 2001 this quilt won second place at the Arizona State Guild Show. It was also juried into a fibre art show at the Lincoln Gallery, Ft. Collins, Colorado for the month of July 2001.

Dennie’s quilt was featured in Louisa L. Smith’s book, “Strips ‘n Curves,” which was published by C&T Publications in November 2001. (There were two errors made when the book was printed. In the index, the quilt was incorrectly listed as being made by author of the book. They also incorrectly spelled the title using the American spelling of “colors” instead of the British version, “colours.”)

This quilt was last seen on August 28, 2001 when the author, Louisa L. Smith, sent it from Loveland, Colorado to Sun Lakes, Arizona.

If you have any information regarding this quilt, please contact Dennie at rdsully@worldnet.att.net.

 
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Lighthouse Quilt Top

Dec 12 2001

Linda Lightner is hoping to locate her East Coast Lighthouses quilt top. In November 1999 she gave it to a machine quilter from the southern part of West Virginia to be quilted but it was never returned. It was last seen at The Sew Inn quilt shop in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The twin size top is an original design. It has machine embroidered lighthouses in dark reds and blues on a white background.

If you can help Linda, please contact her at win@access.mountain.net.

 
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Fond Memories

Dec 12 2001

Fond Memories by Janet D. Shumway

Fond Memories by Janet D. Shumway

In 1996 J.D. Shumway created a quilt, “Fond Memories,” using her own original design. This quilt was on display at Attic Window Quilt Shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan when it was stolen from the shop. It was last seen during October 1999. This quilt won a second place ribbon for hand applique in September 1996 at the West Michigan Quilters Guild Bi-Annual Quilt Show.

Fond Memories, fabrics used

Fond Memories, fabrics used

“Fond Memories” consists of an appliqued “grapevine” semi heart-shaped wreath with three dimensional leaves and multicolored grapes. The leaves range in color from forest green (A) to green-gold. The grapes range in color from dark purply-blues (C) to burgundy (D) to pale gold. The wreath is constructed from three 1/8″ bias strips (F) made from bluish batik (E) and rusty red (D) fabrics. The binding is rusty red (D) and the background is a subtle cross-hatched pattern on taupe (B). The round quilt is 24″ in diameter and it is hand appliqued and hand quilted.The label on the back is oval and features hand drawn grapes and grapevines. It reads: “Fond Memories” by Janet Dyer Shumway / J.D. Shumway, the date, and the year 1996. The label is hand appliqued on the back of the quilt.

Please contact J.D. at jim-jd@juno.com or the Attic Window Quilt Shop, 616-785-3357.

 
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Ski Dreamin’

May 03 2001

Caroline Reyes is looking for a very special quilt, Ski Dreamin’, which she designed herself. It features hand-painted downhill skiers and the center panel is a photo of a boy in a body cast leaning on ski poles. This is a large full or queen sized quilt made of primary colors and the sashing is stripes of red, blue, yellow and green. It is machine pieced and machine quilted and was made in 1983. There may be an embroidered label which says “Caroline Reyes for John Reyes.”

The quilt had been placed in a storage locker near Denver, Colorado around 1986. The lock was cut and everything in the storage locker, including the quilt, was stolen. At the time the quilt was stolen, it had never been washed. The fabric paints had been heat-set, but if it was washed improperly at a later date, it is possible the colors could have run.

If you have seen a quilt which fits this description, please contact Caroline at Creyes@bigvalley.net.

 
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Missing French Quilts

Feb 13 2001

Lili Aux Chats by Anne Gailhbaud

Lili Aux Chats by Anne Gailhbaud

These two original quilts have been lost during shipment. The quilts were handsewn by Anne Gailhbaud of Perigord, France, for her daughter, Aurlie. When Aurlie moved from Mantes-la-Jolie, France to Darmstadt, Germany she used a shipping company to send four large packages to her new home. Only three of the packages arrived. The missing package contained a variety of personal belongings including these two quilts. The company reports the package was lost in Germany. Anne believes it may have been lost around Strasbourg.

Photos of these two missing quilts are featured in the March 2001 issue of “Les Nouvelles du Patchwork”, a French quilting magazine. Their website is http://francepatchwork.com.

Lili Aux Chats (above) is a large quilt, sized to fit a double bed. It is sewn by hand with only a little machine quilting in the border. The design in the border spells out “LILI” on the right and “CHAT” on the left. The central portion contains sixteen different applique cats and there is a little white mouse in the center. Each cat block has a circle the size of a plate quilted around the cat. The quilt is marine blue with red and white cats.

This quilt was labeled, but it was attached in a way that it could possibly be removed. The label has a cat with Anne Gailhbaud’s name, the quilt’s name “Lili Aux Chats” and the date, 1995 (?).

Perigord by Anne Gailhbaud

Perigord by Anne Gailhbaud

Le Perigord Encore is a wall hanging about the size of a baby quilt. It depicts a native landscape in applique. It has a clear blue sky, buttons for cars, a woman hanging out quilts to dry, and a plane in the sky with a banner that says “Perigord Encore.” On the hills are a house and a Perigord castle. Anne does not remember if this quilt had a label, but it probably does since it had been exhibited in a quilt show. The quilt was made in 1994 or 1995.

If you can help Anne recover these two quilts, please contact her at mgailhbaud001@cegetel.rss.fr

 
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Poetry Quilt

Jan 08 2001

Melissa Andree is searching for an original quilt made for her by her grandmother, Cloyed Servaes. The quilt has contains poems along with her name and the name of her mother, Joann Martin, and her father, Dennis C. Servaes. The poems are hand embroidered. Quotes include phrases such as, “Friendship is a special treat.”

Melissa’s quilt, made about 1982 or 1983, is about 72″ by 48″. It is mostly dark and medium blues with small red squares. She last saw her quilt when she was moving from Orick, California to Sacramento, California.

If you have seen this quilt, please contact Melissa at melissaandree@yahoo.com.

 
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