Moose Crossing by Jennifer Nelson
If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Jennifer at nhquiltah@comcast.net.
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Moose Crossing
Feb
22
2010
If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Jennifer at nhquiltah@comcast.net.
Bright Jazz
Feb
22
2010
Bright Jazz by Marilyn Kirschen
Marilyn Kirschen hopes to recover her quilt called “Bright Jazz” which is her original design. It was last seen on January 14, 2010 in the Seattle, Washington area. A shipping company dropped it off at Marilyn’s home on January 19, but the quilt was not at her home when she returned that evening.
The 24″ x 30″ quilt was made in 2009. The main colors include a yellow orange graduated fabric along with blues, greens, and purples. This quilt is machine appliqued and quilted. It also has couched yarns and beaded embellishments.
If you find this quilt, please contact Marilyn at mkirschen@att.net.
Licorice Allsorts
Feb
18
2010
Licorice Allsorts by Alison McShanag
Alison McShanag would like to recover her quilt, Licorice Allsorts, which she made for her mother-in-law, Margaret McShanag. This quilt was last seen in August 2009 at Western General Hospital Footscray, Australia. The quilt did not stay with her mother-in-law in the hospital after she had a stroke. The family inquired with the hospital and the laundry but the quilt was not found.
This quilt is a traditional design made with raw edges cut to make fringes. It is lap size. The main colors are pink and yellow. The quilt is signed in ink, “Alison McShanag Darwin 2009 Licorice Allsorts” and it also has Margaret’s name on it.
Navy Friendship Quilt
Feb
18
2010
Peggy Welsh hopes someone has found her friend’s Friendship Quilt. It was stolen from her ranch home in Madisonville, Texas about twelve years ago. Their church made the quilt for her friend, Lupe Stone, and her husband when he was their bishop. It is a queen/king size quilt. The square Peggy made said, “When you work for the Lord, the pay is small but the retirement benefits are out of this world.
If you’ve seen a quilt that fits this description, please contact Peggy at pawimage2@aol.com.
Bright Quilt
Feb
10
2010
Sandy Brooking hopes to find out what happened to a brightly colored quilt that she made as a gift for Rob Thomas. She took it to the Match Box Twenty concert in Tampa, Florida on January 26, 2008. and turned it over to management to get it to the band’s room. She doesn’t know what happened to it after that.
Sandy took favorite block patterns from several different books to make this full to queen size quilt. She used all bright colors. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. It does not have a label.
If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Sandy at sbrooking@msn.com.
Baltimore Blocks
Feb
10
2010
Lynn Davidson hopes to find a Baltimore Block that she made from a commercial pattern by Mary Simon. This block is 16″ square. The main colors are bright cobalt, bright red, orange, yellow, green, and brown. It is hand appliqued. There may have been cartouches inked onto the block, but there was no signature yet. This block, along with several other “Baltimore”-type blocks, was last seen in Covina, California during a move that was made in February or March of 2007. There was quite a bit of confusion on what boxes went where, and Lynn thinks some quilting items may have accidentally been sent to a charity.
Please contact Lynn at ladavidson@charter.net.
Sheep Quilt
Feb
09
2010
Sheep Quilt
Judith Williamson is searching for a quilt that she made for the National Make It With Wool sewing competition. It was last seen on Wednesday, January 19, 2010. It was in the "secure" Pinnacle room on the 28th floor of the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. This was a fund raiser quilt for National Make It With Wool, a sewing competition primarily for youth, featuring wool fabrics. The drawing was scheduled for January 23, 2010 at the National Fashion Show Competition in Nashville. In addition to the quilt, prizes for the participants were also taken including a Brother sewing machine, twenty-one boxes of Coats and Clark thread, two 3-yard pieces of mohair fabric, and other sewing notions.
This quilt features a hand-painted center block by P. Buckley Moss which shows a white sheep with a black cat on its back. Thirty other blocks featuring sheep with names of the states participating in the National Make It With Wool program, and four 9-patch blocks are also a part of this queen size quilt. This quilt has a navy and hunter green border, navy sashing and binding, shades of pink corner blocks, and light beige and cream plaid base for the individual blocks. The fabrics are 100% wool, mostly Pendleton. This quilt is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted. Judith also did some embroidery, needle felting and hand painting. She finished it in January 2009. There is a label fused to the back in the upper right hand corner that says, "2010 National Make It With Wool Donation Quilt, Feature Block by P. Buckley Moss, Assembled by Judith Williamson, PhD, Maryland MIWW Director, Sheep Blocks by State Directors."
Please contact Judith at judy10503@aol.com.
Sheep Quilt, detail
Three Quilts Owned by Roberta Hodge
Feb
09
2010
Roberta Hodge would like to recover three quilts that disappeared during a move. They were last seen on October 8, 1994 on a North American Van Lines moving truck in Riviera Beach, Florida. Everything on the van was stolen.
One of the missing quilts is a Dahlia scrap quilt made by Stephen Kusmik. It is appliqued with a scalloped border bound in green. This 86" by 98" quilt is heavily hand quilted. The main colors are green, yellow, and white. This quilt still had the pencil lines marked for the quilting on it when it was stolen. It was made sometime during the 1930s or 1940s. This quilt was documented for the Connecticut quilt search project in 1993. A picture and detail info may be found on The Quilt Index website, ID Number 443.
The second missing quilt was made by Roberta’s great-grandmother whose last name was Mckie. This is a traditional four patch. This scrap quilt is a top only. It is 66" by 66". The main colors are blue, brown, and navy shirting scraps with red sashing. There are 122 4-inch quilt blocks in a straight setting with 2-inch sashing. It is hand pieced with large white stitches. It was made between 1876-1900. This quilt was also documented for the Connecticut quilt search project. More information can be seeen on The Quilt Index website, ID Number 444.
The third missing quilt is a scrap quilt also made by Roberta’s great-grandmother. It is 65" by 79". It has sixty pieces in a square, alternating lights and darks, with the squares bordered by dark squares and set on the diagonal. The main colors are blue or navy, cream, yellow, and pink. This quilt top is similar to a postage stamp design. It is machine pieced and was made between 1901-1929. More information can be seeen on The Quilt Index website, ID Number 445.
If you have any information about any of these quilts, please contact Roberta at tbwarp@aol.com.
Nature’s Treasures
Feb
09
2010
Nature's Treasures
Bobbi Oughterson is searching for a quilt called "Nature’s Treasures" which she made for her mother, Genave Sopp. A matching 16" pillow is also missing. They were last seen in November 2007 in Fort Myers, Florida.
This quilt has eighteen blocks set on point with gold sashing. Ten blocks have cardinals and the remainder use the background fabric. This quilt is 57" by 69" and features dark green fabric with Christmas holly and red cardinals on turquoise background. All of the blocks were outlined with gold fabric and a dark green border is outlined with gold. The outer border is the bird fabric. The backing has a center strip of bird fabric. A label is hand appliqued to the lower left corner on the back. It says, "Nature’s Treasures Merry Christmas to Mom with love, December, 2007."
Please contact Bobbi at robertajeanne@aol.com.
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- Nature’s Treasures, back
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- Nature’s Treasures, label
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- Nature’s Treasures, pillow
Dutch Girl Quilt
Feb
09
2010
Angelina S. Carter’s Dutch Girl quilt was last seen at Wurtsmith Air Force Base during January 1991 when it was being packed into a moving box. Her mother made this full-size quilt for her in 1974 when she was seven years old. It is possible that the quilt may have been seen in Bayonne, New Jersey by anybody at the moving company where crates would have been loaded up onto a ship to go overseas. This was a military move and they know that the boxes were placed in crates and sealed in their front yard. The crates were not to be opened until they received them in their new home in England, however they know that some crates were opened because other things were missing and a desk was disassembled.
Each block has a white background . Angelina’s missing quilt looks very much a Sunbonnet Sue quilt but with black borders. Each dutch girl is made of different fabrics and hand appliqued. It is hand pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted. If it has a label, it may have the name of her mother, Carole DiSanto. This is a full-size quilt that was made for Angelina when she was 6 or 7 years old.
If you’ve seen a quilt that fits this description, please contact Angelina at ScoutMomAng@aol.com or ScoutMomAng@gmail.com. Originally posted March 19, 2004. Updated February 9, 2010.
