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PaPa’s Quilt

Sep 14 2010
PaPa's Missing Quilt owned by Linda Mapes

PaPa's Missing Quilt owned by Linda Mapes

Update: The quilt show to the left is the quilt that is missing. The quilt that was previously posted (shown below) is now found.

Can you help Linda Mapes locate this missing quilt? It was last seen in Hastings, Minnesota within the last 18 months. It was accidentally donated, but Linda would like to recover it.

“PaPa’s Quilt” is a queen size quilt that was made by a friend from scraps of Linda’s father’s pajamas and shirts. Her dad’s catch phrase, “I’m still here,” is embroidered at the bottom. The back and edges are navy blue.

If you’ve seen this quilt, please contact Linda at linda.j.mapes@healthpartners.com. Linda is offering a reward for the recovery of this quilt.

PaPa's Recovered Quilt owned by Linda Mapes

PaPa's Recovered Quilt owned by Linda Mapes

 
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Flora

Sep 13 2010

Flora by Diana Galson-Kooy

Flora by Diana Galson-Kooy

Diana Galson-Kooy needs help recovering her “Flora” quilt. It was last seen in August 2010 at the Newton Cultural Center in Newton, Massachusetts. It had been part of a multi-media art show called “Seasons of Flowers.”

This original quilt is 18″ by 16″. The main colors are yellow, black, and red. Diana used silks, shiny fabrics, batiks, and a black and white striped background. It is fused and machine applique, machine pieced, and machine quilted. Diana embellished the quilt with shiny beads, tube beads, and sequins. There is a typed label fused to the back of the quilt. The label is attached upside down so when the quilt is hanging and the corner is flipped up, the label is right side up.

Please contact Diana at diana.kooy@gmail.com if you can help in the recovery of this quilt. There is a $100 reward for its safe return.

 
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Doggy Days

Aug 30 2010

Doggy Days by Helen Bettinger

Doggy Days

Helen Bettinger is searching for her Doggy Days Quilt. It was last seen in July 2010 at the Reno Downtown Library in Reno, Nevada. It is not know if it was stolen or if it is just missing.

This quilt is crib size, and the main colors are yellow and blue. It is made from a commercial pattern. There are four dogs centered on the quilt. It is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted. There is a label attached to a back corner.

If you find this quilt, please contact Helen through Jill Smith at smith5664@gmail.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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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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Blue and White Noah’s Ark Quilt

Aug 18 2010

Blue and White Noah's Ark Quilt

Blue and White Noah's Ark Quilt

Marla Hayes is hoping to recover a Noah’s Ark baby quilt. It was last seen in Des Moines, Iowa on May 1, 2009. Her daughter was hospitalized at Blank Children’s Hospital for several days and no one realized the quilt was missing until May 6 when she was readmitted and they could not find the “blankie” to bring with them. Marla called the hospital and their security department several times over the next three months hoping it would possibly be found in the laundry, but it never was. The quilt was a gift in 2000 when her daughter was born.

This is a crib size quilt made from a commercially printed Noah’s Ark panel. It is machine quilted. The quilt had two or three repairs made by hand towards the bottom of the quilt.

Marla asks, “Even if this quilt is never found, do any quilters recognize this pattern or perhaps the material supplier that may have produced this design? If I could find this material at some fabric warehouse or vintage fabric store, I would purchase it in a minute and have a new “blankie” made for my daughter.” If you can help Marla, please email her at MHayes71@mediacombb.net.

 
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Circle Quilt

Aug 13 2010

Circle Quilt by Angela Watanabe

Circle Quilt by Angela Watanabe

Angela Watanabe is asking for help locating a quilt which she made for her 8 year old granddaughter. The quilt was mailed from Blaine, Washington on July 27, 2010 and the empty box arrived in Tempe, Arizona on August 12, 2010.

This is a twin size quilt, 66″ by 87″. The main colors are aqua, pink, lime green, and white. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. Angela just finished it in June 2010.

If you find this quilt, please contact Angela at p_watanabe@yahoo.com.

 
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Scrap Houses

Aug 08 2010

Scrap Houses by Renee Costa

Scrap Houses by Renee Costa

Can you help Renee Costa locate her missing “Scrap Houses” quilt top? It was last seen in June 2010 at the Chicago airport. It was in a suitcase, along with the fabric for the backing and four other quilts. The suitcase was on route to Utah with American Airlines. It never arrived in Salt Lake City.

This is a twin size quilt that is mostly red, blue, and yellow. The houses are made from scraps. The house blocks alternate with Log Cabin blocks. It is machine pieced.

If you find this quilt, please contact Renee at reneevarela@hotmail.com.

 
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Knit Quilt

Aug 02 2010

Knit Quilt by Heather Walter

Knit Quilt by Heather Walter

Heather Walter is hoping someone has found this knit quilt which she made for an 8-year-old girl. The quilt was last seen on June 19, 2010 in Massachusetts. Heather asked someone to sew a piece of fabric to the back and after she took it, Heather hasn’t heard from her since. She has been contacted, but is not responding.

There are a total of eleven different yarns used in this quilt. Each square is knit with one color, either half and half across the diagonal, half striped and half solid, or all striped. The squares are then seamed together with black embroidery floss. The main colors are blues, pinks, purples, and some yellow. The border is crocheted in purple.

If you are able to help with the recovery of this knit quilt, please contact Heather at sendmeanangelox@aol.com.

 
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Johnny’s Teddy Bear Quilt

Jul 24 2010

Johnny's Teddy Bear Quilt by Cathy Smith

Johnny's Teddy Bear Quilt by Cathy Smith

Melissa Bair is looking for a baby quilt that Cathy Smith made for Johnny Bair. It was made from a pastel blue, green, and beige teddy bear panel. The three teddy bears are made out of plush fabric and the quilt has the name “Johnny” embroidered in the center. It is about 36″ by 48″, and it is signed on the back of a solid square.

This quilt was last seen on July 18, 2010 at Courtyard of Marriott on Southport Road in Indianapolis, Indiana. The quilt was accidentally left behind in a hotel room, but it was not turned in by the housekeeping staff.

If you find this quilt, please contact Melissa at bair04@verizon.net.

 
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