Half Log Cabin by Wendy Bain
This beautiful lap quilt was made by Wendy Bain of Kingwood, Texas as a gift. On December 17, 1999 she shipped it from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport and it hasnt been seen since. It was supposed to arrive in Laguna Niguel, California before Christmas.
The quilt is a Half Log Cabin quilt. The photo shown above was taken before the quilt was finished, so there may be another row or two of blocks. Each block measures 7-1/2-inches. Wendy does not have a photo of the finished quilt, but she thinks it ended up being nine blocks down and seven blocks across.
Distinctive fabrics used include a very bright cobalt blue, Moda marble and a fabric with coffee beans on a cream background which are printed almost actual size. Many of the light fabrics were used with the wrong side showing. The backing was a subtle rust fabric. The quilt was bound either with the same rust fabric or with a solid rust fabric. It was machine quilted with rust colored thread in a large meander pattern, about 1/2″ to 3/4″ apart.
A label was attached to the lower right of the backing with whipstitching. It was a muslin label which included a stamped and hand-colored sunflower, the names of the recipients, Dawn and John Brock, and the name of the maker, Wendy Bain. She may have also included where she made it (Kingwood, Texas) and the year, 1999. She may have not used permanent fabric markers to color the sunflower, so those colors may have faded.
The quilt was shipped in a plastic bag with a mailing label and that was placed in a cube-shaped box approximately 9″ by 10″ by 9″. The address was printed directly onto the box and covered with 2-inch wide, clear tape. She had mailed it, but she forgot to insure it. Once it came up missing, she filled out tracing papers twice and included photos the second time, but she never received a response from the shipping company.
If you can help Wendy recover this quilt, please contact her at mzdetail@gmail.com.
