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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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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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Asian Elementals

Apr 03 2010

Asian Elementals by Stephanie Vesik

Asian Elementals by Stephanie Vesik

Stephanie Vesik is searching for a quilted wall hanging called "Asian Elementals" which she made for Samuel Stem. It is an original quilt which is approximately 70" high by 50" wide. This quilt was last seen in New Braunfels, Texas. It was in a backpack strapped to a motorcycle. Someone cut the straps on the backpack and stole the bag with the contents.

Stephanie used four Kona Bay Emperor panels which she machine quilted and bound with black cotton. Each panel is hand embroidered to emphasize the gold foil highlights. Each panel is individually quilted to represent fire, air, earth, and wind with a Japanese symbol in the top banner’s binding. Each panel is held to one another by means of Velcro bridges. This was done so the quilt could be displayed either as a traditional two by two panel quilt or as a banner with four across. Each panel has two loops at the top for hanging. Stephanie labeled each panel on the back with black ink. It says, "To Grim (heart symbol) Steph."

If you find this quilt, please email Stephanie at firizia@yahoo.com.

 
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Yo-Yo Flowers

Mar 15 2010

Yo-Yo Quilt

Yo-Yo Quilt

Edie Johnson is looking for a quilt made by her mother which was given to her daughter. The full size quilt is called Yo-Yo Flowers. This quilt consists of white blocks with different color borders around each block. Each block has flowers made of small, gathered circles (yo-yos of material with a button in the middle of each flower. The quilt is machine pieced. The yo-yo flowers are hand appliqued. The stems and leaves were embroidered with green floss. It was last seen during August 2007 in Downey, California. It was lost when her daughter was moving to Long Beach, California. The quilt was placed in a black plastic bag. It may have accidentally been placed with the things being given to charity.

 
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Booth Family Quilt

Aug 15 2009

MaryJo Savage is searching for a family quilt made by her mother, Ada Booth. This is a small, regular bed size quilt that is embroidered with the names of family and friends, including the names Ada Booth and Lawarence Booth. The embroidery is colored and is on a white background. It was made around 1940 or 1950. The quilt was last seen around 1985 or 1986 in Prichard (near Huntington), West Virginia. It was sold to another family member in Kenora, West Virginia, but MaryJo would like to locate it and purchase it back since it was made by her mother.

If you can help with the recovery of this quilt, please contact MaryJo at MJCraftie@cfl.rr.com.

 
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Sunflower Stack and Whack

Jun 23 2009

Sunflower by Marlene Peterson

Sunflower by Marlene Peterson

Marlene Peterson is looking for a Sunflower Stack and Whack quilt that went missing during a move. It was last seen in 2005 in Web City, Missouri.

This queen size quilt is mainly yellow, green, and orange and features sunflower fabrics. It is machine pieced and machine quilted and has some embroidery. The label says, “From the heart and hand of Grandma Peterson, Sunflower Stack and Whack, to Angelique Peterson.” The label is applied with heat and bond to the lower left corner of the back.

Please contact Marlene through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page if you’ve found this quilt.

Sunflower, label

Sunflower, label

 
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Bright Crazy Quilt

Jun 22 2009

Leah French Gonzalez is searching for a brightly colored crazy quilt made by her grandmother, Anna Henderson. When her grandmother passed away, her quilts were divided up. One was given to Leah’s aunt, Terry Stransky. When Terry passed away, the quilt could not be found among her things. It is possible she may have sold it when she came upon hard times. The quilt was last seen in 1993 in Santa Maria, California but it could have been sold in Santa Barbara, California.

This crazy quilt is full/queen size. The main colors are bright pink, green, yellows, all made from 1970′s scrap fabric and has crazy quilt type stitching. The quilt was made sometime between 1970 and 1978. It is possible that Anna may have embroidered her name on the quilt.

Please contact Leah through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page if you’ve found a quilt that fits this description.

 
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Giraffe and Animals

May 28 2009

Giraffe and Animals by Robin Hansen

Giraffe and Animals by Robin Hansen

Robin Hansen Buchholz hopes to find a quilt that has been missing since Spring 1993. It was last seen at Tillamook Junior High School during a show-and-tell session. Her daughter brought it to her eighth grade class for a report on pioneers. She took an antique crazy quilt throw, an example of an Hawaiian quilt square in blue and white, an appliqud quilt top of a dinosaur sitting on an egg, and an embroidered quilt wall hanging we called my “Giraffe Quilt”. This was a quilt that I had dreamed of doing. I woke up one night about 2am in the mid-1980′s, after seeing this quilt in a dream. It would use up all the whimsical patterns from cards that my boyfriend in high school had sent me when I was laid up from a bike accident. It had a large giraffe in the middle, surrounded by animals and flowers all embroidered mostly in satin stitch. It had the first lines from “All things bright and beautiful!” poem on the quilt.

Please contact Robin at smakagemor@yahoo.com if you have this quilt.

 
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Faces in Wood

Mar 24 2009

Linda Collobert is missing a quilt called “Faces in Wood.” It was in a cedar chest that was stored a rented storage locker in Claycomo, Missouri. The cedar chest and the quilt were stolen during Fall 1994.

This quilt is an original design. It has embroidered faces inspired by folk art wood carvings. The embroidered squares are on natural muslin. The embroidery is done in varying shades from ecru to dark brown. The setting blocks are greens and browns, and the squares are set with woody fabric. The quilt is twin size, approximately 66″ by 84″. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. The quilt is signed directly on the back with the initials LC and the date made.

Please contact Linda through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page if you have found a quilt that fits this description.

 
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Orange You Crazy

Jul 12 2008

Orange You Crazy by Kelly Cooper

Orange You Crazy by Kelly Cooper

When it was time to move, Kelly Cooper discovered that her quilt, “Orange You Crazy,” somehow was missing from her apartment in Texas. Her quilt, made about 2002, is crib/throw size. It is embroidered, beaded, and heavily embellished. It has hand-dyed lace butterfies and an embroidered black widow spider and web. It has a label which says, “When i am dead and in my grave and all my bones are rotten when this you see remember me lest i shall be forgotten.” A photo can be seen on Webshots under the name keldelaina or here.

Please contact Kelly through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.

 
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