Three Gentoos by Pat Gould
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.
Cescily Abbott hopes someone has found her quilt, "Shawn’s Fire Quilt". It was last seen on September 25, 2009 near I-10 and Shepard in Houston, Texas. The quilt was inside a bag that was stolen from inside her husband’s truck. A police report has been filed.
This is a full-size quilt made with bright colors: yellows, reds, blues, greens, and some gray. It has fire fighter-related fabrics, black with dalmations, yellow with red fire trucks, white with black paw prints, and standing fire fighters for an inner border. The quilt also has the fire fighters prayer attached to it and, in an upper corner, it has a picture of the fire fighters raising the American Flag after 9/11. The quilt is backed in red fabric. The quilt was machine pieced and machine appliqued in 2002-2003. There is a label hand-appliqued to the lower left corner that says "A love note to my husband."
Please contact Cescily at cescily@charter.net. p>
In 1990 Susan Bergman made a Baltimore Album quilt top using commercial patterns by Elly Sienkiewicz. She made it when she took a block-of-the-month class through a store in Colleyville, Texas. Susan last saw her quilt top somewhere around 2002-2005. She had taught a quilt class at Garland High School and apparently left it behind.
The quilt top is a double size. There are twelve blocks set three across and four down. The background is a two-toned gray. Other colors include maroons and dark green. Most of the designs are from Elly’s book. There is one block with children’s handprints that were from Susan’s sons. One block is a circle of children. The blocks are hand appliqued.
Please contact Susan through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page if you’ve seen a quilt that fits this description.
The Cat's Meow by Katherine Holzknecht
Katherine Holzknecht entered her quilt into the Kenmore Art Show held at Northlake Lutheran Church in Kenmore, Washington. On August 15, 2008, the church was broken into and her quilt, seven photographs, four computers, and miscellaneous office equipment were stolen.
Katherine altered a knitting magazine design to create this quilt. It is 44″ by 71″. It includes shades of brown, black, white, gray, and magenta. There are fifteen blocks of cat silhouettes. The borders have mice and stripes. The main surface of the quilt is knitted with three rows of five blocks sewn together, and the knitted border is sewn on. The backing fabric is quilted to the surface with heavy white cotton yarn. Each block is padded. The fuzzy backing fabric is rolled on the edges and sewn down as another border. This quilt was started in 2003 and quilted in 2008.
Please contact Katherine at khartiste@hotmail.com if you find this quilt.
Katherine Matlock is hoping to locate her quilt, “A Frog, A Princess, and A Pilgrim.” The quilt was made by her mother, Janett Anne Elliott. It was last seen in July 2001 in Denver, Colorado. It was misplaced during a move to New York.
This quilt is about the size of the top of a twin size bed. It is strip pieced in gray, purple, and green fabrics that were scraps from Halloween costumes Janett had made for her children. It is surrounded by muslin blocks that are stenciled with blueberries. The border and backing are yellow. This quilt is machine pieced and machine quilted.
If you found this quilt, please contact Katherine through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
Sue Lambur hopes to recover a quilt made by her great-aunt, Emily Gerfen. It is a strippy quilt using leftover wool fabrics from men’s suits. Her aunt was a tailor by trade. The main colors are greys, blacks, and some red. The backing is light grey. It is about 84″ by 84″. It was hand pieced sometime around 1930-1940 and it is tied with red yarn, she thinks. It is a very heavy quilt. Sue last saw this quilt during December 1998 in Crestwood, Missouri. It was lost during a move.
If you’ve seen this quilt, please contact Sue through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
Red At Night by Jo Vitanye
Jo Vitanye is searching for a quilt called Red At Night which was made for Ward and Marian Peterson. It was last seen in late November or early December 2004. She sent it from California but the package, which contained other items as well, never reached its Pennsylvania destination.
This is quilt uses a traditional Storm At Sea block. The design is enhanced by the choice and placement of colors. There are two counted cross stitch panels in the middle of the quilt, one of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, and the other is of the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. It is about 24″ by 40″. The colors are mainly blues, grays and a little orange. Most of the fabrics are hand dyed or marbled. This quilt was completed in 2004 and is labeled with embroidery on the back of the binding along the bottom edge.
Please contact Jo through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
Haunted House Quilt by Kristin Miller
Kristin Miller created this original Haunted House Quilt in 2006. It was last seen on February 28, 2006 when she sent it from Gabriola, British Columbia, Canada to her customer in Parsippany, New Jersey. The quilt was stolen on March 3, 2006 when the shipping company left it on the recipient’s apartment doorstep.
The quilt is 75″ by 95″. It features a quilted and appliqued Victorian house, quite spooky looking, with a stormy night sky with bats flying. There is a dark garden and graveyard in the foreground with a fence and a falling-apart gate. A red-haired woman stands in the open doorway. This one-of-a-kind quilt is very detailed and features hand-dyed fabrics and lavish stitchery and quilting. The main colors are greys, blues, and dark colors. A label is firmly hand stitched to the bottom corner of the back of the quilt with Kristin’s name and contact information.
For more information about this quilt, please visit Kristin’s webpage.
Haunted House, detail
If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Kristin at kristinmiller@shaw.ca.
Jars of Food Quilt by Sandra Wucher
Sandra Wucher is hoping to find a quilt that was supposed to be shipped to the Honduras. She sent it from Anoka, Minnesota during May 2005. It was sent to Miami, Florida where quilts were being collected. Once enough quilts were received to fill a larger box, they were to be shipped to the Honduras.
This quilt is about 40″ by 50″. The sashing is lavendar and gray. The jars contain various food prints. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. The label on the back of the quilt includes the recipient’s name (male hispanic name), Sandra’s name, location and May 2005.
If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Sandra at hwucher@isd.net.
Miniature Mariner's Compass by Sarah Meyer
Sarah Meyer is hoping to recover a Miniature Mariner’s Compass which was lost by a shipping company. It was shipped during February 2005, but it was never received.
The quilt is 11-inch square. Sarah used a pattern by Patchwork Plus. The background fabric is white with gray snowflakes. Various tone-on-tone blues make up the compass. It is machine pieced and machine quilted.
Please contact Sarah through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
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