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Recovered! World War II Quilts

Aug 19 2010

Navy Insignia Quilt

Navy Insignia Quilt

On August 17, Sue Reich asked for help locating four missing World War II Quilts. Sue found out that these quilts went missing between 12:30 and 3:30 AM on August 11 at the shipping company’s facility in Keasbey, New Jersey. The quilts were at the Asheville Quilt Show in Asheville, North Carolina on August 6-8 2010. Four trunks of quilts were shipped back to Sue in New Jersey. Three of the four trunks returned home safely. Sadly, the fourth trunk was delivered empty. There were four World War II quilts in that trunk, along with a Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt which Sue used as a table cover.

On August 18, Sue received a call from Brenda S. from the FedEx Customer Service Center in Memphis, TN. Sue wrote, “Brenda has the most heavenly voice I have ever heard. Brenda told me early on the Wednesday morning she received a call from someone in the quilt world who preferred to remain anonymous. This person told Brenda about the quilts and their importance, beseeching her to help find them. Brenda told me she was so moved that she made it her mission to find the quilts. Sometime in the afternoon, the quilts were delivered in an unmarked cardboard box to a FedEx facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. (FedEx’s lost and found items either go to Memphis or Salt Lake City.) The box arrived with no tracking number making it impossible to trace. Sharon at the Salt Lake facility didn’t even have them cataloged yet but she sent Brenda a picture, and Brenda called me to confirmed the identity of at least one of the quilts.”

On August 19, Sue was thrilled that the quilts were all safely returned! They had been overnighted to her from Salt Lake City, and they arrived at 11:30 AM. Sue writes, “Words cannot express my gratitude to the quilt world for helping to find these quilts. It took a Quilt APB to locate them but it worked. Congratulations to all of you and specifically to the very special person who interceded in my behalf. This experience has convinced me that I need to continue to share these quilts because of their historic importance.”

All of these quilts were made between 1941 and 1945, and they all have Sue’s name and address on hanging sleeves.

Night Shift Worker’s Quilt is an original quilt that is 68″ by 78.5″. The main colors are red, white, and blue. It is made of home dec fabrics and silks that read, “Quiet Please Night Shift Worker Sleeping, Thank You.” It is machine pieced and hand quilted.

Canadian Red Cross Quilt is a wholecloth quilt that is 63.5″ by 72″. It is made from four feed sacks sewn together. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. The main color is blue.

Navy Insignia Quilt is a 64″ by 88″ quilt made of Navy insignia patches. It is machine pieced and machine quilted.

Hazleton Fund Raising Quilt is 66″ by 84″. The main colors are white, white, and red. It is hand embroidered with hundreds of names. This quilt was made in 1942-1943.

If you there is anything you can do for the recovery if these quilts, please contact Sue at suereich@charter.net.

 
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Recovered! Red Patches Quilt

May 01 2010

The baby quilt shown above was made by Rita Hodge in 2010. She sold it on Etsy and it was sent by Registered Mail from Melbourne, Australia to Milan, Itay on February 15. She was able to track it all the way to Italy, but it never reached its final destination.

On May 1, 2010, Rita reported that the quilt has been recovered! Apparently it spent two months sitting in an Italian Post Office, unclaimed by the recipient. Exactly two months after its arrival in Italy, it was returned to sender, and it arrived on Rita’s veranda in Australia just six days later. The parcel was intact and unopened. Rita says, “It has restored my faith in our postal services!”

This quilt is an original design. It features a wide variety of mainly red and white cotton and linen fabrics. Many of the fabrics are screen printed by well-known Australian designers so they are unique and easily recognizable. It is machine quilted with vertical lines approximately 1-1/2-inches apart, and it is bound with a red and white striped fabric. The back of the quilt features a red and orange single repeat panel by Australian designer Saffron Craig. The fabric features two owls sitting in a tree. The quilt was labeled with a small label sewn into the binding in the bottom left corner on the back of the quilt. The label reads, “Red Pepper Quilts.”

 
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Dragonfly Maiden

Apr 06 2010

Dragonfly Maiden by Cindy Watkins

Dragonfly Maiden by Cindy Watkins

Cindy Watkins of Tasmania, Australia is searching for her original quilt called “Dragonfly Maiden.” The quilt was last seen on April 6, 2010 at the Break O Day Quilting and Embroidery Exhibition in St. Helens in Tasmania (Australia). The quilt was removed from the exhibition wall. A police report has been filed.

This quilt, made in 2009, is 59″ x 47″ (150cm x 120cm). It is handpainted using a wide range of colors, but the main color is pink. It features a woman sitting on a turtle.

If you have any information regarding this quilt, please contact Cindy at deeppeacestudio@yahoo.com.au.

 
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Don’t Be So Square, Have Bling

May 24 2009

Don't Be So Square Have Bling by Lynette Beal

Don't Be So Square Have Bling by Lynette Beal

Lynette Beal needs help recovering her quilt, “Don’t Be So Square, Have Bling.” It was lost (or stolen) from the National Quilt Show in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2008. It was part of the Don’t Be So Square traveling exhibition.

This quilt is 33.5 inches (85 cm) square. It is quilted with gold metallic thread and it has lots of glitzy fabrics.

Please contact Lynette through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page if you can help with the recovery of this quilt.

 
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Cat’s Meow

Dec 12 2008

The Cat's Meow by Katherine Holzknecht

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.

 
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Recovered! Fluorescence

Dec 01 2008

Fluorescence by Diana Pickens

Fluorescence by Diana Pickens

Diana Pickens needed help locating a prize-winning quilt called, “Fluorescence.” It disappeared in August 2008 when someone stole the camping trailer in was being stored in.

Happliy, Diana’s camper has now been recovered. Although there was some damage to the trailer itself, the quilt was in perfect condition and is now safely back in her possession!

The quilt was made in 2005, and it won an honorable mention at the Asheville Quilt Show in Asheville, North Carolina in 2005.

 
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Frog Cabin

Jul 13 2008

Frog Cabin by Linda Musillami

Frog Cabin by Linda Musillami

In 2000 Linda Musillami made a Frog Cabin quilt for her grandson, Justin Welch. In 2007 she asked her grandson if she could enter his quilt in a quilt show. The first thing he asked was, “Do I get my quilt back?” “Of couse,” Grandma told him. But sadly, the quilt got lost during shipping. It was last seen on November 5, 2007.

This 60″ by 65″ is made from a pattern from Java House Quilts. It is mostly green and blue and uses a variety of frog prints. It has a label in the top left corner which says, “Happy Birthday Justin Welch 2-1-00 Love you to the moon and Back Grandma.”

If you have found this quilt, please contact Linda through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.

 
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Carol’s Getting Out Of Dodge

Jul 12 2008

Batik Friendship Quilt by Carol Fray

Batik Friendship Quilt by Carol Fray

In Spring 2008 Tina Chamberlain entered a batik friendship quilt called “Carol’s Getting Out Of Dodge” in the Machine Quilters Exposition show for her friend Carol Fray. After the show, the quilt was sent to an incorrect address and it hasnt been seen since.

This is a king size quilt, 106″ by 106″. The friendship blocks were made by her friends from the Virginia Quilt Guild. The brightly colored blocks are surrounded by onyx black sashing. The border is onyx black with bright batiks randomly placed on it. The quilt has lime green piping and the backing is green batik. It is quilted with double swirls (203 of varying sizes and placement). The label on the back is approx. 8″ by 10″ with a picture of Carol and her friends, and signed by the ladies.

If you can help in the recovery of this quilt, please contact Carol through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.

 
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Full Bloom Extravaganza

Jul 11 2008

Full Bloom Extravaganza by Irena Bluhm

Full Bloom Extravaganza by Irena Bluhm

Irena Bluhm needs help recovering her quilt, “Full Bloom Extravaganza.” It was last seen May 8-10, 2008 at the Home Machine Quilt Show in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the show the quilt was sent on May 14, 2008 from North Ogden, Utah. The quilt was never delivered and Irena does not have an adequate copy or specific record of the return shipping.

This quilt is 87″ by 98″. It is raw edge applique on whole cloth with painted surface. The main colors are yellow, red, orange and green on white background. There are four medallions in the main body of the quilt and a center medallion in a form of a diamond. It is an overall floral/feather design. It was hand painted after the quilting was complete using colored pencils and textile medium to set the colors. It has a label with the quilt’s name and Irene’s name.

Full Bloom Extravaganza, detail

Full Bloom Extravaganza, detail

If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Irena at bluhmirena@yahoo.com.

Full Bloom Extravaganza, detail

Full Bloom Extravaganza, detail

 
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Shawnee Quilters Banner

Jul 11 2008

Shawnee Quilters Banner

Shawnee Quilters Banner

The Shawnee Quilters of Southern Illinois are searching for their quilt guild’s banner. It was hanging in the front of the room at our June 15, 2007 luncheon at the Lions Building in Carterville, Illinois. When the luncheon was over it was accidently left hanging at the front of the room. By our July 2007 meeting it was gone. We have asked all groups who meet in the building and the Lions membership if they know what happened. Several people admit they saw it hanging in the front of the room. No one has admitted knowing when it was taken down and who did it or what they did with it.

The guild’s banner was in the 2000 AQS show in Paducah. Later that year in won a first place ribbon at the River Heritage Quilt Show in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Both the participation ribbon from Paducah and the blue ribbon from Cape were still attached to the front of the quilt. The banner was made by Robin Haller, Sherrie Grob, Pat Cochran, Phyllis Swanson, Joyce Wisely, Lois Cravens and possibly others. It is about 42″ square. It has a four patch border with landscape design inside. A capital Q is in the middle of the landscape with trees on either side, a stream flowing through the middle of the Q forms the tail of the Q. Machine applique large label in the bottom corner opposite the stream has Shawnee Quilters in large script.

If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Sandy at SandyNRHB@aol.com.

 
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