Mike and Julia McGee are searching for a crib quilt that was made by Mike’s grandmother, Laura Welch, in 1947. The crib sized quilt features appiqued animals (possibly cats) in blue and white. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. The quilt was last seen in July 1972 in a laundrymat on the corner of Waverly and Jolly in Lansing, Michigan. It was taken from the dryer, along with several other handmade baby quilts, while Julia was tending several other loads and two children.
Julia writes, “I lost a quilt that both my mother and mother-in-law and I had all embroibered blocks for and one that an elderly neighbor hand pieced for my first baby. It was a tumbling block in bright colors. I believe there my have been others in that load but I can’t remember for sure. It broke my heart to lose them. We were in the process of moving and didn’t know what to do about the loss.”
Please contact Julia through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
