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Reproduction Print Quilts

Jan 26 2000

Log Cabin by Suzanne Leimer

Log Cabin by Suzanne Leimer

Suzanne Leimer created two quilts using 1930s reproduction fabric and had them on display at her store, Suzannes Quilt Shop, in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. In the past six months these two quilts were stolen.

The first quilt that was stolen is a 57″ by 76″ log cabin pattern which she had made from 100% cotton 1930s fabric she had been collecting for ten years. The quilt was machine pieced and machine quilted in an all-over stipple pattern. The center of the log cabin is a solid yellow and the binding is solid pink. Cotton batting was used. The backing is a P&B print that is off-white with a pink design. The quilt did not have a label.

The log cabin quilt was stolen on Saturday, August 20, 1999. Five yards of pink 1930s reproduction fabric was stolen at the same time. The picture shown to the left (top picture) is not the quilt Suzanne made, but it is from the book “Housewarmers” by Possibilities which she used to make the quilt. (Log Cabin photo is used with permission from Possibilities.)

All Creatures by Suzanne Leimer

All Creatures by Suzanne Leimer

The second quilt was stolen from the same store on Saturday, January 15, 2000. All Creatures Great and Small was made using the second book in the Blessing Quilt Series by Four Corners. This quilt has hand embroidery, hand applique, machine piecing, and machine quilting. It is 41″ by 47″. Most of the fabrics are 1930s reproduction prints and all fabrics are 100% cotton. The narrow inner green border is a star print on a green background by Marcus. The outside border is a pink check by P&B Fabrics. The backing is white with small pastel flowers, also by P&B Fabrics. There was no label on this quilt.

This quilt had been on display, clothes-pinned to a lattice wall at the front of the store when it was stolen. The second picture is from the Four Corners book; it is not Suzannes quilt. (All Creatures Great and Small photo is used with permission from Four Corners.)

Both of these quilts were to be for a future granddaughter. If you have any information about either of these two quilts, please contact Suzanne at suzqu@bellsouth.net or 561-798-0934 or visit her quilt shops webpage.

 
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Red, Yellow and White Turkey Track

Jan 19 2000

Turkey Tracks

Turkey Tracks

This treasured family heirloom was stolen from Marcy Kenyons New York City apartment about five years ago (1995). They believe the thief probably used it to wrap the other items they were stealing, not knowing how priceless the quilt really was.

This quilt was made in 1961 by Bessie Beulah Kenyon in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was made for her son and wife who were the owners father and mother. It is a double bed size. She used a red and yellow print fabric with a white background to make her Turkey Track pattern, shown to the right. It has a tremendous amount of quilting, white on white. At the time of the theft it was in excellent conditions. There was no label or signature.

If anyone has seen a quilt that fits this description, please contact mjkenyon@aol.com.

 
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Half Log Cabin Baby Quilt

Dec 21 1999

Sherry Jystad reported the loss of her fourth daughter’s baby quilt. The quilt is pink, blue and yellow and is made with the half log cabin block. The quilt also has lace around the outer edges.

The quilt was lost around March 1998 when they were going to the beach with relatives. Sherry believes the quilt may have fallen out of her van or blown off the wagon at Huntington State Beach in Orange County, California.

If you know anything about this quilt, please contact Sherry at gsjystad@home.com.

 
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Prized Crazy Quilt Thrown Away

Aug 30 1999

Dragonpatch writes, “I lost a crazy quilt many years ago. I don’t expect ever to see it again, but miracles can happen.

“At the time (October, 1985), I was living in the Village Square North Apartments in Laurel, Maryland. I had just bought my tiny first home, and some friends were helping me move my few personal effects from the apartment.

“I was an absolute fool–I put my prized crazy quilt, which had taken me 4 years to embroider and assemble, in a brown plastic garbage bag. I brought that bag plus many other items out to the apartment parking lot, where my friends were loading items into a truck to take to the new home.

“When I went through the items that made it to the new place, the quilt bag wasn’t there. One of my friends said he had left a few bags in the parking lot–thinking they were trash! So, we returned in a panic to the apartment parking lot. Although only a few hours had passed, the bags were gone.

“I searched, knocked, asked around, etc. but no trace of my quilt ever turned up.

“It is a queen-sized bedspread, that hangs down on all sides of the bed. It is mostly silks and velvets, with many antique fabrics that are probably showing wear by now. There are numerous blocks with large “illustrations,” embroidered pictures of a young woman, a young man, a scene with mountains and sunrise, a dragon, cats, flowers (especially a yellow day lily), birds, and many other things. Most of these pictures have embroidered dates ranging from 1976 to 1978. Sadly, my memories of this quilt, once so bright, are fading after 14 years. I have no photographs of the quilt.

“If you have any information that might be about my crazy quilt, please let me know. I don’t use my real name on the web, but would reveal it to someone who knows about the quilt.”

If you have any information on a crazy quilt that fits this description, please contact Dragonpatch at Dragonpatch@erols.com.

 
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Handmade Quilt Frame

Aug 30 1999

Peg Bird of Yellow Springs, Ohio writes, “An aunt of mine, living between Uniontown and Hartville, Ohio (Stark County, Akron-Canton area), borrowed another aunt’s quilt frame and stored it in her barn, from which it was stolen, along with a nickel silver show saddle. Although this happened over 25 years ago, the loss of this quilt frame is still a huge heartbreak, as it was made for my Aunt Ida by her dear father many years before, who died young. Aunt Ida is 93 years old now, and still grieves for this family treasure, as do others in the family.

“This handmade, one-of-a-kind quilt frame is made from a yellowish wood, as I recall, and has a (two?) wooden ratchet(s) of the same wood. It looks somewhat lightweight and has folding X legs on each end. The rails are hexagonal or perhaps octagonal. Whatever, the identifying mark is the name “IDA” and a date on it, carved with a pocket knife in square letters and numerals.

“If anyone should know of such a quilt frame, I would be glad to supply the year carved on it as positive proof of ownership. I would also be willing to arrange for its purchase from the current owner, as I’m sure that by this time whoever has it does not know that it is stolen merchandise.”

If you have any information about this quilt frame, please contact fiberspace@mindspring.com or call 1-937-767-1946.

 
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