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The BBC Quilt

Another award winning quilt has come up missing! Laura Bailey Parks designed a special raffle quilt for St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Batesville, Arkansas. She calls it "The BBC" (the Barnett Building Ceiling) because the original design was inspired by a pressed metal ceiling in a department store in Batesville.

The quilt is 85-1/2" square. It is an off-white, whole cloth quilt which is heavily hand-quilted with burgundy thread. The border has two ornate half circles on each side and four full circles in the center of the quilt. The hand-embroidered label says, "Design adapted, drafted and quilted by Laura Bailey Parks, 2001. Inspired by pressed metal ceiling of Barnett Building, circa 1903. Made as time/talent contribution for Raise the Roof building fund of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Batesville, Arkansas."

This quilt was last seen on July 1, 2002 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. It had been shown at the NQA (National Quilting Association) 33rd Annual Quilt Show where it won First Place in the Whole Cloth Division. It was packed up for return shipment after the show when it was stolen, along with another quilt.

This was a raffle quilt and many tickets had already been sold. If you've seen this quilt, please contact Laura at [email protected].

Posted July 18, 2002.