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Recovered!
Family Tree Nine-Patch Quilt

Doris Polk participated in making a Family Tree Nine-Patch quilt which is owned by her cousin, Joan Thomas White. The queen sized quilt was made with enlarged nine patch blocks of pink and purple. Family members pictures are ironed onto the fabric. All of the pictures are of the women in the family. It is hand pieced and hand quilted.

On July 10, 2002 the quilt was mailed from Houston, Texas to her cousin, Joan Thomas-White of Dayton, Ohio. It was mailed using the US Postal Service, but it never arrived. Doris later found out that twice during July the truck carrying the mail had been "high-jacked" and she never expected to see the quilt again. The post office promised to trace the package, but Doris never heard from them.

Mysteriously in December 2002 the quilt showed up on the doorstep of one of the women who were pictured on the quilt. This person lives about fifteen minutes away from where the package was supposed to be delivered. Doris guesses that whoever robbed the mail truck recognized her cousin or her granddaughters and dropped it off at the house!

Posted October 25, 2002. Updated December 20, 2002.

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