Family Tree Quilt
Anita Wetherill has been working on a Family Tree quilt for the last six years. While she was traveling she carried the unfinished quilt in a forest green and navy canvas bag with a black shoulder strap. The bag looks similar to a soft briefcase that would be used for carrying a laptop computer. On June 23, 2000 around 3:30 to 4:30 PM, the bag was stolen while she was waiting for a flight in the Philadelphia Airport Terminal.
This family tree was for the Smith family who has been holding family reunions every two years since the late 1940s. Anita was on the way to the reunion in Green Lake, Wisconsin when the bag containing the quilt top was stolen.
The unfinished quilt top featured an appliqu�d tree trunk and some appliqu�d leaves with signatures of family members. Individual six-inch squares made by each family member were also in the bag.
Anita says, "Unfortunately, I am sure that whoever took it thought that he/she was getting a laptop computer or something more valuable that some fabric and it ended up in a dumpster somewhere. However, stranger things have happened than the possibility of it reappearing!"
Anita is offering a reward for the return of her quilt top. If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Anita at [email protected].
Posted July 25, 2000.
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