Heron in the Harbor
Quilters in the Washington, DC area were invited to participate in a challenge quilt event for The Children�s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health) in Bethesda, Maryland. Susan Hinzman decided to enter a quilt which would be donated to Children�s Inn and be permanently placed in the residence rooms where families can remain with their seriously ill children during medical treatment.
The quilts were due on November 1, 1999. First, all of the entries were transported to a photographer and then they were sent back to Children�s Inn. A two month exhibit of these quilts was planned at the NIH Clinical Center, opening on December 5, 1999. The quilt volunteer coordinator and the Children�s Inn operations manager called Susan Hinzman on December 3 to inform her that her quilt, Heron in the Harbor, was missing. Another quilt by a different quilter also disappeared. The second quilt was a snippets quilt called Springtime Bouquet.
Susan Hinzman�s quilt is 33" square and has a hand inked label with her name, address, the name of the quilt, and the reason the quilt was made for the NIH. This label was hand stitched on, so it is possible that it could have been removed. However, Susan almost always adds a fox somewhere on her quilt. You can see a small brown fox in the lower left corner of this quilt.
These quilts were donated, so this quilt actually belongs to the Children�s Inn.
If you know anything about where this quilt is, please contact Susan at [email protected] or Margo Bradford, Operations Manager of The Children�s Inn, at [email protected] or 800-644-4660.
Posted December 13, 1999.
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