Recovered!
Synchronized Star Dance
On April 1, 2003 Vikki Favreau shipped her original quilt, Synchronized Star Dance, from the Thunder Bay, Ontario post office. The quilt was not delivered and was suspected stolen. Police and postal employees were not very helpful or hopeful. They just wanted her to "take my money and be quiet."
But Vikki refused to give up. The lesson she learned was to "check up on the parcel after 3 to 4 days and above all pay the extra dollar to get the person receiving the article to sign for it." Vikki tracked down the delivery driver to question him. It turned out he delivered it to the same address number but on the North part of the street instead of the South side. After this was all sorted out, Vikki was able to personally pick up her quilt.
Vikki writes, "It was a terrible ordeal but I strongly urge anyone with a missing parcel to scout things out for yourself. I think you will find that most stolen articles in the mail are simply delivered to the wrong person." She goes on to suggest including phone numbers on the outside of the package along with the return address.
This quilt is a long, narrow wall runner approximately 24" by 70". Vikki mainly used Bali prints in greens and peaches and she added beaded accents. A detail of the fabrics and the curved piecing is shown below. This quilt is machine pieced, machine appliqued, machine quilted and hand beaded. There may be a label hand stitched to the quilt from a past show with the quilt name and Vikki's name. For more close up pictures of this unique quilt, please visit Vikki's website, http://www.subtlecreations.com/stardance.html.
Posted May 19, 2003. Updated June 4, 2003.
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