Rita Orban is asking for help locating her quilt, “Water — Life.” The quilt was last seen in England in 2007. It came up missing during a move to France. This quilt is about 20″ by 30″. It is based on Matisse’s “Femme a l’amphore.” The main colors are white and blue. The deep blue fabric is “Harvest Mosaic” by Robert Kaufman. This quilt is made with reverse applique. It … Continue reading
Japan Handicraft Instructors’ Association hopes someone will be able to help this quilt, Cosmos #6. This quilt was last seen in Vicenza, Italy on October 24, 2010. It became missing during transportation from Italy to Japan via France. This original quilt is made of silk. It features a subterranean panorama of the earth. It is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted. It also has hand painting and hand dyed … Continue reading
“Hidden Waves,” made by Susanne Heinrich, was last seen on May 3, 2006 at Hotel Camanile, Blois, France where it was accidentally left in a hotel room. This quilt is 51″ by 71″ (130 cm X 180 cm). The main colors are blue with a little red. It was machine pieced and machine quilted. The quilt is not labeled but it is stitched with “S.H.2001.” Susanne asked the hotel about … Continue reading
Elisabeth Elmquist is hoping to recover a quilt she made for her daughter’s tenth birthday. It was last seen in June 2001 in France at the International School of Sophia Antipolis. The sampler quilt was made in 1993. One of the blocks uses her daughter’s initials, “AT.” It also features the year made and Elisabeth’s initials “EAE.” The fifteen blocks have green borders and the quilt is bordered with a … Continue reading
This original quilt, Blue Waves by Frieda Oxenham, was accepted into the Rhythm ‘n Blues Exhibition of the 11th European Patchwork Meeting at Val d’Argent, France in September 2005 and then was to be exhibited in various places in France and Italy. The quilt was going to be exhibited in the town hall of Luserna S. Giovanni, a town approximately 45 minutes from Turin, Italy. It was to be displayed … Continue reading
The search is on for a quilt lost by a shipping company in November 2003. It was being sent to Nice, France but it never arrived. This quilt is an improvisational design using fabrics from her niece’s childhood dresses. It is smaller than twin size, but larger than crib size. It was designed to be a sofa throw. It has large and small flower prints, some vintage, some plaid, and … Continue reading
Claudette Laurent reports that three quilts that she had made for her daughter and her two grandchildren have been stolen from her daughter’s home in Droyes (Haute-Marne), France during January 2001. One quilt is an Uneven Log Cabin arranged to form a clam shell pattern. This is a double bed quilt that is about 89-inches by 79-inches (2.26 meters by 2 meters). One is a Sampler Quilt. This twin size … Continue reading
These two original quilts have been lost during shipment. The quilts were handsewn by Anne Gailhbaud of Perigord, France, for her daughter, Aurlie. When Aurlie moved from Mantes-la-Jolie, France to Darmstadt, Germany she used a shipping company to send four large packages to her new home. Only three of the packages arrived. The missing package contained a variety of personal belongings including these two quilts. The company reports the package … Continue reading
Rosario Casanovas, the international representative for the Spanish Patchwork Association, reports that three quilts were lost when they were sent to the Quilt Expo in Strasbourg, France in April 2000. The quilts were delivered to someone who was at a the convention held right before Quilt Expo, but they were not delivered to the name on the shipping label. Paquita Segura made the first quilt shown above. Gloria Llopart made … Continue reading
The photo above shows a progressive quilt in the very early stages. The large block is the theme block and, at this point, it had traveled only to two other people. Wendy Smith-Clark was part of a group of seventeen women who were participating in a Round The Block Progressive quilt. Each quilt was to be passed twelve times, so not everyone worked on every quilt. Each quilter made a … Continue reading
