Karen Stenback is asking for help locating quilt made by Tiffany Hayes. It was last seen on March 8, 2018 at the Antelope Valley Quilt Guild Meeting in Lancaster, California. It was being shown to advertise an upcoming class and disappeared from the meeting site. On April 17, 2018, Karen reported that this quilt has been recovered! Apparently the name of the quilt was changed by the maker, but the … Continue reading
Carolyn Kenney wants to recover her quilt named Mini Victory. It was last seen on February 17, 2018. It was being returned from a professional quilter so the edges are unfinished (no binding or label). It was disappeared after it was delivered to Quincy, California. This 2018 quilt is 28.5″ by 43″. It is made from jewel tones on black with gold dots. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. … Continue reading
Laura Gill remembers a family quilt that was made by her Aunt Margaret. While she does not remember many of the details, she does know that the names Kathy, Lauri, Debbie, and Becky are sewn on the quilt. It was probably made in the 70s or 80s. It was last seen in 1992 in Thousand Oaks, California. While it was not technically stolen, it was intentionally put in a garage … Continue reading
Diane Alexander is asking for help locating a raffle quilt called Piñatas that was stolen from a car parked in the Slatten Ranch Shopping Center, Brentwood, California on October 12, 2017. The quilt was in a blue quilt bag with two other items that Diane had made. It was on the floor of her friend’s car when someone broke the window and stole the bag while she was eating at … Continue reading
Ben Hope is searching for a quilt owned by Nancy Helton. The quilt was made by Grover Helton for Charlotte Helton. This quilt was last seen in Maryland in 1998. It may have been stolen and taken to California or Arizona. This quilt is queen size. The main colors are pink, blue, and red. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. Charlotte Helton’s name appears on the front of the … Continue reading
Carolina was hoping to recover a Dresden Plate quilt made by her great-grandmother using her dresses. Her uncle took the quilt top, had it cleaned, and had it remade with new backing and batting, and then he gave it to Carolina on her birthday in 2013 as a family heirloom. On March 30, 2017 a moving company came to her home in Wenatchee, Washington and moved the wooden chest that … Continue reading
Thalia Patricio found this yellow daffodil quilt in a thrift store in San Diego, California. She writes, “I would love for this quilt to get back to the rightful owner if it was donated in error.” This quilt is 75″ by 90″. The main colors are yellow, white, and green. The appliquéd blocks alternate with solid yellow blocks. It is labeled, “To my daughter (with her name inserted here), made … Continue reading
Sue Rasmussen is asking for help locating four of her machine quilting samples which were stolen from her friend’s car in Simi Valley, California on March 10, 2017. The Japanese Print quilt sample (left) is 23″ by 14″. It has a black background with pink flowers. It has a label hand sewn to the back which says, “Japanese Print Quilt Sample, Made By Susanne Rasmussen, Simi Valley, CA, Warm and … Continue reading
Audrey Cloven is searching for her original quilt named Mom’s Bali Chai. This quilt was last seen on November 11, 2016 on United flight 5201 (MFR Medford, Oregon to SFO San Francisco, California). The flight attendant placed the quilt in the first class overhead bin when she boarded and she didn’t realize it was missing until she was at her connecting gate, but the airlines was unable to locate it. … Continue reading
Dee Lillywhite hopes to recover her Christmas log cabin quilt. It was last seen during 1998 in LAX when she sent it cargo on Northwest Airlines from Los Angeles, California to Detroit, Michigan. Cargo said it was lost. This lap-size quilt is mainly green, red, and gold. It was machine pieced in 1997. If you find this quilt, please contact Dee at Panko97@gmail.com. … Continue reading
