Faces of Suicide Memorial Quilt

Trish Keenan is turning to the quilt community, asking for help in locating a missing quilt. The quilt, called Faces of Suicide Memorial Quilt is owned by the American Federation for Suicide Prevention. This quilt was last seen during Fall 2012. It was lost in the cleanup after Hurricane Sandy. This quilt is 60″ by 72″. The main colors are blue and white. Each square has a picture and bio … Continue reading

Pink, Navy, and Tan Ohio Star Quilt

Ohio Star by Teresa Fusco

Teresa Fusco of Reading, Pennsylvania was traveling, lecturing, teaching, and exhibiting her work from Washington, DC to Northern New Jersey when she realized this quilt was missing. The 75″ by 75″ Ohio Star is a beginner’s rotary cutting sample quilt used for teaching. Teresa had just finished the quilting and sleeve, but she doesn’t think it had a label on the quilt yet. The Rotary Cutting Pattern can be found … Continue reading

Quilt of Valor

Quilt of Valor by Barbara File

Barbara File hopes it is still possible to recover her Quilt of Valor quilt. It was shipped on July 6, 2010 from Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. It was received by a transfer station in Pennsylvania and sent out to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, but the tracking was never updated. Many calls were made before she was told it was in a fire, but now no one knows anything … Continue reading

Recovered! World War II Quilts

Navy Insignia Quilt

On August 17, Sue Reich asked for help locating four missing World War II Quilts. Sue found out that these quilts went missing between 12:30 and 3:30 AM on August 11 at the shipping company’s facility in Keasbey, New Jersey. The quilts were at the Asheville Quilt Show in Asheville, North Carolina on August 6-8 2010. Four trunks of quilts were shipped back to Sue in New Jersey. Three of … Continue reading

Dutch Girl Quilt

Angelina S. Carter’s Dutch Girl quilt was last seen at Wurtsmith Air Force Base during January 1991 when it was being packed into a moving box. Her mother made this full-size quilt for her in 1974 when she was seven years old. It is possible that the quilt may have been seen in Bayonne, New Jersey by anybody at the moving company where crates would have been loaded up onto … Continue reading

Jesus First Holy Communion

Lenore Madrachimov is searching for a quilt she made which she calls "Jesus First Holy Communion." She used pictures copied from a first holy communion book. It depicts Jesus with his hand over his heart and the left arm bent upward. There are words basted on in yellow felt (not finished). The words say, "He who eats this bread will live forever." This quilt is aproximately 72" square. The quilt … Continue reading

Fans and Bookcase

P. Suppa is hoping to recover two quilts that were stolen in 2001 from her mother’s room in the Morris View Nursing Home in Morris Township, New Jersey. The nursing room denied having seen it, but it disappeared about two weeks after she was admitted. Her mother’s jewelry was also stolen. One quilt is a full-size fans quilt, made in 2000 using lavendars and seafoam blue. The seafoam blue is … Continue reading

Crazy Quilt

P. Enyart is searching for a crazy quilt that she made around 1975. It was misplaced during a move. It was last seen in 1980 in Eatontown/Long Branch, New Jersey. This quilt fits a double bed. It is multicolored and uses silk, satin, and velvet. It has a black velvet and white lace border. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. It has some embroidery, including the name “David” (the … Continue reading

Wine and Dine

Roz Manor hopes to recover two of her original quilts, both lost by a shipping company. They were last seen on Sunday, March 4, 2007 at the New Jersey Quiltfest in Somerset, New Jersey. The first quilt is “Wine and Dine”, which won Best of Show. This quilt is approximately 30″ by 40″. It is a party setting with food, wine, and artwork about wine. Roz used many different fabrics … Continue reading