Andrea is asking for help in locating a quilt she made for her 7 year old nephew, Toby. Andrea made a bear paw style large twin sized quilt of green, tan, red, orange, blue, purple and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fabrics for the front and back of the quilt. The quilt is machine pieced in a bear paw quilt pattern and machine quilted with a label which reads, “Cowabunga, Dude!” … Continue reading
Category Archives: North Dakota
Elaine Ylioja hopes to recover the nine patch baby quilt that she made for her grandson. The quilt was last seen during June 2012 either in Minnesota or North Dakota. Her daughter and son-in-law were on a trip to Brainerd, Minnesota and they also went to Minneapolis. They stopped at a Super 8 motel in North Dakota on the way home. This 40″ by 48″ quilt was made in 2011. … Continue reading
Debra Mohr is asking for help in locating a small original quilt. She sent it from Alexandria, Minnesota to Fargo, North Dakota. The tracking number shows that it was delivered, but the recipient never received it. This small quilt is 9″ by 9″ in a book format. It combines blues with multi-colors. The fiber art journal was made from fish blocks given to Debra by members of her quilt group … Continue reading
On July 31, 2004, two of Caroline Clouse’s quilts, “It’s Pheasant Time” and “Mountain Greenery,” came up missing from the North Dakota State Fair. The quilts had been taken down from display and laid on a table when they disappeared. A police report was filed. Later it was discovered that a friend’s husband, trying to do a good deed, picked up the quilts without telling anyone. Because Caroline’s friend was … Continue reading
Rosa B. Wise Elvick made many spectacular quilts for her family. A book is being complied by her grandchildren which will have pictures of her quilts along with a story about each one. One missing quilt is a full-sized, royal blue and white pieced star quilt in 1936. It has intricate hand quilting and hand piecing. Rosa used only solid color fabrics when making it. The quilt was last seen … Continue reading
Julie Rostad is searching for a quilt that was lost twenty years ago when she was moving from Minot, North Dakota. It was a one-of-a-kind raffle quilt which was made from their old dark blue wool band blazers. Each block has a different musical saying. For example, one block has a Staccato note with the saying “jump!” Some of the stitching is done by machine with white thread. The lettering … Continue reading
