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
Anne Covino is hoping to recover a crib-size Teddy Bear quilt which belongs to Peter Covino. It is mainly bright blues and greens with white. It has teddy bears hand appliqued on the blocks. It was made in 1987 by Lorraine Covino. This quilt was last seen in 1989 in Washington, DC, when it was accidentally donated by a well-meaning family member prior to moving. If you have seen a … Continue reading
Lee Nordin would like to find an original quilt that was made by her mother. The full, bedspread-sized, linen quilt was made in Ireland. The quilt has a large red flower in the center. Each piece was outlined with buttonhole stitch using embroidery thread. This quilt was hand pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted. It was made around 1948-1952. It was last seen in Ireland when it was shipped to … Continue reading
During the mid 1990s the children of the Beacon House Community Ministry made a quilt that was intended for their new community center in Washington DC. The quilt was to be displayed in the community center so the children could return as adults and see their artwork and photos of themselves as children. Daisy writes, “The minister and founder of Beacon House had taken this quilt to the annual General … Continue reading
Shannon Johnson made a special quilt for her sorority sisters daughter for the daughters college graduation. The daughter had been spending the summer in Washington DC, so Shannon sent it to her home in Mason City, Iowa so she wouldnt have to carry it home with her on the airplane. When her mother received it, however, she decided to forward it to her daughter. Unfortunately the mother wrote the wrong … Continue reading
Kathleen Grover participated in a round robin during 1996. Each participant chose a ballet theme for her quilt and Kathleen chose Firebird. Two participants in the round robin group never received their quilt back and apparently both were kept by the same person. Multiple emails and letters were sent in an attempt to recover this quilt, but she never responded. The main “block” which Kathleen did was that of a … Continue reading
Quilters in the Washington, DC area were invited to participate in a challenge quilt event for The Childrens Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health) in Bethesda, Maryland. Susan Hinzman decided to enter a quilt which would be donated to Childrens Inn and be permanently placed in the residence rooms where families can remain with their seriously ill children during medical treatment. The quilts were due on November 1, 1999. … Continue reading
