Yellow quilt and scrapbook

Kim Walters hopes someone has found her yellow quilt and scrapbook. The quilt was last seen on September 20, 2008 in Manawa, Wisconsin. It was lost when her daughter was moving around from home to home. Along with the quilt was a scrapbook of childhood pictures. The full size, primarily yellow quilt is the maker’s original design. It was machine pieced and tied in 2008. If either of these items … Continue reading

Haiku

Katherine Dossman is hoping that her quilt, Haiku, will be found. It was last seen on August 7, 2015 when she shipped it from Belton, Texas. It was lost during transit to Madison, Wisconsin. For some reason, during the shipment there was a three-day hold in Dallas. Somehow, the quilt was separated from its box and a letter was placed inside saying the box had come open. Instead of the … Continue reading

ZigZag Quilt

Jasmine Medina-Avila is wondering if anyone has information about her missing ZigZag quilt. It was being displayed at an art show at SummerFest Grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Mexican Fiesta. On August 25, 2013, it was stolen right off the wall. A police report has been filed. This quilt is 87″ by 90″. The main colors are purple, grey, and green. Jasmine used batik fabrics and the quilt is machine … Continue reading

Born to Ride

Born to Ride by C. Diane Thomas

On or around November 23, 2011, C. Diane Thomas shipped a quilt from Columbia Falls, Montana to Waterford, Wisconsin. The shipping company says they delivered the package, but it never arrived. They are supposted to be looking into the situation, but have found nothing. The quilt was intended as a gift to Anthony Hoffman. It is approximately 110″ by 120″. The main colors are black and white with a red … Continue reading

Earth-Tone Pillow

Virginia Baeten hopes to recover her missing patchwork pillow. It was last seen in the 1970s in a grocery store parking lot on Wisconsin Avenue, Appleton, Wisconsin. She and her husband were transporting parts for her husband’s job, and they were in a very uncomfortable truck. Virginia was using the pillow as back support. She thinks it must have fallen out of the truck when they stopped, or it is … Continue reading

Six Family Quilts

Cathy Nelson reports the theft of six quilts that were stolen from her father’s home in December 2006. The stolen quilts include a double wedding ring with a yellow background, a single wedding ring, a log cabin, a fan quilt, a Dresden plate, and a bear claw. The quilts had been stored in her mother’s cedar chest in their rural home in the area of Belleville, Wisconsin. The home was … Continue reading

Recovered! Feathered Heart Wholecloth

On September 1, 2006, Kelley Richardson shipped her original Feathered Heart Wholecloth Quilt from Ontario, Canada to a show in Wisconsin. Sadly, it never arrived and could not be located. Finally, on October 17 the quilt was found! The lady receiving the quilts said the box looked pretty beat up, but when she removed the quilts they had not been damaged at all. The quilts are now on their way … Continue reading

Recovered! Truckbugs

Barbara Lies was devastated that her quilt, “Truckbugs, Backhoe Blossoms, and Wheelbarrow Butterflies” had been lost! She was sending her quilt to the 2006 International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. The quilt was last seen in Madison, Wisconsin on August 26, 2006. It was dropped off on a Saturday afternoon, but the shipping company had no record of picking it up on Saturday or the following Monday. When the quilt … Continue reading

Recovered! Sunbonnet Kitties

On May 28, 2006 this Sunbonnet Kitties quilt was sent from Wausau, Wisconsin but it never arrived at its destination. The quilt was made as a surprise for a friend who is expecting a new baby girl. This package was mistakenly delivered to an old mailbox where it sat for almost four weeks before it was recovered. This quilt is machine appliqued and machine quilted. It was made by Kristin … Continue reading

For Claire Foster Limjoco

On November 24, 2005 this quilt was lost at the Tundra Lodge Hotel in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was made for Claire Foster Limjoco by The Flying Needles Quilt Group. This quilt was made from a traditional design called Southern Bell. It is a baby-sized quilt in peach, blue, purple and green. It has a cloud fabric and gold/yellow roses for the backing. It was machine pieced and machine quilted … Continue reading