Sandra Benzel would like to recover a quilt she made for Jim Morgan called Silly Suits. This quilt was last seen sometime around February 2017 in a truck in northern Washington. The truck was stolen and the quilt was in the back. This sofa quilt is made of cottons that look like suite fabrics in browns and grays. Sandra used a Scrap Crazy pattern. She made it in 2015. There … Continue reading
Dara Widner hopes someone might have found this crazy quilt. The quilt was made by Dara and Marlene Cochrane for Jewel Widner. The quilt was last seen in November 2013 at the home of Jewel’s parents. It was packed by movers and never delivered along with the rest of their household goods. Four other quilts were lost at the same time. They were moving from Arizona to Layton, Utah. Their … Continue reading
Allison Aller was hoping that someone had found her missing quilt called “Crazy in the Garden.” It was last seen on May 14, 2011 at Quilt Market in Salt Lake City. It was in the C & T Publishers booth, but it never arrived back at C & T’s headquarters after the market was over. This original quilt is 46″ by 46″. This heavily embellished quilt features garden colors; blue, … Continue reading
Linda Bryant is hoping that someone has information about a silk crazy quilt which was made by her mother. It was sold at a summer yard sale held in Bangor, Maine in the 1960’s. A man bought it and said he was going to put it in a museum. This quilt is full-sze. It is made with silk fabrics and has names and dates significant to her family including “Irving … Continue reading
Muriel D. Fitzgerald Jones is asking for help locating a crazy patch quilt top that was given to her by her mother sometime between 1978-1980. Her mother brought it to Souderton, Pennsylvania between 1980-1985 where she knew someone who could replace a few torn fabrics. At the time, Muriel was unaware that her mother was in the beginning stages of dementia. Now no one knows if the quilt top was … Continue reading
Leah French Gonzalez is searching for a brightly colored crazy quilt made by her grandmother, Anna Henderson. When her grandmother passed away, her quilts were divided up. One was given to Leah’s aunt, Terry Stransky. When Terry passed away, the quilt could not be found among her things. It is possible she may have sold it when she came upon hard times. The quilt was last seen in 1993 in … Continue reading
Robin Hansen Buchholz hopes to find a quilt that has been missing since Spring 1993. It was last seen at Tillamook Junior High School during a show-and-tell session. Her daughter brought it to her eighth grade class for a report on pioneers. She took an antique crazy quilt throw, an example of an Hawaiian quilt square in blue and white, an appliqud quilt top of a dinosaur sitting on an … Continue reading
When it was time to move, Kelly Cooper discovered that her quilt, “Orange You Crazy,” somehow was missing from her apartment in Texas. Her quilt, made about 2002, is crib/throw size. It is embroidered, beaded, and heavily embellished. It has hand-dyed lace butterfies and an embroidered black widow spider and web. It has a label which says, “When i am dead and in my grave and all my bones are … Continue reading
Gay is hoping to recover a crazy quilt made by her deceased mother. This quilt is very large with a queen size blue blanket as the foundation. It includes denims, velvets, patterns, etc. made from old clothing her kids wore. It was made in the 1980’s. “It is not a beautiful quilt, but I’d love to have it return to me!” The quilt was last seen in 1988 in Dallas, … Continue reading
Twelve quilters joined an international crazy quilt round robin. Six of them had sent mainly finished, embellished blocks from New Zealand and Australia to one of the participants in Kingsburg, California, but that person has not been heard from since. The quilters with missing blocks are Hope Francis, Lynette Brumby, Jo Newsham, Margaret Price, Evie Harris, and Maureen Curlewis. The blocks below are not labeled, but a log book accompanied … Continue reading
