Ricky McKaig is asking for help in finding a quilt she made in 2010, which she called Blue Plate Special. Ricky described her quilt in this way, “The quilt is a hand made Dresden Plate design, various blue fabrics making up the “plate” design with a white and blue embroidered coffee cup design in the middle of each plate. The plates are appliqued onto blue and white striped fabric. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Dresden Plate
Carolina was hoping to recover a Dresden Plate quilt made by her great-grandmother using her dresses. Her uncle took the quilt top, had it cleaned, and had it remade with new backing and batting, and then he gave it to Carolina on her birthday in 2013 as a family heirloom. On March 30, 2017 a moving company came to her home in Wenatchee, Washington and moved the wooden chest that … Continue reading
Mary Kerr ws looking for a quilt named “Melon Smoothie.” It was on display at the National Quilt Museum, but once it was shipped, it never made it back home to Virginia. Thankfully after waiting and waiting, this quilt has finally been recovered! This quilt is 76″ by 84″. The main colors are salmon and green. It is made from a vintage top, circa 1930, and it was quilted in … Continue reading
During Spring 2004 Judy Shelton lost her quilt called “Healing Hands.” It fell off a park picnic table by the community center in Irvington Park in Fremont, California. This quilt is a Dresden Plate pattern with an appliqued star in the centers instead of the traditional circle. It about twin size, maybe a little smaller. The main colors are soft colored pastels, peach, mauve, green, pink, and blue. Judy used … Continue reading
Found and searching for proper owner. In 1998, Debra Roberts found a crib-size, Dresden-style baby quilt in Catoosa, Oklahoma in the Catoosa School’s football parking lot after a game. At the time she contacted the daycare that was across the street from the school, but no one recognized it. She also left word at the school’s administration office but, again, no one claimed it. The quilt was even left on … Continue reading
Sandy Gordon would like to find her Dresden Plate embroidered quilt top. She inadvertently left it in a motel room in Berlin, Ohio in 2004. After years of work, she had finished the embroidery and it was ready to put in the frame to be quilted. This quilt top is queen size. It was made with a stamped cross stitch design. There are around twenty blocks. Sandy used mainly mauve/rose … Continue reading
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
After two years of waiting and months of searching Dana Hull will soon be reunited with her Dresden Plate Quilt made with 1930’s Prints. She pieced the double bed top during 2002 and 2003. A friend (who lives in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada) took this quilt top to some Mennonite ladies to be quilted. This was the second quilt they would have done for Dana. The first one was completed beautifully. … Continue reading
One June 21, 2004 Mary Ann Schmidt sent a Dresden Plate quilt from Bell, California using a shipping company. The quilt never arrived at its destination. The double size quilt has a white background and a black and white border. The blocks are multicolor, 1930’s Dresden plates. The plain blocks have black, machine-embroidered daisies tied with black and white perle cotton. The backing is heirloom Irish linen. The batting is … Continue reading
Marianne Bingham is hoping to recover her great-grandmother’s dresden plate quilt. It had been given to her as a teenager. It was last seen in August 1959 in Streetsboro, Ohio. She believes her mother sold it in a yard sale or gave it to a neighbor when they moved from Ohio to Florida. The double-bed size quilt was made in the 1920’s and 1930’s. It had a lot of yellow … Continue reading
