Jo Palmer is searching for a Mariner’s Compass quilt. Ian said his grandmother borrowed the quilt in the summer of 2009 to put it in a quilt contest. The contest was at First Southern Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. She became ill and didn’t get it picked up. She died in November 2010. Jo didn’t realize it was missing until Ian asked if she found it in her house when … Continue reading
On November 23, 2005 this Blue Mariner’s Compass was stolen from a vehicle that was in a car accident. Nick and Kristen Ivanick were going home for Thanksgiving when the accident occurred on Route 14 in Northern Pennsylvania, just outside of Gillett. The car was left overnight on the side of the road. When they returned, less than eight hours later, the quilt was gone, but nothing else was taken. … Continue reading
Sarah Meyer is hoping to recover a Miniature Mariner’s Compass which was lost by a shipping company. It was shipped during February 2005, but it was never received. The quilt is 11-inch square. Sarah used a pattern by Patchwork Plus. The background fabric is white with gray snowflakes. Various tone-on-tone blues make up the compass. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. Please contact Sarah through the Lost Quilt Come … Continue reading
August 12, 2003 was the last time Phyllis Cullen saw the quilted Wedding Canopy she made for Sky and Ginger Cullen. She used a shipping company in Chico, California to send her quilt to a show and it got lost on the way. This quilt is an original design. It has a Mariner’s Compass in the center with brightly colored, appliqued, fancy birds around it. The quilt is about 70″ … Continue reading
Susan J. Ehrlich needs help finding her Mariner’s Compass quilt called “Red Is Necessary.” The quilt was being transported to a show when it came up missing. The quilt was last seen on August 31, 2002 in Sandy Springs, Georgia. The front of the queen-sized quilt has a Mariner’s Compass in navy blue, red, silver, white and off-white. The backing is red and white striped. It is hand pieced, hand … Continue reading
In 2000 Kate Acosta participated in an online round robin sponsored by the Quilt Lover’s and Fabric Addict Yahoo! group which Kate founded. She made a Mariner’s Compass center block and other members were to add borders to her original square. Kate used hand dyed fabrics and commercially printed fabrics to foundation piece the center block. The light cream fabric around the mariner’s compass is a print with a very … Continue reading
Susan Banks Tetterton of Brooklyn, New York is searching for an oval Mariner’s Compass quilt which was recently stolen from her apartment. This one-of-a-kind quilt was made by her grandmother, Viola Grimes Tetterton. The center features an oval Mariner’s compass and it is surrounded by eight regular Mariner’s Compasses. The quilt primarily uses blues, burgundies and beiges. It was machine pieced and elaborately hand quilted. The quilting alone took her … Continue reading
