Please share! Let’s help Peggy to find these quilts. In her own words: “A very sad quilt thing happened. After I brought home my quilts from our guild’s quilt show, I gave my daughter back the 2 I had made for her kids, my grands. They were in her car along with a bunch of other things to be dropped off to a charity box in Media, PA. Yep! On … Continue reading
Category Archives: Pinwheel
Denise Brady, a quilter in Oregon is asking for help in finding this eye-catching pinwheel quilt made of light and dark blue and white fabrics. The quilt is approximately 80″ x 80″ machine pieced and machine quilted, as a Christmas gift for the quilter’s nephew, Christopher Brady. It was last seen in January, 2015 in Roseburg, Oregon. This quilt is labeled with a Christmas message to Christopher Brady from Denise Brady, … Continue reading
Les Shepherd hopes someone has found his daughter’s graduation quilt which was made by her grandmother, Lesley Sproul. In was last seen in March 2016 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The delivery person left it in a box at the front door of the home of the person who made the quilt, but it disappeared before the owners received the quilt. This machine pieced, multicolored quilt features pinwheels in various sizes … 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
Kirstin is hoping to recover a box of missing quilt tops. In June 2011 they were moving from Littleton, Colorado, and everything was stored in a POD. When she unpacked, she realized the movers had not added her box of quilt tops. She is missing at least five tops that were placed in a plastic box. Each quilt top had directions pinned to it on what was needed for finishing … Continue reading
LeeAnn Torkelson asks for everyone to watch for this quilt which she made for Julia Prochnik. The quilt was last seen on November 26, 2013 when it was sent from Fountain Hills, Arizona. The quilt, according to the shipping company, was delivered on November 29 at noon to the recipient in San Francisco, California. The box was apparently stolen, along with other packages, from the doorstep. This is a baby … Continue reading
Francie Gass is asking for help in recovering a quilt stolen from the trunk of her car. The quilt was last seen on September 10, 2013 in Ashland, Oregon. This quilt is about 36″ by 48″ She used a speckled white fabric for the background and a lime green stars fabric for the border. She used five additional multicolored fabrics to create the dimensional pinwheels. The label on the quilt … Continue reading
Cynthia Franz hopes to recover this pinwheel quilt. The quilt was made for her niece, Dawn Pace. It was last seen in Phoenix, Arizona. After a divorce, the quilt was left in the home where the ex-husband continued to live. It is possible it may have been given away or thrown away after he remarried. This is a king size pinwheel quilt has white background, sashing strips, and backing. The … Continue reading
Breanna hopes someone had found this quilt which she made for her daughter, Lyla. Breanna made it while she was pregnant, and gave it to Lyla when she was born, with the hope that she would have the momento the rest of her life. It was lost when they traveled from Rexburg, Idaho to Provo, Utah. She last saw the quilt on January 29. 2012. This quilt is 36″ by … Continue reading
Peggy Hallstrom needs help finding a quilt made by her great-grandmother, Bessie Maude Curtis. The quilt was last seen in Coon Rapids, Minnesota in 1997. It may have been donated when her parent’s house was emptied in order to sell it. This quilt is a double size, scrappy, multi-colored quilt made with muslin and feed sack prints. It is tied with purple-red yarn. Both the front and back are pieced. … Continue reading
