Bernita Parker hopes someone has found her missing quilt. It is a wedding ring quilt, larger than full size, but not as big as queen size. It is off-white with some red and some shirt fabrics. The quilt was made in 1955 by her grandmother, Sallie Mae Lewis. Her grandmother’s name is written in a upper corner. In the corner it says “Sallie Mae she 62.” Her grandmother gave it … 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
The search is on for a 50th Anniversary Wedding Ring quilt made by Shirly Cacela. The 108″ by 108″ quilt is made of pastel wedding rings on a white background. It does not have a label, but a picture of the couple was basted onto the back of the quilt. The quiltmaker died before the quilt was finished. A friend took on the job of finishing and binding it. She … Continue reading
Daretia Cooper needs help locating a Wedding Ring quilt made by her husband’s grandmother. The grandmother’s last name was Olic. The quilt is queen size and the main colors are orange, off-white and blue. It was hand pieced and hand quilted in the 1940s. It was last seen in March 2000. The Cooper’s house had a fire and the restoration people lost it. If you’ve seen a quilt that matches … Continue reading
In 1996 Edna J. Patterson-Petty placed her original quilt, Going Full Circle in a gallery in Annapolis, Maryland. The gallery owner told Edna that she had a potential buyer. However, that was the last that Edna heard from her. While Edna has made repeated phone calls, the gallery owner has not return her calls or her quilt. This 26″ by 36″ quilt is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and hand quilted. … Continue reading
Cammie MeansLivingston and Sharon Means are searching for a Polka Dot Wedding Rings quilt made by Mozelle Means (Cammie’s paternal grandmother). The full size quilt, made in 1967, was a scrap quilt using all colors. Two distinctive fabrics used are a blue fabric with white polka dots and a red polka dot fabric. The quilt was last seen in 1973 on a bus leaving a school camping trip. Apparently the … Continue reading
Another quilt has been stolen from a nursing home. Patricia Louise Johnson is looking for a wedding ring quilt which was stolen from Florence Netzel’s nursing home room in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The quilt was last seen sometime around 1993 to 1995. This is a double (or twin) size wedding ring quilt made around 1930. It is made from various light to medium color cottons. It is machine pieced and … Continue reading
