Category Archives: Missing

Lost, missing, or stolen quilts

Stolen: Tanya’s Christmas Quilt

Posted on by February 19, 2019

Denise is asking for help in locating this beautiful quilt she made as a Christmas, 2018 gift to her daughter, Tanya. The quilt features red, green, yellow, blue and purple fabrics and is approximately 48′ x 62″. The quilt was machine pieced and quilted, with a hand sewn binding. Additionally the quilt has a label: Merry Christmas, Tanya 2018 which is sewn on the bottom right corner of the quilt … Continue reading →

Let’s get Leo home!

Posted on by December 20, 2018

PLEASE SHARE Please help us catch a criminal and bring Leo home! On November 14, 2018 an older white male entered a business center on the east side of Terre Haute Indiana and stole a valuable art quilt. The suspect walked in and removed the art from it’s display, rolled it up, and walked out the door. He put the art work in his vehicle and exited the premises. The … Continue reading →

Lost quilt returned!

Posted on by December 16, 2018

Diana Gables let me know tonight that this quilt was returned to the vacation rental where her daughter accidentally left it. We will likely never know where it’s been, but that’s ok!
Don’t just believe in miracles.
Rely on them.

What once was lost is found! 

Misdelivered Quilt is going home. OK!

Posted on by November 8, 2018

This happened so quickly that I couldn’t find the time to post it here before the mystery was solved. In October, 2018 a quilt was shipped from a retail location with the intent to go from one city to another both in Oklahoma. The address label that was created had significant errors. Here’s the message that came to Lost Quilt Come Home. “Looking for the owner. Ihave this quilt. It … Continue reading →

Lost! Two Quilts

Posted on by November 22, 2018

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 →

Lost: Kaffe Fassett baby quilt

Posted on by October 11, 2018

Lost Quilt — Please share: Diana Gables is asking for help in finding a quilt she made for her granddaughter. This colorful crib sized quilt is made of Kaffe Fassett fabrics with rows of ducks as the main feature. Diana reported, “my daughter had it at a vacation rental in Eastham, Mass. (Cape Cod) last seen August 7th or so. It is signed to Scarlett Rey Lee from (Mia)” If … Continue reading →

Stolen: Nine Patch and Rail Fence Quilt

Posted on by September 28, 2018

Shasta Mantova is asking for help locating a quilt stolen from a parked car in Columbus, Ohio. This nine patch and rail fence quilt disappeared when a friend’s car was stolen. The car was recovered but the quilt was not. Shasta made this quilt. “The person I gave it to was going to take it to his dorm room for his first year of college” The quilt was made from … Continue reading →

Missing: Diamond Sawtooth Star quilt

Posted on by September 27, 2018

Kathy DeGonia would like help in her attempts to find a queen sized quilt made of teal, white and purple fabrics. In 2002 Kathy’s friend, Ruth, made this quilt for her grandson. In the spring of 2004 a car was broken into at a movie theatre in Joplin, Missouri. The quilt was in a leather bag in that car, and was stolen. A police report was filed. This diamond sawtooth star … Continue reading →

Found: Signature Quilt

Posted on by September 27, 2018

Donna Boots is looking for help in locating family members of the makers of a signature quilt from most likely the 1940’s. Genealogical research indicates that some of the names on the quilt may have ties to Oklahoma. Donna bought this signature quilt at an auction in New Mexico, in an area where retirement communities are popular among military families, which makes it likely the quilt has been moved from … Continue reading →

Stolen: Cathedral Window/Mariner’s Compass Quilt

Posted on by September 16, 2018

Patricia Winship is asking for help with finding a Cathedral Window Quilt with a Mariner’s Compass made of blue, green, and yellow fabrics with some red accents and a red backing fabric. The Mariner’s Star has 64 points. Patricia machine pieced and quilted this stunning queen size quilt. Hand appliqued on the lower left corner is a quilt label, “Sneak Thievery Blues A Brooklyn Nocturne Made for Jason Prover and … Continue reading →