B.J. Reid’s quilt, “One Female at a Time” was last seen in April 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. The quilt had been part of the show, “Women - Peace and Security.” It was displayed at the United Nations in Geneva. The quilt became missing between the date when the show ended and the day it was to have been shipped back to the USA.
This quilt has now been located! However, four others from the same exhibit are still currently missing. One of those still missing is seen on the Quilt for Change website.
This original quilt is 20″ wide and 30″ high. There are many rectangles of color hand painted on a textured cream-colored background. There is a line sketch of a portrait of a woman. Many words (such as love and equality) were written via machine quilting. A collection of yarns are couched on the edge and run through a bead at the lower right corner and then form a tassel. The quilt is labeled on the back.
Dawn Piasta
March 14, 2012 at 4:59 PM
This item was mistakenly reported as stolen. It turned out that there were 4 others from the exhibit that were missing/stolen. They remain missing to this day.