The lap quilt, above, is 60″ by 75″. It has the Thangles II label as shown below, bottom left.
The table topper, below center, is approximately 36″ across and it is an octagon. It has a hand written label sewn to the back, bottom right.
If you can help with the recovery of these quilts, please contact judy at [email protected].
Navy Insignia Quilt
On August 18, Sue received a call from Brenda S. from the FedEx Customer Service Center in Memphis, TN. Sue wrote, “Brenda has the most heavenly voice I have ever heard. Brenda told me early on the Wednesday morning she received a call from someone in the quilt world who preferred to remain anonymous. This person told Brenda about the quilts and their importance, beseeching her to help find them. Brenda told me she was so moved that she made it her mission to find the quilts. Sometime in the afternoon, the quilts were delivered in an unmarked cardboard box to a FedEx facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. (FedEx’s lost and found items either go to Memphis or Salt Lake City.) The box arrived with no tracking number making it impossible to trace. Sharon at the Salt Lake facility didn’t even have them cataloged yet but she sent Brenda a picture, and Brenda called me to confirmed the identity of at least one of the quilts.”
On August 19, Sue was thrilled that the quilts were all safely returned! They had been overnighted to her from Salt Lake City, and they arrived at 11:30 AM. Sue writes, “Words cannot express my gratitude to the quilt world for helping to find these quilts. It took a Quilt APB to locate them but it worked. Congratulations to all of you and specifically to the very special person who interceded in my behalf. This experience has convinced me that I need to continue to share these quilts because of their historic importance.”
Night Shift Worker’s Quilt is an original quilt that is 68″ by 78.5″. The main colors are red, white, and blue. It is made of home dec fabrics and silks that read, “Quiet Please Night Shift Worker Sleeping, Thank You.” It is machine pieced and hand quilted.
Canadian Red Cross Quilt is a wholecloth quilt that is 63.5″ by 72″. It is made from four feed sacks sewn together. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. The main color is blue.
Navy Insignia Quilt is a 64″ by 88″ quilt made of Navy insignia patches. It is machine pieced and machine quilted.
Hazleton Fund Raising Quilt is 66″ by 84″. The main colors are white, white, and red. It is hand embroidered with hundreds of names. This quilt was made in 1942-1943.
If you there is anything you can do for the recovery if these quilts, please contact Sue at [email protected].
Katy Wessner made her first quilt as a gift for her grandson, who said he would cherish it forever. He had it for a year or two before, he lost it in North Carolina when his girlfriend threw him out. Katy thinks he was living either in Raleigh or Charlotte at the time.
The twin-size quilt was made with bandanas featuring Desert Storm themes. There were bandanas with Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine themes. The main colors are blue and white. She used ticking fabric as a border. Katy hand quilted planes into the quilt, and she quilted around the main motifs. This quilt does not have a label.
If you find a quilt that fits this description, please contact Katy at [email protected].
On Sunday, June 21, 2009, someone found a quilt on the westbound lane of Highway 64 near Tarboro, North Carolina. The quilt was wrapped in one of those plastic blanket packages. The quilt appears to be newly made, in wonderful condition. It is hand and machine quilting. There is no label attached and they cannot find a signature.
The person who found this quilt wants to return it to its owner, as she is a needle worker, and says she would be sick if she lost one of her works. If this might be your quilt, please email [email protected].
Julie's Round Robin
Julie Higginson would like to finally receive her round robin quilt. It was last seen around December 2007.
Julie writes, “This was a Round Robin project. The last lady to work on it lives in Brooklyn, New York and she added the Delectable Mountains blocks. She then sent it to the next lady in the group who lives in East Bend, North Carolina. That lady let us all know that she did indeed receive the quilt top and would get to work on her addition. We never heard from her again. Each of us in the group have emailed her, left voicemails on her home and cell phones, and I even sent her a personal check and asked her to just return the quilt top to me no questions asked. All to no avail. We had swapped with this lady in the past and never had any problems before, so we are clueless as to why she would do this to us…Several of us in the group have done some research on the lady who stole this quilt top and another one. At first we were afraid that perhaps something dreadful had happened to her, and we were worried about her. But through a bit of research on the internet and making some phone calls, we have found out that she is indeed in good health and still living and working in her community. As a good faith effort, we even sent her own Round Robin back to her recently…and she REFUSED to accept the package! Very strange.”
This quilt is about 50″ square. It is very scrappy, but there’s a great deal of reds and greens, as well as tan background fabrics. The center block is made up of four mini log cabin blocks with a pot of flowers appliqued in the center. The next round are more mini log cabin blocks with red hearts appliqued onto the light colored fabric. The next round is made up of Delectable Mountain blocks. It is machine pieced and machine appliqued.
If you can help with the recovery of this quilt, please contact Julie at [email protected].
Deborah Highley made a navy blue Grandmothers Flower Garden for her son. He took it with him to the army base in North Carolina. It was last seen sometime around 1995 when his girlfriend took it. This is a full-size quilt. It uses all colors, but the set up between the blocks is navy blue. It is hand pieced and hand quilted.
Please contact Deborah at [email protected] if you’ve seen this quilt.
Alissa's Lucky Stars
Brenda Colla was hoping to recover a quilt that was “misplaced” by a moving company during their move to Valdosta, Georgia. The quilt, “Alissa’s Lucky Stars,” was last seen on June 19, 2007 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Several inquiries were made, but the quilt was not found. It was in a dark wood hope chest with other linens, and none of the contents have been recovered. The company was a moving company that contracts with the Air Force to move enlisted. The Colla’s possessions were in storage for one week in Tallahassee, Florida.
In April 2008, Brenda wrote, “I just wanted to let you know that the quilt lost by a moving company when my daughter, Alissa, moved has been recovered. It was approximately 2 weeks after the notice appeared on your web site that the storage company miraculously found the hope chest and all of its contents. Apparently it had been in lost and found for a while??!! After numerous phone calls (every 2 weeks for about 2 months), it has been found. It is in the hands of its owner.”
Yellow Sapphire by Libby Mijanovich
Mija Fiber Art (Libby & Jim Mijanovich) are searching “Yellow Sapphire,” their original quilt which is now owned by Jim Privette. This quilt was last seen at 60 North Market St. Condominiums, Asheville, North Carolina. It was stolen the week of December 8, possibly by someone in a construction crew. The clubroom was being furnished for an open house while the building is still under construction.
This 2007 quilt is 38″ wide by 23″ high. The quilt is stretched and mounted onto a stretcher frame with a foam core backing, and then displayed in a walnut shadowbox frame. The piece after framing measres 43″ by 29″ by 1-1/2″ deep. The main colors are yellow, cream, gold, burgundy, sage, and hunter green. It is machine pieced vintage cotton clothing, and it is machine quilted with metallic thread. There are two labels on the back of the foam core. One is a shirt pocket with the Mija company name, the name of the piece, and the date made. The shirt pocket label is glued to the foam core. The second label is a a 2″ by 4″ sticky label with the business name and contact information, name of the piece, date made, content and care instructions.
Please contact Mija Fiber Art (http://www.mijafiberart.com) at [email protected] if you have any information regarding this quilt.
Gourds by Laura Gaskin
The search is on for Laura Gaskin’s missing Gourd quilt. It was on consignment at the Guild Crafts Shop in Asheville, North Carolina which is operated by the Southern Highland Craft Guild. On January 12, 2008 this quilt came up missing.
This quilt is an original design. It has five hand-embroidered gourds and a pieced fabric border. It is about 15″ by 12″. The main colors are light blue, green, orange, and purple, all in muted shades. The quilted border is made of hand-dyed purple and orange fabrics. The quilt has a white label, sewn to the back of the quilt which has the name of the quilt, Laura Gaskin’s contact information, and the date.
Please contact Laura Spreitzer, the Guild Crafts Shop manager, through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page if you can help with the recovery of this quilt.
Journal Quilt by Lynne Harrill
On October 19, 2007, Lynne Harrill’s March 2003 Journal Quilt was stolen from her booth during the Southern Highland Craft Guild’s Fall Fair at the Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. This 8-1/2″ by 11″ quilt is made from a digitally printed, computer manipulated photo. The main colors are pink and green. The border fabric is a print made from the flower head that is in the center of the quilt. There is a label on the back with Lynne’s name, address, and phone number. It is fused to the backing at the bottom.
If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Lynne at [email protected].
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