Marjorie Phillips has reported that several quilts which she made for her daugher, Sophia Phillips, and her grandson were stolen. On December 10, 1997 her daughter loaded up a U-Haul truck in Las Vegas, Nevada with all of her possessions including these quilts. The packed van was parked out in front of her house so they could leave early in the morning. During the night a thief hot wired the van and stole everything they owned. After this experience, Marjorie recommends that others remove the coil from the engine compartment of any packed truck if it is left standing, especially if others saw you loading the truck. The van was eventually located, but only odds and ends were left.
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Bars And Beasts by Marjorie Phillips
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Modified Nine Patch by Marjorie Phillips
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Pinwheel Spool by Marjorie Phillips
The major loss, in terms of quilted items, was a queen sized quilt which she made for her grandson, Bradley. This quilt is called “Bars and Beasts”. It has a matching dust ruffle, a matching smaller TV quilt (second photo) and a pillow. The larger quilt is 95″ by 76″ and was made in 1996. Bradley’s name and birthdate were quilted in the middle of this quilt.The TV quilt is 36″ by 36″. The colors of both of these quilts are strong primary colors and both are hand quilted.
Another quilt that was stolen was a Modified Nine Patch (a Trudi Hughes design). This is a large double bed size quilt and was a birthday gift for Sophia’s 25th birthday. It is a machine pieced, scrappy quilt with a very high loft batting.
There was also a 34″ by 34″ wall hanging which was made for a quilt challenge in 1990 and it won an honorable mention. The challenge was to use a dark, striped fabric. Marjorie made this quilt with nine pinwheel blocks in a spool setting. It is machine pieced and hand quilted. All quilts were labeled.
The best part of this whole experience was that Marjorie had documented her quilts, complete with photos, sizes, and other background information. This was invaluable to her for insurance purposes. Naturally, they would much rather retreive the quilts. If you can help, please contact Marjorie at [email protected]