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Recovered! Crazy in the Garden

Apr 30 2012

Allison Aller was hoping that someone had found her missing quilt called “Crazy in the Garden.” It was last seen on May 14, 2011 at Quilt Market in Salt Lake City. It was in the C & T Publishers booth, but it never arrived back at C & T’s headquarters after the market was over.

This original quilt is 46″ by 46″. This heavily embellished quilt features garden colors; blue, green, pink, orange, and purple dominate. The quilt is covered with three dimensional flowers. It also has appliqued, machine embroidered hummingbirds and butterflies. There are several beaded butterflies as well. This is the quilt that is on the cover of her book, “Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting: Modern Piecing and Embellishing Techniques for Joyful Stitching.” The quilt also won a second place in the Embellished Quilts category at the IQA Houston Show in 2010.

On April 30, 2012, C&T joyfully announced that all four missing quilts have been found!!! They had been carefully packed away in a mistakenly labeled, long-term storage box.

 
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Patsy Thompson Quilts

Mar 03 2012

Please be on the look out for these two stolen original quilts by Patsy Thompson. They were last seen in Holland, Ohio when Patsy placed them in her suitcase. She spent the night at a hotel in Corbin, Kentucky on February 29, 2012. Someone broke into her car and stole most of what was in the car, including the suitcase containing these quilts. A police report has been finled.

This original tulip quilt was partially quilted and not yet bound. The blocks are 22″ square and set on point. The overall size of the quilt is about 48-50″. The block background is dark blue, the feather appliques are green, and the tuplis are reds, pinks, and oranges. The setting triangle blocks are variegated green and blue. The appliques were cut from Appli-K-Kutz dies. This quilt is machine pieced, fused applique, machine applique, and machine quilted. It was made in 2011-2012. It does not have a label because it had not yet been completed.

This green flower quilt top is about 65″ by 62″. It has a hand-dyed green and rust, cotton sateen background fabric. The many flowers are yellows, blues, purples, red, and the swirls and leaves are a variety of greens. The flower shapes were cut from many different Sizzix die shapes and Appli-K-Kutz die shapes, and then arranged to form flower shapes. There is extensive trapunto work and free motion machine embroidery all over the top. This quilt top is fused and machine appliqued. It also has free motion machine embroidery on the applique shapes and the grapevine curly-cues coming off the swirl stems. This quilt top was also made during 2011-2012. The photo does not show the amethyst border that was attached later. All of the flowers also now have embroidery and/or trapunto.

You can read more about this situation on Patsy’s March 3, 2012 blog at http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/.

If you can help with the recovery of these quilts, please contact Patsy at [email protected].

 
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Country Bride Quilt

Dec 29 2011

Fiona (Gondek) Murray is searching for a Country Bride Quilt made for the wedding of her best friend, Sherri Andrews. The quilt was last seen in Port Washington, Long Island, New York. Her friend was living in an apartment with her husband when they broke up. Both left the apartment in a hurry and neither remember taking the quilt, nor can they find it. Sherri’s brother, who was the last to leave the aprtment, said there was nothing left behind. Fiona is hoping it may have been donated somewhere, and someone may have purchased it.

This quilt is queen size, approximately 88″ by 108″ It features pink hearts and doves, green leaves and stems on a muslin background. It is hand appliqued. The vines and birds’ eyes are embroidered. It was made in 1996. It has a label written to Sherri and her husband, David Mroczka.

Fiona writes, “I hope someone has found it and lets me know. It took me three years to make the quilt and it feels like I have lost a loved one. I wonder where the quilt is and if it is being cared for.” If you’ve found this quilt, please contact Fiona at [email protected].

 
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Adelaide Collection Sampler

Dec 06 2011

The Adelaide Collection Sampler owned by Michele HillMichele Hill has experienced the loss of two large shipping parcels, both lost by a shipping company. The two boxes have been missing since the first week of October 12, 2011. One box containing the single quilt was last seen in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The other box containing all the small items was last seen in Pemberton, Western Australia.

One of the items missing is “The Adelaide Collection Sampler,” shown to the left. This is an original quilt designed by Michele, made for her by Jill Gray, and quilted by Judy Simcock. It is 76-1/2″ by 76-1/2″. The main colors are burgundy and greens on a cream background. All of the fabrics are from the Adelaide collection by In the Beginning Fabrics (designed by Jason Yenter and Michele Hill). This quilt is fused and machine appliqued, machine pieced, and machine quilted. It was made in 2010. It is labeled on the back.

Trio by Michele HillOther items missing include several small quilts, cushions, a book cover, tea and coffee cozies, books, teaching materials, notes, photos, and fabrics. The small quilt to the right is another one that is missing. Michele used William Morris fabrics and original applique motifs inspired by the historic designer. It is fused, hand, and machine appliqued, machine pieced, and machine quilted. Some of the other items are embroidered and beaded. They were made over five years, dating from 2005 to 2010.

You can read more about these missing items on Michele’s blog on her November 29, 2011 entry and her December 5, 2011 entry.

If you help with the recovery of any of the items above, please contact Michele at [email protected].

 
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Karen Stefiuk quilts

Aug 11 2011

During January 2011 eleven of Karen Stefiuk’s quilts disappeared when her van and trailer were stolen. They were parked outside of her home in Maple Ridge, British Columbia in preparation of a move.

“Just Beneath The Surface” is an original quilt. It is 29″ square. It has orange, reds and yellows on a dark blue background, and there is green in the center. The center is a very detailed interlocking Japanese design. It is hand pieced and machine quilted, and it is embellished with beads in the center of the flowers. There is a label on the back in the lower center. This quilt was shown at the 2006 Canadian Quilter’s Association National Show and it won a Judge’s Choice award.

“Lionheart” is also an original design. It is 23″ by 27″. It is a wholecloth quilt dye-painted with muted greens and browns. It is machine quilted with Superior thread. The image is a photo Karen took at a safari park in Oregon. It was made in 2004. It also has a label on the back with Karen’s name, the quilt’s name, and her aold ddress. This quilt was displayed at the 2004 Association of Pacific West Quilt Show in Seattle.

The photo above is a detail of “Gung Hay Fat Choy” which is a 30″ diameter round quilt. Another original quilt, it uses a blue batik with Chinese characters and the Hoffman 2002 quilt challenge fabric. It is hand appliqued and machine quilted. Like the others, it is labeled with Karen’s name, the quilt’s name, and her old address. Karen writes, “This is one of my favorite pieces, made for the 2002 Hoffman Challenge winning 2nd prize in the applique competition.”

If you’ve seen any of these quilts, please contact Karen at [email protected].

 
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Recovered! A Day at the Beach

Jul 08 2011

A Day At the Beach by Mary Leahy

A Day At the Beach by Mary Leahy

This quilt was stolen from Heartbeat Quilts in Hyannis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod on July 15, 2003. “A Day at the Beach” was made by Mary Leahy. It is the cover quilt of the pattern with the same name. This one is the original quilt made before the pattern was sold commercially.

And now we have a happy ending!!! On July 8, 2011 this quilt was returned to Heartbeat Quilts along with a note of apology stating that the person who stole it has sought help for her problems.

This is a small lap quilt with appliqued summer motifs including a lobster, crab, beach chair, beach ball, umbrella, fish, scallop shell, lighthouse, whale, fish, and two starfish. It is machine appliqued onto a light blue background. The alternating blocks are light blue, yellow and teal pinwheels. The hand quilted and machine pieced quilt is 38″ by 50″. It was made in 2000.

 
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Home on the Range

Apr 05 2011

Home on the Range by Susan PaceleySusan Paceley hopes to recover her quilt called “Home on the Range.” She last saw it in April 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when she shipped it to David. It was stolen off his front porch where the delivery company left it.

Susan made this quilt from a commercial pattern. It is 41″ by 41″. It is made from earth tone fabrics including brown, beige, blue and green. It is fused and machine applique, machine pieced, and machine quilted. She made it in 2010. There is a label that has a paper pieced bison. It also says something like “made by Susan Paceley and given to David Kennedy in April 2010 to celebrate his graduation from Carnegie Mellon’s architecture program. The label is hand stitched to the lower right corner of the quilt back.

If you find this quilt, please contact Susan at [email protected].

 
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Doodle’s Quilt

Feb 24 2011

Doodle's Quilt by Dorothy Viola Holobaugh

Doodle's Quilt by Dorothy Viola Holobaugh

Judith is searching for a quilt that was made by her mother, Dorothy Viola Holobaugh. It was made for Judith’s daughter, Christine Viola (Doodle) Cowan Cary. The quilt was last seen in Rancho Santa Fe, California. It became missing during a divorce, and it may have been given away or sold, along with another quilt and an afghan made by Dorothy.

This is an original design. It is twin size. It is yellow with white and the border is red. The quilt features a little girl doing different dances. Each applique is unique, It was created in 1976 by a grandmother for the granddaughter that was named for her. Judith doesn’t rememeber exactly what is on the label, but it may include the words “Doodle” or “Christy”, “Dancing Girls”, Dorothy’s name, and the year.

Judith writes, “This is an original quilt made especially for my daughter the same year my mother made quilts for three other granddaughters - all designed around the girls’ interests. It is breaking my heart that this quilt is missing…as well as the other one and a hand crocheted afghan mom made for Doodle. The quilts and afghan may be in Mexico as the ex was in the habit of giving his handy man stuff to take home to Mexico.”

If you find this quilt, please contact Judith at [email protected].

 
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Jana’s Special

Jan 29 2011

Shara-Dee Seiter hopes some one has found a pink and white, twin size quilt that she made for Jana. She last saw it in Phoenix, Arizona. It was possibly lost during her family’s move to Tempe, Arizona in 1982 or maybe shortly after that.

The quilt was made with pink gingham and there was hand quilting across the top that said something like, “Sleep tight.” Every square on the quilt depicted something of Jana’s young life: her family, school, church, etc. Every square was hand appliqued and embroidered. It may have also had Jana’s name on the quilt.

Shara-Dee writes, “It’d be a miracle to recover this long-lost treasure, but there’s always hope :)” If you’ve seen this quilt, please contact Shara-Dee at [email protected].

 
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Doggy Days

Aug 30 2010

Doggy Days

Helen Bettinger is searching for her Doggy Days Quilt. It was last seen in July 2010 at the Reno Downtown Library in Reno, Nevada. It is not know if it was stolen or if it is just missing.

This quilt is crib size, and the main colors are yellow and blue. It is made from a commercial pattern. There are four dogs centered on the quilt. It is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted. There is a label attached to a back corner.

If you find this quilt, please contact Helen through Jill Smith at [email protected].

 
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