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Colours of St. Lucia

Mar 08 2002

Colours of St. Lucia by Ann Sullivan Densleigh

Densleigh (Dennie) Anne Sullivan created this original quilt, Colors of St. Lucia, using a variety of tropical prints in aqua, teal, turquoise, peach and coral. She strip-pieced the fabrics and cut them into squares and circles similar to the traditional Drunkard’s Patch block. She embellished the quilt with thread painting, beading, and bridal tulle layered to create the sea coral. There are three-dimensional flowers and manipulated fabric for the palm trees. The finished size of this machine pieced, machine quilted, fabric art is 50″ by 50″.

There are two labels on this quilt. One is Dennie’s own decorative, descriptive label. The second had Dennie’s full name, address, and phone number. It is computer generated with waterproof ink and sewn on with tiny hand stitching.

In March 2001 this quilt won second place at the Arizona State Guild Show. It was also juried into a fibre art show at the Lincoln Gallery, Ft. Collins, Colorado for the month of July 2001.

Dennie’s quilt was featured in Louisa L. Smith’s book, “Strips ‘n Curves,” which was published by C&T Publications in November 2001. (There were two errors made when the book was printed. In the index, the quilt was incorrectly listed as being made by author of the book. They also incorrectly spelled the title using the American spelling of “colors” instead of the British version, “colours.”)

This quilt was last seen on August 28, 2001 when the author, Louisa L. Smith, sent it from Loveland, Colorado to Sun Lakes, Arizona.

If you have any information regarding this quilt, please contact Dennie at [email protected].

 
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Lighthouse Quilt Top

Dec 12 2001

Linda Lightner is hoping to locate her East Coast Lighthouses quilt top. In November 1999 she gave it to a machine quilter from the southern part of West Virginia to be quilted but it was never returned. It was last seen at The Sew Inn quilt shop in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The twin size top is an original design. It has machine embroidered lighthouses in dark reds and blues on a white background.

If you can help Linda, please contact her at [email protected].

 
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Fond Memories

Dec 12 2001

Fond Memories by Janet D. Shumway

In 1996 J.D. Shumway created a quilt, “Fond Memories,” using her own original design. This quilt was on display at Attic Window Quilt Shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan when it was stolen from the shop. It was last seen during October 1999. This quilt won a second place ribbon for hand applique in September 1996 at the West Michigan Quilters Guild Bi-Annual Quilt Show.

Fond Memories, fabrics used

“Fond Memories” consists of an appliqued “grapevine” semi heart-shaped wreath with three dimensional leaves and multicolored grapes. The leaves range in color from forest green (A) to green-gold. The grapes range in color from dark purply-blues (C) to burgundy (D) to pale gold. The wreath is constructed from three 1/8″ bias strips (F) made from bluish batik (E) and rusty red (D) fabrics. The binding is rusty red (D) and the background is a subtle cross-hatched pattern on taupe (B). The round quilt is 24″ in diameter and it is hand appliqued and hand quilted.The label on the back is oval and features hand drawn grapes and grapevines. It reads: “Fond Memories” by Janet Dyer Shumway / J.D. Shumway, the date, and the year 1996. The label is hand appliqued on the back of the quilt.

Please contact J.D. at [email protected] or the Attic Window Quilt Shop, 616-785-3357.

 
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Ski Dreamin’

May 03 2001

Caroline Reyes is looking for a very special quilt, Ski Dreamin’, which she designed herself. It features hand-painted downhill skiers and the center panel is a photo of a boy in a body cast leaning on ski poles. This is a large full or queen sized quilt made of primary colors and the sashing is stripes of red, blue, yellow and green. It is machine pieced and machine quilted and was made in 1983. There may be an embroidered label which says “Caroline Reyes for John Reyes.”

The quilt had been placed in a storage locker near Denver, Colorado around 1986. The lock was cut and everything in the storage locker, including the quilt, was stolen. At the time the quilt was stolen, it had never been washed. The fabric paints had been heat-set, but if it was washed improperly at a later date, it is possible the colors could have run.

If you have seen a quilt which fits this description, please contact Caroline at [email protected].

 
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Missing French Quilts

Feb 13 2001

Lili Aux Chats by Anne Gailhbaud

These two original quilts have been lost during shipment. The quilts were handsewn by Anne Gailhbaud of Perigord, France, for her daughter, Aurlie. When Aurlie moved from Mantes-la-Jolie, France to Darmstadt, Germany she used a shipping company to send four large packages to her new home. Only three of the packages arrived. The missing package contained a variety of personal belongings including these two quilts. The company reports the package was lost in Germany. Anne believes it may have been lost around Strasbourg.

Photos of these two missing quilts are featured in the March 2001 issue of “Les Nouvelles du Patchwork”, a French quilting magazine. Their website is http://francepatchwork.com.

Lili Aux Chats (above) is a large quilt, sized to fit a double bed. It is sewn by hand with only a little machine quilting in the border. The design in the border spells out “LILI” on the right and “CHAT” on the left. The central portion contains sixteen different applique cats and there is a little white mouse in the center. Each cat block has a circle the size of a plate quilted around the cat. The quilt is marine blue with red and white cats.

This quilt was labeled, but it was attached in a way that it could possibly be removed. The label has a cat with Anne Gailhbaud’s name, the quilt’s name “Lili Aux Chats” and the date, 1995 (?).

Perigord by Anne Gailhbaud

Le Perigord Encore is a wall hanging about the size of a baby quilt. It depicts a native landscape in applique. It has a clear blue sky, buttons for cars, a woman hanging out quilts to dry, and a plane in the sky with a banner that says “Perigord Encore.” On the hills are a house and a Perigord castle. Anne does not remember if this quilt had a label, but it probably does since it had been exhibited in a quilt show. The quilt was made in 1994 or 1995.

If you can help Anne recover these two quilts, please contact her at [email protected]

 
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Poetry Quilt

Jan 08 2001

Melissa Andree is searching for an original quilt made for her by her grandmother, Cloyed Servaes. The quilt has contains poems along with her name and the name of her mother, Joann Martin, and her father, Dennis C. Servaes. The poems are hand embroidered. Quotes include phrases such as, “Friendship is a special treat.”

Melissa’s quilt, made about 1982 or 1983, is about 72″ by 48″. It is mostly dark and medium blues with small red squares. She last saw her quilt when she was moving from Orick, California to Sacramento, California.

If you have seen this quilt, please contact Melissa at [email protected].

 
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Attila’s Laundry

Jan 26 2000

Attila's Laundry by Linda Colsh

Attila's Laundry by Linda Colsh

Attila’s Laundry by Linda Colsh was made to enter into the Pointillist Challenge.

On June 24, 1996 Linda took this quilt, another in-progress quilt, and her sewing kit to a shipping company to be boxed, insured, and sent it to herself at her new address. She was moving from California to Belgium. Linda was afraid to put her quilts in her luggage or in the shipment of their household goods via the Panama Canal (because mildew was a threat during the months at sea). Linda had planned to take the quilts in her carry-on luggage, but she was limited to only one bag for the international flight. Unfortunately, the quilts were never seen again after she dropped them off with the shipper.

Half of the fabrics in Attilas Laundry are from the Pointillist collection. The techniques Linda used were machine piecing, machine inlay, machine quilting with silver thread, and machine couching. The back is also pieced and has a photo transfer of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and a computer printed label sewn on with “Attilas Laundry”, Linda’s name and her two addresses (local Belgian address and APO address) and the year it was made, 1996.

Attila’s Laundry is a quilt about a Turk and his country. Turkey holds a unique position because it not only physically bridges the Easter and Western worlds but, as a secular Moslem country, it also bridges East and West philosophically and socially. Linda writes, “Our guide and guard for the trip, Attila, was the very example of this position: he was carrying out a good deal of womens work at home with his wife ready to deliver their first child. I was quite impressed to see such gender crossover in a Moslem society. Turkey is a very delicate diplomatic relationship for the US; indeed its place in the politics of the Middle East and Europe is very pivotal. My quilt is an attempt to capture the uniqueness of an individual, a situation, a city and a country.”

The loss was reported to the police, the US Postal Service, the Military Postal system, and local quilt guilds, but no information has been revealed. If you have seen this quilt, please contact Linda at [email protected].

 
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Recovered! First December In Ohio

Aug 06 1999

First December in Ohio by Maria Elkins

First December in Ohio by Maria Elkins

The quilt shown to the left, “First December in Ohio,” was sent to the NQA (National Quilting Association) 30th Annual Quilt Show in Omaha, Nebraska held June 24-27, 1999. This quilt received second place in the Wall Quilt, Mixed Techniques, Machine Quilted category at that show.

In June 1999, a shipping company lost this quilt during the return shipment after the show. It took nearly two full months for UPS to get this quilt from Omaha, Nebraska to Ohio and, according to the tracking information retrieved from the Internet, they included a side trip to Anaheim, California at no extra charge!

During the two month period that the package was lost, the shipping company was unable to locate this quilt even though, when it finally arrived, the shipping label was completely intact. The shipping box was crushed, heavily taped, and in very bad shape but the quilt survived with absolutely no damage. There was no explanation as to how or why it got lost.

 
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