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Home Sweet Home

Mar 18 2011

Home Sweet Home by Dorothy RaglandDorothy Ragland is wondering where her quilt is. She entered her 30″ by 30″ quilt into the Keepsake Quilting’s “Home Sweet Home” contest in 2008. It was supposed to be returned to her in October, but she never received it. They kept saying they were late, but would send it soon. In February 2009, they said they returned it the previous October but couldn’t provide a tracking number.

Dorothy sent off her quilt in March 2008, and then saw a picture on their website, but never saw it again. The quilt features a home with a red roof, a floral wall, and a tan floor. It said “Welcome” on the eave, a white picket fence in front, and a vine with flowers up the side. Inside there were appliques of a baby buggy, a Bible, a teapot, a heart, and a sewing machine with embellishments of a needle, scissors, and buttons that look like spools of thread. There is also a mini quilt being quilted on the machine. The quilt was labeled with a piece of paper pinned to the back. The label had her name, the date, and the words “Home Sweet Home.” This quilt is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted.

If you’ve seen a quilt that fits this description, please contact Dorothy at [email protected].

 
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Crazy Patch Quilt Top

Aug 30 2010

Crazy Patch Quilt owned by Muriel Fitzgerald Jones

Crazy Patch Quilt owned by Muriel Fitzgerald Jones

Muriel D. Fitzgerald Jones is asking for help locating a crazy patch quilt top that was given to her by her mother sometime between 1978-1980. Her mother brought it to Souderton, Pennsylvania between 1980-1985 where she knew someone who could replace a few torn fabrics. At the time, Muriel was unaware that her mother was in the beginning stages of dementia. Now no one knows if the quilt top was ever returned or picked up. An ad was placed in a local paper around 2007 with no response. When Muriel’s parents sold their house in 1993, they hired two women to empty it and clean it, with the idea that they could take anything they wanted. If the quilt top had been returned, it is unknown if one of these women might have taken it or possibly even thrown it away.

Muriel believes this quilt top was made between 1900-1940 by her maternal grandmother and her family. It is a double size quilt top made mostly of fancy dress fabric scraps, including silk-like and velvets. She recognizes a few scraps from dresses her grandmother wore. The tops of the seams around each fabric were hand embroidered with a feather stitch in gold-colored embroidery floss.

Muriel grew up playing under a quilt frame in their Pennsylvania Dutch community. Naturally this quilt top has enormous sentimental value. If you are able to help locate this quilt top, please contact Muriel at [email protected].

 
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Blue and White Noah’s Ark Quilt

Aug 18 2010

Blue and White Noah's Ark Quilt

Marla Hayes is hoping to recover a Noah’s Ark baby quilt. It was last seen in Des Moines, Iowa on May 1, 2009. Her daughter was hospitalized at Blank Children’s Hospital for several days and no one realized the quilt was missing until May 6 when she was readmitted and they could not find the “blankie” to bring with them. Marla called the hospital and their security department several times over the next three months hoping it would possibly be found in the laundry, but it never was. The quilt was a gift in 2000 when her daughter was born.

This is a crib size quilt made from a commercially printed Noah’s Ark panel. It is machine quilted. The quilt had two or three repairs made by hand towards the bottom of the quilt.

Marla asks, “Even if this quilt is never found, do any quilters recognize this pattern or perhaps the material supplier that may have produced this design? If I could find this material at some fabric warehouse or vintage fabric store, I would purchase it in a minute and have a new “blankie” made for my daughter.” If you can help Marla, please email her at [email protected].

 
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Johnny’s Teddy Bear Quilt

Jul 24 2010

Johnny's Teddy Bear Quilt by Cathy Smith

Johnny's Teddy Bear Quilt by Cathy Smith

Melissa Bair is looking for a baby quilt that Cathy Smith made for Johnny Bair. It was made from a pastel blue, green, and beige teddy bear panel. The three teddy bears are made out of plush fabric and the quilt has the name “Johnny” embroidered in the center. It is about 36″ by 48″, and it is signed on the back of a solid square.

This quilt was last seen on July 18, 2010 at Courtyard of Marriott on Southport Road in Indianapolis, Indiana. The quilt was accidentally left behind in a hotel room, but it was not turned in by the housekeeping staff.

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

 
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Recovered! Charming Circles

Jun 03 2010

Charming Circles by Kimberly Einmo

In January 2010, Kimberly Einmo had reported that her quilt, "Charming Circles," was stolen. It was one of several quilts that were passed around at the Scrap and Sew Open House Event in Lutz, Florida. There were about fifty people in attendance and the store did not have security cameras, so there is no way to know who might have taken it.

On June 3, 2010, Kimberly wrote,"I’m very happy to report that Charming Circles has been RETURNED to me! I promised amnesty — no questions asked — if whoever took my quilt would return it. The quilt was returned to me last week and I promised I would not give the details other than to say it may have been an honest mistake that the quilt was taken in the first place. The bottom line, I am thrilled that the individual did the right thing and returned the quilt to me. Happy ending!"

This quilt is featured in her new book, "Jelly Roll Quilts & More." It is an original design of arc blocks set in horizontal rows and rotated to create circles. It is 22" square. Kimberly used modern, bright colors including the Woodland Bloom fabric line by Lila Tueller.

 
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My First Quilt

Sep 11 2009
My First Quilt by Dilly Jauncey

My First Quilt by Dilly Jauncey

Dilly Jauncey hopes to recover her quilt that was stolen from the laundry of the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in United Arab Emirates, Dubai in August 2009. This is a sampler quilt using traditional designs including Drunkard’s Path, Courthouse Steps, Flying Geese, Arrowheads, and Log Cabin. It is a large, single bed size. The main colors are pink, green, and cream. The backing is full floral which matches the binding. It is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted. The quilt was made in 2007.

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

My First Quilt, detail

My First Quilt, detail

 
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Where Eagles Soar

Sep 18 2008

Where Eagle Soars by Liz Bacom

In 2005 Liz Bacom made a quilt for her son, Greg, who is in the Marines. When he moved from Okinawa to Californina in 2007, this quilt never arrived with his household goods. The twin size quilt is mostly teal blues and creams. Bald eagles are fussy cut for all the blocks. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. There is a label hand-sewn to the back that says, “Where Eagles Soar, Made with Love for Greg Berkley by Mom (heart), Petersburg, Alaska, 2005.” Greg’s name was quilted in the design.

If you can help recover this quilt, please contact Liz through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.

 
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Seasons of a Woman’s Life

Apr 16 2003

During July 2002, Janei Brockhausen’s house in Zondereinde, (Setaria) South Africa was broken into. Among the stolen items was her quilt, Seasons of a Woman’s Life. Another homemade quilt and a lot of winter clothing were stolen at the same time.

Seasons of a Woman’s Life is an original design featuring four seasonal blocks. One has a basket with applique flowers. One has a boat with sunflowers on a sea. One has a winter snowflake. The last one has autumn leaves falling across and down the block. The quilt has a 4-inch border that says, “Seasons of a Woman’s Life” in trapunto. Other blocks show times of a woman’s life from being a little girl with a dog, a dance with her first beau, her marriage, her first born in her arms, and all the way to the end as a grandmother in a rocking chair with a quilt over her lap.

The quilt is 65″ by 70″. The main colors are red, white and muslin. It is hand pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted. She made it during 2000 and 2001. It does not have a label. The Brockhausen’s filed an insurance claim, but their company refused to compensate them for any of it, including their luggage.

If you’ve seen a quilt that fits this description, please contact Janei at [email protected].

 
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Cape Recife Lighthouse

Jun 25 2002

Cape Recife Lighthouse by Debbie Scrooby

In 2002 Debbie Scrooby of Port Elizabeth, South Africa made this original, appliqued wall hanging depicting a lighthouse at night. The quilt was last seen in March 2002 in Eaton, Western Australia. It was lost during shipment between Australia and South Africa.

This quilted wall hanging is about 30″ by 30″. The main colors are navy, red, grey and yellow-green. the background fabric is navy sprinkled with gold stars. It is hand appliqued, machine pieced and machine quilted. It is embellised with metallic threads. There is a label hand-stitched to the back of the quilt which gives the history of the lighthouse, Debbie’s name and the date it was completed.

If you can help recover this quilt, please contact Debbie at [email protected].

 
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