On May 13, 2009, a trailer was stolen from Wichita Mountains Quilt Guild of Lawton, Oklahoma. The new trailer contained the metal racks from hanging quilts and the black drapes for backdrops. Please visit their website, http://www.wmqg.net/, for more information.
Posts Tagged ‘quilt guild’
Carol’s Getting Out Of Dodge
Jul
12
2008
Batik Friendship Quilt by Carol Fray
In Spring 2008 Tina Chamberlain entered a batik friendship quilt called “Carol’s Getting Out Of Dodge” in the Machine Quilters Exposition show for her friend Carol Fray. After the show, the quilt was sent to an incorrect address and it hasnt been seen since.
This is a king size quilt, 106″ by 106″. The friendship blocks were made by her friends from the Virginia Quilt Guild. The brightly colored blocks are surrounded by onyx black sashing. The border is onyx black with bright batiks randomly placed on it. The quilt has lime green piping and the backing is green batik. It is quilted with double swirls (203 of varying sizes and placement). The label on the back is approx. 8″ by 10″ with a picture of Carol and her friends, and signed by the ladies.
If you can help in the recovery of this quilt, please contact Carol through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
Shawnee Quilters Banner
Jul
11
2008
Shawnee Quilters Banner
The Shawnee Quilters of Southern Illinois are searching for their quilt guild’s banner. It was hanging in the front of the room at our June 15, 2007 luncheon at the Lions Building in Carterville, Illinois. When the luncheon was over it was accidently left hanging at the front of the room. By our July 2007 meeting it was gone. We have asked all groups who meet in the building and the Lions membership if they know what happened. Several people admit they saw it hanging in the front of the room. No one has admitted knowing when it was taken down and who did it or what they did with it.
The guild’s banner was in the 2000 AQS show in Paducah. Later that year in won a first place ribbon at the River Heritage Quilt Show in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Both the participation ribbon from Paducah and the blue ribbon from Cape were still attached to the front of the quilt. The banner was made by Robin Haller, Sherrie Grob, Pat Cochran, Phyllis Swanson, Joyce Wisely, Lois Cravens and possibly others. It is about 42″ square. It has a four patch border with landscape design inside. A capital Q is in the middle of the landscape with trees on either side, a stream flowing through the middle of the Q forms the tail of the Q. Machine applique large label in the bottom corner opposite the stream has Shawnee Quilters in large script.
If you have any information about this quilt, please contact Sandy at [email protected].
Ann Holmes Quilts (One Recovered!)
Aug
17
2007
Rainbow Falls by Ann Holmes
On November 23, 2005, two original art quilts, “Rainbow Falls” and “Working Together to Achieve Our Goals,” were stolen from Ann Holmes’s booth at Woolworth Walk in Asheville, North Carolina.
Two years later during August 2007, Ann received a wonderful surprise. When she returned from a weekend trip, a package mailed from North Wilkesboro, North Carolina was sitting on her front porch. Inside was her missing “Rainbow Falls” quilt, along with a note that said,
“A family member bought this quilt in a thrift store in Asheville last year or the year before. When she got home she stuck it in a closet and she gave it to me recently. I took it home to do some research on the internet about the artist and it came to my attention that this was stolen. I am returning this to you - such a beautiful piece should be returned to its rightful owner. So - here you go.”
“Rainbow Falls” (above) is an original design. It is 36″ by 80″. This quilt was inspired by one of the waterfalls on Horsepasture River.
Working Together by Ann Holmes
“Working Together to Achieve Our Goals” (below) is still missing. It is also an original design that is 11.5″ by 17.5″ It is a freeform flying geese and star quilt that is mahcine pieced, machine appliqued and machine quilted. This quilt was inspired by Ann’s quilt guild.
The quilts have labels on the back. If you find “Working Together to Achieve Our Goals”, please contact Ann through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page. Originally posted December 20, 2005. Updated August 17, 2007.
Anniversary Quilt and Texas Independence Star Quilt
Mar
09
2005
Anniversary Quilt
On September 20, 2001 two quilts were stolen from the Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild’s show at the Live Oak Civic Center in San Antonio. These quilts had been made by GSAQG members and are owned by the guild.
The Anniversary Quilt (left) is 66″ by 86.5″. It consists of twelve original blocks. The main colors are soft brown, black, blue, and white. One block has a longhorn with the words, “Texas Folklife Festival.” Another block has an image of the state of Texas with the letters, “ITC.” This quilt was made in 1990.
Texas Independence Star (below) is 87″ by 107″. The main colors are blue, white, brown, and a blue and brown print. It was made in 1988.
If you have any information about where these quilts are, please contact the Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
Texas Independence
Homefront
Nov
05
2004
Homefront by Georgina Fries
On October 19, 2004 Georgina Fries’ quilt, Homefront, disappeared from a quilt guild meeting in Malvern, Pennsylvania. She’s hoping it is just lost, but it could have been stolen.
The quilt is 50″ by 60″ and was made in 2003. It uses 1930′s fabrics. It is hand appliqued, machine pieced and hand quilted. It has a label hand appliqued to the back which says, “Georgina Fries, Bellwether Dry Goods.”
Please contact Jennifer at [email protected].
Six Generation Dresden Plate
Dec
20
2002
Six Generation Dresden Quilt by Carolyn Henslee
Carolyn Henslee would like to recover a Six Generation Dresden Plate quilt that she helped make with her relatives. It was placed in a storage unit in Glenns Ferry, Idaho while she was moving. In July 1997 someone broke into the storage unit and stole several boxes including the one that contained the quilt.
The quilt top was made by Posie Crabtree around 1935-1940. The top was striped and finished by Addy Willoughby (shown in the picture) and Mary Draper in the late 1980′s. Mary, Carolyn, Carolyn’s daughter, Machelle, and Carolyn’s granddaughter, Heather quilted it in 1995. It is about 90″ by 108″. It has a white background and pink stripping around each of the blocks. The Dresden plates are multicolor. It is hand pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted. The photo shown above was taken before the quilt was quilted and completed.
The quilt has a label that describes the family tree. It has an embroidered tree with the names of the makers. The label is hand appliqued to the lower left corner on the back of the quilt. This quilt had won a ribbon in a quilt guild show in Kitsap County, Bremerton, Washington.
Carolyn writes, “Because this was a special generational quilt for our family we would very much like to have it back.” If you can help, please contact Carolyn through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
Double Irish Chain Quilt Top
Sep
24
2002
Double Irish Chain by Jan Patterson
A Double Irish Chain quilt top has disappeared from a display table at the Common Threads Quilt Guild Meeting on September 5, 2002. The meeting takes place in the Training Room of the Fairview City Building in Fairview, Oklahoma.
This bed-sized quilt top was machine pieced by Jan Patterson in 2002. It is a traditional design made with navy and red squares on a white background. It is the top only with no batting or backing. It does not have a label.
Please contact Jan Patterson through her friend, Paula Santillan, at [email protected] if you have seen this quilt top.
Double Irish Chain fabrics
Ellen Anne Eddy Quilts
May
28
2002
Ellen Anne Eddy is searching for four art quilts and one jacket which came up missing after a recent trip. The quilts were discovered missing on May 23, 2002.
From top to bottom, the missing pieces are:
“Beachcomer 1″ and “Beachcomer 2″
- Two panels, each 20.5″ by 31.5″
- Hand-dyed cotton, organza, lace, and tulle
- Direct applique, machine embroidered applique, machine embroidered and quilted
- Rayon, metallic, and nylon threads
“Breaking the Ice”
- 35″ by 66″
- Purple and gray hand-dyed cotton, nylon organza, irridescent organza
- Machine pieced, quilted and embroidered, reverse appliqued
- Metallic, rayon, monofilament nylon and irridescent threads
- Published in “Thread Magic: The Enchanted World of Ellen Anne Eddy”
“In the Grotto”
- 37″ by 41″ (irregular shape)
- Hand-dyed cotton, nylon tulle, organza, hand-dyed cheese cloth
- Machine pieced, direct applique, machine embroidered applique, machine quilted and embroidered
- Rayon, metallic, perle cotton, and nylon threads
- Shown on the cover of “Stitchery Magazine,” September 1999
“Sheer Magic Jacket”
- Purple embroidered organza
Ellen had travelled to Wintersprings, Florida with a suitcase containing her fiber art. She remembers showing these quilts, along with many others, to the quilt guild president on May 9, 2002. She left her packed suitcase at the home she was staying at while she went out with some of the guild members. When they returned, the teenage daughter of the homeowner was showing the quilts to five or six of her friends. Ellen did not watch while the quilts were repacked. Instead she went to bed and left early the next morning to catch a plane. She left the suitcase packed in a locked location until she needed to bring it with her to a show in Edmonton, Canada on May 21. At her class the next morning, the students unpacked the quilts and put them up on the wall. Not all of the quilts would fit up on the walls, so Ellen didn’t realize until the following morning that these four quilts and the jacket were missing.
All of these quilts are original designs and are heavily machine embroidered. For more information about Ellen’s artwork, you can visit her website at http://www.ellenanneeddy.com.
Ellen adds, “If these pieces are found and returned, there is a reward and no questions asked.” If you can help recover any of these pieces, please contact Ellen at [email protected].
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Seven Quilts “Lost” From A Quilt Show
Mar
19
2002
Seven quilts were “lost” from a quilt show during February 2002. All seven quilts were wall hanging size, not large bed-size quilts. The display was presented by the Kendall Bee, part of the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston.
Any information about these wall hangings should be reported to the Houston Police Department at 713-308-0700 or to the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston at [email protected].
