Tumbling Lone Star

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Please be on the look out for a Tumbling Lone Star quilt made by Sharon Lee. This quilt is approximately 55″ by 55″. The main colors are reds, pinks, lavenders, and purple batiks. It is machine pieced and machine quilted, and was made in 2004. Sharon believes it has a white label on the back with her name on it.

This quilt was last seen in July 2012 at the Long Beach Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California. Sharon was packing up after the festival and it was placed in her red suitcase with two other quilts and some Superior thread. It wasn’t packed in her car when she left, and it wasn’t returned to her. Sharon reported it to the event coordinators and they notified all the other vendors, but the quilt hasn’t been found yet.

If you can help with the recovery of this quilt, please contact Sharon at Sharonlee@me.com.

Shearer Quilt

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On January 8, 2010, Gail Shearer’s mother-in-law was transported by ambulance from the Manor Care Nursing Home in Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania to the hospital. She didn’t return to the facility. When Gail’s father-in-law went to retrieve her things, the quilt could not be located and the staff claimed they had never seen it. Gail is hoping someone has found this missing quilt.

The quilt is about 45″ by 60″. It is mainly blue-greens and white, and includes some batiks and some Jinny Beyer fabrics. The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted.

If you find this quilt, please contact Gail at gailcshearer@gmail.com.

Sampler Quilt

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Nancy Jusk last saw this quilt in 2005 when she mailed it from Mission Viejo, California. Somehow, it was lost in the mail, possibly at the distribution center in Santa Ana, California.

This is a twin size quilt, made in 2005. The main colors are purple, rose, green, and white. It is machine pieced, hand appliqued, and machine quilted. It does not have a label.

If you find this quilt, please contact Nancy at notljunk@aol.com.

When My Mind Goes Wandering

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Please be on the look out for an original quilt called “When My Mind Goes Wandering” made by Beverly Fawcett. The quilt was last seen on October 20, 2012 in the Don Umerley Civic Center, Rocky River, Ohio. It was being displayed at Beverly’s quilt guild’s biennial show. It was stolen from the curtain where it was hanging.

The quilt is based on the lyrics of the Beatles song, “Fixing a Hole” from Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The central image is a cross-section of a house with a brain in the attic, eyes on the second floor, and a staircase that ends in lips. There are shadowy figures on the lawn which has catfish flowers and the Afflac duck.

The quilt, made in 2012, is 23″ by 25.5″. The main colors are yellows, browns, and greens. One section within the appliqued house has two eyeballs on clear vinyl. Colored pencil was used for the eyeballs. There is a door that opens. Fabric paint is used for the drawing behind the door. Appliqued clouds are in the shape of two hands with their index fingers extended, as in Michaelangelo’s Cistine Chapel painting. There are also sequin raindrops. This quilt is fused appliqued, machine pieced, and machine quilted.

This quilt has a label hand-sewn to the backside which says, Titled: “When My Mind Goes Wandering” by Beverly Fawcett, Westlake, Ohio.

If you find this quilt, please contact Beverly at beverly_fawcett@yahoo.com.

Women of Courage Block of the Month

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Angela Veeck is hoping someone a missing Women of Courage Block of the Month quilt. It was last seen on September 4, 2012 at Pieceful Quilting in Riverhead, New York. It was possibly taken from the teacher’s closet in the quilting classroom. The quilt was made by Colleen Taylor and is owned by Pieceful Quilting, Inc.

This quilt is 98″ by 98″. The main colors are brown, blue, and beige. There is a mistake in this quilt that can be used for identification purposes.

If you find a quilt like this, please contact Angela at pieceful@optonline.net.

Dutch Dolls for Olivia

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In 1995, Alva Westerfield made a Dutch Dolls quilt for her granddaughter, Olivia Duer Nelson. The quilt was last seen in November 2007 in Navarre, Florida. Olivia’s home was burglarized the week before Thanksgiving while her husband was deployed and she was visiting family. Many things were stolen, but this quilt was the most important item to them because of the history and irreplaceable nature of the item.

This king size quilts is made with 42 large blocks in the classic Dutch Doll (also known as Sunbonnet Sue) pattern, set 6 by 7. It easily drapes nearly to the floor on a high, full-size bed. It is hand pieced and hand appliqued. The hand quilting is delicate and intricate with fans in the corners of every block. The block backgrounds are cream and the sashing is country blue and a multi-color print. The sashing is done in the “attic windows” style with no cornerstones.

Olivia writes, “I wanted to put a reward out for it immediately, but the police discouraged me, saying it would hurt their investigation. I have always regretted not following my heart on this matter…This quilt meant the world to me. My late grandmother made the Dutch Doll blocks over the first 18 years of my life from scraps of clothing and special items. She hand-quilted it extensively with fans in the corners of the blocks. Thank you for looking and please help me find my quilt!”

She is now offering a $1,000 reward, no questions asked, for the safe return of this quilt. If you find this quilt, please contact Olivia at olivia@justsewolivia.com.

Painted Evergreen Tree Medallion Quilt

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In 2004, Kim McMurray sent her original quilt, along with three others, to a quilter in Florida to be quilted. The other three were returned to her, but this one, the most important one was never returned. Kim has been unable to contact her since.

This quilt was used as an example for Kim’s fabric painting class. The quilt was made by Kim and a round robin group. It is a medallion quilt which has a 36″ by 36″ center and at least four borders. The center features a hand painted large evergreen tree with several behind it. It is signed by Kim McMurray. The machine pieced borders are made with green and blue batiks. It was made in 1998.

If you find a quilt that fits this description, please contact Kim at murphy223@att.net.

Winken, Blinken and Nod

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Karlyn Dunn hopes someone found and has cared for a quilt that has been missing for more than twelve years. The Winken, Blinken, and Nod quilt is an original quilt made by her grandmother, M.R. The quilt became missing during a move.

This quilt is about crib size or lap size. It was hand pieced and hand quilted sometime around 1940. It features pastels on a pale cream background. There are a couple drops of blood on it where her grandmother stuck her finger while making it. Karlyn doesn’t remember if there is a label.

Karlyn writes, “It was adored by my Mother and myself, as we were very close to her. The entire piece was made by hand with love and care, as was everything she did.” If you have seen this quilt, please contact Karlyn at iampeachy.kare1@verizon.net.

Oak Leaves & Acorns

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Beth Koos is hoping someone found her Oak Tree and Acorn Branch quilt that she is in the process of making. She had planned on using it as a center panel in a larger quilt. It was last seen on August 3, 2012 in Mackinaw City, Michigan. She thinks it may have been left in her hotel room or possibly fell out of the car when they were arranging luggage. It was in a clear plastic bag with a zipper with black cloth handles.

Beth was using a commercial pattern for this appliqued quilt panel. The Oak Leaves & Acorns pattern is from Pacific Rim Quilting Company. Beth used rust/green batiks on a neutral batik background.

If you find this quilt panel, please contact Beth at mothership3@msn.com.

The Sacred Grove

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Please watch for “The Sacred Grove” by Susan Gilgen. It was last seen on June 22, 2012 in Palmyra, New York at the Hill Cumorah Pageant, where it disappeared over night. A police report has been filed.

This original quilt is 42″ by 53″. It features a landscape of a grove of trees. Susan used many batiks. She also used thread painting, special dyes, over dyes, painting, and over painting. The quilt is machine appliqued and machine quilted. The label says “The Sacred Grove: Let Him Ask of God.” It also has Susan’s name and the name of the King family who commissioned it. It had not yet been delivered to them. The fabric label is hand sewn to the lower back of the quilt.

If you can help with the recovery of this quilt, please contact Susan at sue@gilgenart.com.