John Sauls reports that on November 3, 2010 this antique Compass Quilt was stolen from his exhibitor’s booth at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. A police report was filed. This 88″ x 92″ quilt was made in 1880. The main colors are red, yellow, and fugitive green. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. It has an interesting appliqued sawtooth border in red and green. If you have … Continue reading
Penny Church is hoping to recover a quilt called, "Starburst in Turkey Red" which her grandmother, Mary McEdward owned. There was a paper label attached with the name Florence Livingstone signed by Ethel. The quilt was made between 1860-1870. The quilt was last seen during 2007 in Sheridan, Wyoming. Penny’s mother had it before she died in December 2007, but it could not be located in her belongings. The quilt … Continue reading
Robin Hansen Buchholz hopes to find a quilt that has been missing since Spring 1993. It was last seen at Tillamook Junior High School during a show-and-tell session. Her daughter brought it to her eighth grade class for a report on pioneers. She took an antique crazy quilt throw, an example of an Hawaiian quilt square in blue and white, an appliqud quilt top of a dinosaur sitting on an … Continue reading
Penelope Feeney is hoping to recover a quilt she made called “African Circles.” It was last seen in 2004 in Timsbury near Bath in Somerset, England, or possibly London. It was lost during one of several house moves over the past few years. She thought it was in storage, but now that she’s gone through everything she’s realized it’s missing. It was probably in a clear plastic storage bag along … Continue reading
Cathy Nelson reports the theft of six quilts that were stolen from her father’s home in December 2006. The stolen quilts include a double wedding ring with a yellow background, a single wedding ring, a log cabin, a fan quilt, a Dresden plate, and a bear claw. The quilts had been stored in her mother’s cedar chest in their rural home in the area of Belleville, Wisconsin. The home was … Continue reading
Sharon Lemaire made a special quilt to raffle off to raise money for the hockey association. The quilt was made from hockey jerseys. Sharon also machine embroidered the kids’ names and the national team logos. Logos include the Red Wings, the Mighty Ducks, and the Red Devils. It has a five blocks across and six blocks down for an overall size of approximately 66″ by 72″. The main colors are … Continue reading
Nicole R. Miller would like to recover a quilt made by her grandmother. The quilt was last seen in June or July 1999 at the Cloverhaven Trailer Park in Millington, Tennessee. The pictures shown here are of a similar quilt with most of the same fabrics. The twin-size, patchwork quilt is hand-tied. The brown patches are about 5-inch square. It has a fabric that is antique looking with landscapes, horses … Continue reading
On February 22-25, 2006 Laura Fisher had some antique quilts on display at Heart of Country Antiques Show in Nashville. They were in the center aisle in the special friendship quilt exhibition, near the Country Home Magazine display booth. One quilt, however, was not shipped back to Laura with the other quilts that were on display. The investigation into its disappearance began and after backtracking through all the events of … Continue reading
In 2004 Karen Hood made a quilt for Ginger White Maxwell. The 50″ by 60″ has multi-color, patchwork flower blocks and a large applique basket. The blocks are set on point. An antique red, white and blue floral toweling is used for the side triangles. It is machine appliqued, machine pieced and machine quilted. The quilt was last seen in November 2004 in Embarrass, Minnesota. The quilter who had shipped … Continue reading
Phyllis Clark is on the look-out for her son’s quilt which was made by her great-grandmother, Lula Kirkland. The twin size quilt was made with light and medium blue flannels. She thinks there was also some pink pieces of flannel as well. It was machine pieced and hand quilted in 1965. It may have her son’s name, Tim Clark, embroidered in one corner. In 2000, while her son was going … Continue reading
