Lucinda (Cindy) McVey is searching for a Butterfly Scrap Quilt which was made by Grace A. Green. It is full-bed size. Yellow is the dominant color, and the sashing and borders are lilac. The quilt was made in 1968. It was last seen in 1970 or 1971 when it was misplaced during a move from Oklahoma to Indianapolis. Her husband stored some of their belongings in a small junk/furniture store … Continue reading
During Spring 2004 Judy Shelton lost her quilt called “Healing Hands.” It fell off a park picnic table by the community center in Irvington Park in Fremont, California. This quilt is a Dresden Plate pattern with an appliqued star in the centers instead of the traditional circle. It about twin size, maybe a little smaller. The main colors are soft colored pastels, peach, mauve, green, pink, and blue. Judy used … Continue reading
In 2006 Kim Templin made “Healing Hands” for Breast Cancer Awareness. This quilt was sent to the Susan B. Komen Foundation in Texas for their annual quilt auction, but it never showed up. It was shipped in November 2006 from Meadville, Pennsylvania. The full size quilt is mainly pink, white, and black. It has an appliqued hand on each block. It has a label on the back which says, “Healing … Continue reading
Brenda Colla was hoping to recover a quilt that was “misplaced” by a moving company during their move to Valdosta, Georgia. The quilt, “Alissa’s Lucky Stars,” was last seen on June 19, 2007 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Several inquiries were made, but the quilt was not found. It was in a dark wood hope chest with other linens, and none of the contents have been recovered. The company was a … Continue reading
Found and searching for proper owner. Jeanne Stickler Takano is searching for the maker of a beautiful, intricately pieced quilt top that was left in her care. None of the local guild directories have her name; none of many acquaintances who piece and/or quilt recognize the artist’s name-not even those who also knew the former quilter. Jeanne cannot find a phone number or address (even through vigorous Googling and Yahooing) … Continue reading
Vickie Rammel hopes to be reunited with a quilt that is part of her family’s history. The quilt was made by Vickie’s grandmother, Carabelle Jones. It was sold at auction in Spring Valley, Ohio sometime in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s. The family thinks it may have been bought by a person in Florida. The quilt is a full size bed quilt. It has approximately 365 silk squares featuring … Continue reading
Kimberly Ponciroli is searching for a floral quilt made by her grandmother, Norma Turner. It is a pink and white checkered quilt with handstitched flowers in each square. The flowers are all different and include all different colors. This quilt fits a full-size bed. It was made in 1975. The quilt was last seen in 1998 in Bowling Green, Kentucky when it was lost during a move If you’ve seen … Continue reading
Betty Corenlius would like to recover her Hearts and Hands Quilt. It was made by Cangrands (http://www.cangrands.com) the group that she is the president and founder of. The quilt is 7 feet wide and 25 feet long. It was last seen in 2002 when it was on display in British Columbia at Parliment. It was loaned to a representative of the Canadian Grandparents Association in BC and, to date, she … Continue reading
Sometime during April 2006, this Denim Log Cabin quilt disappeared from Angela Fields’s belongings near Pittsburg, California. It was made by Naomi Buschhaus in 2004 out of recycled denim jeans. The quilt consists of twelve squares, about 14″ each, so the finished size of the quilt is about 42″ by 56″. The quilt is backed with two light blue bath towels (see picture below) and it has no batting. Each … Continue reading
Norah McMeeking is hoping someone has seen her quilt, “What Goes Around.” Sometime around 2001 or 2002 she left the quilt with a shop owner to consider for a class. There was a family crisis and Norah forgot about the quilt and who she had left it with. She knows it was at a quilt store somewhere between Santa Barbara and Walnut Creek, California. She called all the shops but … Continue reading
