In 1997, Darcy Pattison went to Fraser, Colorado for a skiing vacation. She brought a quilt with her to work on, but it got lost somewhere in Fraser or during her trip back to Little Rock, Arkansas. The quilt is unfinished, only partially quilted. It was in a pillowcase when she last saw it. The double bed sized quilt is an original design where the blocks are set diagonally. In … Continue reading
Carol M. Hesselink designed an original Around the World quilt with a Pinetree medallion quilt. The Pinetree medallion is a 12″ square in the center of the quilt top, surrounded by the Around the World pattern. She named the 64″ by 81″ quilt “Around the Pinetree.” She made a matching pillow cover that measures 41″ by 25″. The main colors used are pinks, greens, brown and gold. Some of the … Continue reading
Between 1945 and 1955, Olive Clifford Whaley made what she considered her masterpiece quilt. The double bed sized quilt was made up of 6-inch appliqued and broderie perse blocks alternating with nine-patch blocks. It is completely pieced, appliqued and quilted by hand. Olive used many different fabrics and white backgrounds. Each appliqued block is unique. One block depicted gooseberries using a black and tan print. Another block was of red … Continue reading
Lana Metzger stitched a lot of love into the sampler baby quilt that she made for her granddaughter, but now she is looking for this quilt which was lost at the Orlando Airport on February 23, 2001. She believes it was possibly left or dropped in the gift store located by Gate 54. This was her grandbaby’s favorite quilt, and it took two weeks for her to go to sleep … Continue reading
Patricia Pate reports that she loaned a pink and green Lover’s Knot quilt top to a Cloth World fabric store in Oklahoma City in 1992 or 1993. It mysteriously disappeared and was never found. The pink and green fabric scraps from the two outside border are shown to the right. The rest of the quilt was pink and cream. The quilt top was about lap size. It had no label … Continue reading
Marlene Striegels Wandering Star quilt was stolen from her home in Trenton, Nebraska about four years ago (approximately 1996). This quilt was the first king-size quilt Marlene had made. The pink and gray paisley quilt was made with 100% cotton fabric with polyester batting. The backing is white. The quilt is not labeled. If you have seen this quilt, please contact Marlene at mstriegl@swnebr.net. … Continue reading
