This quilt was stolen from Heartbeat Quilts in Hyannis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod on July 15, 2003. “A Day at the Beach” was made by Mary Leahy. It is the cover quilt of the pattern with the same name. This one is the original quilt made before the pattern was sold commercially. And now we have a happy ending!!! On July 8, 2011 this quilt was returned to Heartbeat Quilts … Continue reading
Jennifer Nelson would like to recover her quilt, Moose Crossing. It was a shop sample and was on display in the upstairs hallway at The Shoppes at Calef’s Corner in Barrington, New Hampshire. It was stolen during Fall 2008. This quilt was made from a pattern by Prairie Grove Peddler. It is approximately 26″ x 34″. The main colors are greens and browns. Jennifer used Thimbleberries fabrics to create this … Continue reading
Frances V. Dunn was hoping to recover her "Home is Where the Heart Is" quilt which was last seen on September 22, 2009. It being displayed as part of a trunk show at Quilts on Broadway, a quilt shop in Belgrade Montana. The quilts were returned to Frances in five separate boxes, but this quilt top was not included among them. Thankfully, this quilt was found again during December 2009! … Continue reading
Frances V. Dunn is asking for help in locating her "School Quilt" which was last seen on September 22, 2009. It was last seen at Quilts on Broadway, a quilt shop in Belgrade, Montana. Frances did a quilt showing there, but when it was time for them to return her quilts, this quilt never came back. This quilt uses the traditional school house block design. The main colors are beige … Continue reading
Sue Olson would like to retrieve her Sudoku Vegetables quilt top. It was on a sample sale table in the Pieces Quilt Shop in Renton, Washington when it disappeared. The quilt top was last seen in May 2008. This quilt top is about 60" by 78". It is designed using the Sudoku number puzzle. There are nine vegetable prints with a different print in each row and column. This machine … Continue reading
Betty Alofs needed help locating her a quilt that went missing from a quilt shop in Lakeside, California in March 2008. She suspected it might have been picked up by a shopper, or a student in gathering their supplies after class. In July 2008 Betty wrote, “I am happy to say it came home!” … Continue reading
Jan King’s quilt was last seen on June 20, 2008 at the Kingston Quilt Shop in Kingston, Washington. The quilt was taken during the annual Western Washington Shop Hop. Also taken was the Prairie Sky brochure and possibly also batting templates. This 45″ square quilt is a completed demo that Jan uses to teach classes at the shop. It is from a commercial pattern, “Fun and Done! Easy Diamonds” pattern … Continue reading
During January 2007 a lap-size quilt, “Monet’s Wedding Ring”, was stolen out of the Grinnell FiberWorks Quilt Shop in Grinnell, Iowa. The 60″ by 60″ was made by Lisa Henderson as a store sample during the Winter of 2006. The pattern she used is seen on the upper left hand corner of Judy Martin’s book, Scraps. Lisa’s quilt has a mustard background and uses fabrics from the Kaffe Fasset’s Cloisonne … Continue reading
Marica Odom is hoping to recover her pastel sampler quilt. In December 2006 she brought the pieced top, backing and batting to a quilt shop so it could be quilted. The quilter went out of the room to get change for a customer and when she returned the quilt materials were missing. The customer was not contacted because they were a new customer. Others were contacted, but no one knew … Continue reading
Lorraine M. Kalisz hopes to recover a raffle quilt she made for a fundraiser for the C.T. Plunkett Elementary School Library of Adams, Massachussetts. It was last seen on September 13, 2005 at Tala’s Quilt Shop, Heritage Park, North Adams, Massachussetts. It was on display on a quilt rack in order to sell raffle tickets. Some time between September 13 and 14 someone entered the shop after hours and stole … Continue reading
