Eileen Burke is hoping to find two Trip Around the World quilts which she made. The quilts were last seen in 2005 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. One is twin size, and the other is double size, approximately 81" by 81". One quilt is a bright rainbow Trip Around the World quilt with black, white, and pink with lots of busy prints. This one is a finished comforter, tied with embroidery floss … Continue reading
On November 23, 2005, two original art quilts, “Rainbow Falls” and “Working Together to Achieve Our Goals,” were stolen from Ann Holmes’s booth at Woolworth Walk in Asheville, North Carolina. Two years later during August 2007, Ann received a wonderful surprise. When she returned from a weekend trip, a package mailed from North Wilkesboro, North Carolina was sitting on her front porch. Inside was her missing “Rainbow Falls” quilt, along … Continue reading
Original listing: Your help is needed to recover a child’s “Rainbow Blankie.” It was last seen in San Diego, California (North Park area) during the fall of 2003. It was thrown into an alley by a hostile landlord. The blanket is about 36″ square. It has a pastel rainbow horizontal pattern and it has satin blanket edging, similar to the sketch to the left. The little girl deeply misses her … Continue reading
On July 8, 2005 Birgit Schüller carefully packaged two quilts designed especially for the 2005 Hoffman Challenge and shipped them from Germany to California. Usually the trip takes three to five days, but the package did not arrived as expected and the shipping company could not locate it. Birgit waited for almost six weeks before the quilts finally made it to their destination! “Swarming Out,” shown above, is a paper-pieced … Continue reading
On August 8, 2001 while Meryl Ann Butler was in Los Angeles showing her artwork, her car was vandalized. A suitcase containing ten of her most recent works was stolen. It also contained hundreds of her slides, mostly of her quilted fiber art. Some of the slides are labeled with her name. These slides are a very important part of Meryl Ann’s portfolio, so it is hoped they can be … Continue reading
Karen Luckenbach wants to retreive a missing quilt, “In Memory of the Siamese Who Have Died.” This is an original quilt which Karen was donating to the Texas Siamese Rescue Center. It was supposed to be auctioned off to help this non-profit organization which rescues Siamese cats. The quilt is made of sixteen photo transfer pictures of Siamese cats who have been rescued or have died. The main colors are … Continue reading
A Rainbow Bargello quilt (shown to the left in a sales booth) was lost on April 29, 2001 during the AQS quilt show in Paducah, Kentucky. The quilt was left in a large garbage bag at the back river entrance under the pool of the Executive Center. There were also four hand crocketed rugs in the same bag. Peg Viole made the quilt in 1999. The main colors are lime … Continue reading
