Lori Biehle is hoping someone knows where this special quilt is. She made it for her grandmother, Greeta Pelton, on her 90th birthday in 2004. At the time, she and her two children flew to Arizona for her party. She chose to depict the state flowers of New York and Arizona since that is where her grandmother spent her adult life. When she moved into Faithful Heart Assisted Living in … Continue reading
Found and searching for proper owner. Bobbie Lamaere found this green and gold quilt at the Savers Store in Duluth, Minnesota. She purchased in in early 2010. It is approximately 73″ square. This quilt, which was made in 2005, is machine pieced and machine quilted. The border fabric is a large scale rose print on a gold background. It has a label written in green ink which says, “To Grandma … Continue reading
Patrice Stafford hopes to recover a quilt that was stolen from her boyfriend’s car around 1992-1993. The car was a 1977 Chevy Nova and was located on 64th Street in Sacramento, California. The quilt is a twin size, scrappy nine patch with light blue sashing. It has a navy rose print at the posts and a navy blue border. It was enveloped and tied with navy blue yarn. The nine … Continue reading
Billie McKouen is hoping to find a quilt that she made for Tom and Sara McKouen for their wedding. It was last seen in 2004 at a storage facility in Burlington, Vermont. A police report was file when it was discovered missing. This queen size quilt was made with purple, green, and cream fabrics in 2001. It is machine pieced, hand appliqued, and hand quilted. Billie used a commercial pattern … Continue reading
Barbara Foster is searching for two quilts made by her great-grandmother. These quilts were last seen on November 9, 2007 at South Medford, Oregon. They were being brought to the dry cleaner, but they were accidentally dropped off at the Goodwill store. One is an all-over pattern featuring butterflies. It is double or queen size, and mainly dusty rose/mauve. It was machine pieced and yarn tied in 1977. The second … Continue reading
Lisa Barker hopes to recover an Ohio Rose quilt made by Margaret Thompson Hays and Olive Belle Hays Haas, Lisa’s great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. In the early 1970’s, her grandmother was in need of money so she advertised the quilt in the paper. A decorator from Columbus, Georgia drove to Macon and persuaded Lisa’s grandmother to sell it at a much reduced price from what she was asking because it had … Continue reading
On June 9, 2007 Tricia Hopkins sent “Quilted Memories” to Mauda Moran from Gordon, Texas, but it was delivered to the wrong address! The package was insured and required delivery confirmation. The shipping company confirmed the package was signed for in Houston on June 11, but it was not signed for by the person it was addressed to, nor did the addresses match. The person who signed for it denies … Continue reading
Sandy Gordon would like to find her Dresden Plate embroidered quilt top. She inadvertently left it in a motel room in Berlin, Ohio in 2004. After years of work, she had finished the embroidery and it was ready to put in the frame to be quilted. This quilt top is queen size. It was made with a stamped cross stitch design. There are around twenty blocks. Sandy used mainly mauve/rose … Continue reading
Margaret Brewer was searching for a quilt made by her great-grandmother, Margaret Rebecca Singleton Rose Brooksher. The last known owner was Ethel Foster of Muskogee, Oklahoma who was a granddaughter. Ethel had been persuaded to sell the quilt to a man who claimed he was going to establish a quilt museum near Branson, Missouri in Eureka Springs. Margaret had never found this museum. A picture of the quilt is on … Continue reading
Ruth Kennedy is hoping to recover a quilt, called Lovely Red Flower Garden, which she made for Mark Knopfler. It was last seen in 1983 in Camberwell, London, England when builders were in the house. TThe small, double size quilt is an original design using just rosettes all in reds. She used quite a few Liberty fabrics. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. There is a cross-stitched label that … Continue reading
