Judith Williamson is searching for a quilt that she made for the National Make It With Wool sewing competition. It was last seen on Wednesday, January 19, 2010. It was in the "secure" Pinnacle room on the 28th floor of the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. This was a fund raiser quilt for National Make It With Wool, a sewing competition primarily for youth, featuring wool fabrics. The … Continue reading
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Peggy Hallstrom needs help finding a quilt made by her great-grandmother, Bessie Maude Curtis. The quilt was last seen in Coon Rapids, Minnesota in 1997. It may have been donated when her parent’s house was emptied in order to sell it. This quilt is a double size, scrappy, multi-colored quilt made with muslin and feed sack prints. It is tied with purple-red yarn. Both the front and back are pieced. … Continue reading
Sometime before or during 2003, a second place quilt called “Common Threads of Texas” became missing. It was possibly lost in transit or while it was on loan. The quilt is owned by the Texas Department of Agriculture. The photo shown at left is the first place quilt. It is not the quilt that is missing, but the second quilt had many similar characteristics. This was a competition quilt where … Continue reading
“Wildcatsalsa” would like to locate a quilt made by her grandmother, who worked as a seamstress at Pendleton in Oregon. She had made a beautiful patchwork quilt with woolen scraps that she had accumulated during her years as a seamstress. Sometime before her death in the 1980’s, she had a home health care provider. When that woman left, the quilt was missing. The family would love to recover it for … Continue reading
Susan is searching for a quilt that was made by her grandmother. Her mother had it until a sister sold it in a tag sale. It was last seen in Massena, New York in the 1990’s. This quilt is about 78″ by 65″. It was made of heavy wool squares and half squares. There are dark browns, blacks, plaids, and possibly some burgundy. Susan estimates it was made in the … 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
Sue Lambur hopes to recover a quilt made by her great-aunt, Emily Gerfen. It is a strippy quilt using leftover wool fabrics from men’s suits. Her aunt was a tailor by trade. The main colors are greys, blacks, and some red. The backing is light grey. It is about 84″ by 84″. It was hand pieced sometime around 1930-1940 and it is tied with red yarn, she thinks. It is … Continue reading
Heather Frye is desperately hoping to recover her great-grandmother’s handmade hooked rug. It was being sent via a shipping company, but was never delivered. There is a tracer on it, but the investigation is closing soon. The rug is about 4 feet by 5 feet. It is rose pink with a variety of flowers in an oval pattern with more flowers in the center. The pile is looped, not cut. … Continue reading
Jill Waddell and her husband are hoping to recover a coverlet made by his grandmother. Their son brought it to King College in Bristol, Tennessee for his freshman year, 1995-1996. Someone borrowed it and never returned it. The twin size quilt is made of wool squares from men’s suits: mostly browns, navys, and tweeds. It is hand pieced and tied. The coverlet was made in 1940. If you have any … Continue reading
Found and searching for proper owner. Netti Harblin is looking for the owners of two quilts. One is a Sunbonnet Sue, trimmed in light blue. It has varied colors and prints on Sue’s clothing. The second is a wool coverlet, about 60" wide. It is done in very dark colors with pink cross stitching. The patches are randomly cut. The backing and sashing is brown with red stripes. It is … Continue reading
