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How Do Quilts Become Missing?

Condensed List

Quantity	How Lost
145 (+ 200)	Stolen from a vehicle (car, van, U-Haul, etc.)
125 (+ 60)	Lost by shipping company 69 (+ 60) lost by United States Postal Service 32 by UPS (United Parcel Service) 8 by FedEx 6 by unidentified company 5 by DHL 3 by Australian Postal Service 2 by European Postal Service 1 by Canadian Postal Service
107	Stolen from home (or nursing home, storage space, etc.)
96	Stolen from quilt show or display
80	Lost / dropped in a public area (hotel, restaurant, airport, park, zoo, etc.)
73	Lost during move
69	Lost by someone else (friend, dry cleaner, etc.)
65	Stolen / missing from quilt store
39	Sold or sent to thrift store / bazaar / estate sale
39	Unknown
37	Missing from relative's estate
30	Stolen from a public area (airport, park, etc.)
17	Missing from a round robin exchange
13	Thrown or given away
8	Lost in Tornado or Hurricane

Detailed List

Quantity	How Lost
145 (+ 200)	Stolen from a vehicle (car, U-Haul, etc.) Apple Core Quilt Graduation T-Shirt Quilt Best Friend Birthday Quilt Fan Stack and Whack Tim's Quilt Softball Quilt Precious Moments Quilt Pinwheel Crochet Two African Rock Art Quilts Jillian's Flower Garden FISH Altered Book Son's T-shirts Quilt Floral Windows Baker's Dozen - RECOVERED! Morgan's Bright Memories of Ed's Life Herman Family Quilt Blue Mariner's Compass Mainland Flowers Denim Jeans Quilt T-Shirt Quilt Debby Kratovil's Twenty Stolen Quilts Four Square Quilt Peach and Green Sampler Blue Skies Over a Parched Land Stolen Utility Trailer 47 Stolen Quilts Australian Heirloom Quilts Simple Gifts Tumbling Stars Caleb's Airplane Quilt Sixteen original quilts stolen from van Memory Quilt Seven Quilts by Mary Sorensen Log Cabin Pine Trees Ten Quilted Wall Hangings and Wearables 50th Birthday Quilt Pennsylvania Hex Honeycomb Quilt Denim Quilt Pink Double Wedding Band Blue Log Cabin Quilt Rail Fence Quilt stolen with Trailer Four Quilts stolen with U-Haul 200 Donation Quilts Return to top
125 (+ 60)	Lost by shipping company 69 (+ 60) lost by United States Postal Service Three Stooges Horse Wall Hanging Frog Cabin Healing Hands Carol’s Getting Out Of Dodge Full Bloom Extravaganza Sweet Charlotte - RECOVERED! Stars, Stars, and More Stars Real Women Wear Thongs Quilted Memories Jay Walk Raggedy Hearts and Stars T-Shirt Quilt of Fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi Firetrucks for Robbie Queen of Hearts Blue and White Sampler Feathered Heart Wholecloth - RECOVERED! Sunbonnet Kitties - RECOVERED! Red at Night Basket Quilt Ocean Waves - RECOVERED! Haunted House Quilt Charlie's Bears - RECOVERED! Judith's Quilt Pastel Blue Baby Quilt Musical Notes Quilt Jars of Food Quilt NJ Devils T-shirt Quilt Miniature Mariner's Compass Apron Quilt - RECOVERED! Pansy Purse Heirloom Dresden Plates Breast Cancer Ribbons - RECOVERED! Patchwork Flowers Ladaria's Bear Quilt On the Road Again Silk Nights - RECOVERED! First Day of School Green Nine Patch Lucky Stars An Aura of Enchantment Wedding Canopy Sampler Quilt Top - RECOVERED! It's For the Birds Wild Goose Chase Grandmother's Flower Garden In Remembrance of Nanny - RECOVERED! Mason's Quilt Noah's Ark Quilt Around the Pinetree Family Tree Nine Patch Quilt - RECOVERED! 60 panels from the Noble Eagle Memorial Quilt Project - 12 RECOVERED! Colours of St. Lucia Melissa's Memories Storm At Sea Treasures of the Earth Two Stack 'N Whack Quilts Rail Fences Quilt Siamese Cat Quilt Everyday Poems Three Original Quilts Half Log Cabin Quilt Friendship Star Birthday Quilt Liberated Landscape II Purple Sampler Quilt Top Attila's Laundry Two Quilt Tops 32 by UPS (United Parcel Service) Memory of a Sailor Beatrix Potter, Fussy Ohio Blocks Cat Crazy Guy Wine & Dine, and Retro Chic Hand Hooked Rug Ha Ima shel Ha’aretz The Dancer (Oil Painting) Allegheny Jam - RECOVERED! Book of Legends Quilt Ribbon Log Cabin Yellow and Blue Nine Patch Amy's Quilt Green and Yellow Quilt Frog Quilt Sand, Surf, Sun Three Quilts by Monica McGregor Sunbeam Quilt Blue Batik Drunkard's Path Red and White Signature Quilt Three Quilts Destroyed in UPS Truck Fire For Christa...Lost in the Stars Hopscotch Wall Hanging Sorority Quilt - (or possibly US Postal Service) Appliqued Challenge Quilt The Original Millennium Quilt Flowers in the Cabin First December in Ohio - RECOVERED! 8 by FedEx Absolute Pennsylvania and Joy to the World Abstraction 1 Let There Be Chocolate WolfPack Graduate - RECOVERED! Trick or Treat Dragonfly Sparkle Phobos Animato - RECOVERED! 6 by unidentified company Blue Dahlia Quilted Placemat Circus Crib Quilts Cape Recife Lighthouse Two French Quilts 5 by DHL Truckbugs - RECOVERED! Kiss a Frog Three Spanish Quilts 3 by Australian Postal Service Woven Verdure Two Australian Quilts 2 by European Postal Service Two Birgit Schüller Quilts - RECOVERED! 1 by Canadian Postal Service Synchronized Star Dance - RECOVERED! Return to top
107	Stolen from home (or nursing home, storage space, etc.) Pontiac Star - home Fluorescence - camping trailer - RECOVERED! Shear Determination - home Texas is Wills Country - hospital room Iris Medallion - storage unit Historic Tolt Quilt - home Sea Life Quilt - home Star with Eagle - storage unit Kelvie's Kitties - home Pieced Teacups - nursing home Kittens in Basket - home Victorian Teapots - home Improved Nine Patch - home Lovely Red Flower Garden - home Six Family Quilts - home State Bird Quilt - home Paul's Quilt - apartment Two Sampler Quilts - home Cherry Basket Quilt - apartment Cherry Basket Quilt - home Kenyon Family Quilt - home Snowman Quilt - home Susy Sunbonnet Quilt Top - storage Pansy Print Quilt Top - home Pennsylvania Dutch Triangle - home Arabic Lattice - dorm room Arabic Lattice - Army barracks Cat Quilt - home Blue Calico Butterflies - home Victorian Crazy Quilt - nursing home Reproduction Fabric Sunbonnet Sue - nursing home Father's Favorite Gift - home Aunt Betty's Attic - home Flannel Pinwheel Baby Quilt - home Feed Sack Double Wedding Ring and Kindergarten Quilt - home Grandmother's Double Wedding Ring - home (during garage sale) Sometimes the Fish Wins - home Claire's Sunbonnet Sue - home Shannon's Star - laundry room Wyatt Quilts - storage unit Flannel Cuddler - residential rehab home Brown and Peach Quilt - dorm Ida Welliver Quilt - home Stars Quilt - home Dresden Plate with Ice Cream Cone Border - home Nature Colors Quilt - home French Plaid Quilt - home Recovered after Eleven Years - home - RECOVERED! Deer Hunter Quilt - apartment Triangles Wedding Quilt - home Orange, Brown and Black Quilt - home Triangle Quilt - home Deer Quilt - home Pinwheels and Popsicles - hospital room Peach and Green Quilt - home Flowers of Love for Laura - home mailbox Tea for Two - Me and You - home Four Stolen Schlabach Quilts - home Seasons of a Woman's Life - home Why-War? - storage space Six Generation Dresden Plate - storage space 4-H Friendship Quilt - townhouse Dresden Plate - apartment laundry room Stolen Double Wedding Ring Quilt - home Trip to St. Louis Quilt - home Grace Spoon Quilt - home Denim Crazy Quilt - home Oval Mariner's Compass - apartment Two Quilts Stolen From Apartment - apartment Blue Bears Paw Quilt - home Four Quilts - home Green and White Heirloom - home Blazing Star Quilt - home - RECOVERED! Wedding Ring - nursing home Ski Dreamin' - storage locker Victorian Crazy Quilt - home Three French Quilts - home Family Baby Clothes Quilt - storage space Dad's Garden Quilt - nursing home Tessellated Fish Quilt - home Five Antique Quilts and Tops - home Graduation Pinwheel Quilt - storage unit Paisley Wandering Star Quilt - home Turkey Tracks Quilt - apartment Sunbonnet Girl Baby Quilt - home Drunkard's Path Quilt - home Trip Around the World Quilt - retirement home Handmade Quilt Frame - home Return to top
96	Stolen from quilt show or display The Cat's Meow Fall #3 Tree 1 March 2003 Journal Quilt "Fourth of July" and "Memories of Indonesia" United We Stand To Fight Cancer - RECOVERED! Petals to the Metal Gecko Coat Stained Glass Dragonfly Azaleas in Double Time Valentine Bouquet Five Journal Quilts - RECOVERED! Encastrement Musical Radicis Jazzpote Morning Bells Blue Waves Autumn's Glory Blue Ash African Savannah - RECOVERED! Busy Butterflies The Mystery Play Quilt - RECOVERED! Sea Goddess Anniversary Quilt and Texas Independence Quilt Forests of Nukulani Homefront La Jolla Tranquility Crocus Square Dancing Circles - RECOVERED! Crazy Quilt by the Napa Valley Needlers - RECOVERED! Mountain Greenery - RECOVERED! It's Pheasant Time - RECOVERED! Mrs. Potter's Evening Cape Hockey Quilt - RECOVERED! Southwestern Quilt City Lights Bible Quilt Random Thoughts Zimba Bimba Jungle Queen Flora and Fauna Revisited II Bow Tie and Lone Star Vintage Quilts Healing Light Rose Medallion Antique Roses - Blossoming A Century Later Waltzing at the Black and White Ball Hotel Del Coronado War of 1812 Quilt - RECOVERED! Leigh's Jubilee Quilt - RECOVERED! Double Irish Chain Quilt Top Illusions Birds of Color Iris Quilt Two Quilts By Wendy Butler Berns Grandma's Peppermint Quilt Five Missing Ellen Anne Eddy Quilts Courthouse Steps and Stars - RECOVERED! Sampler Quilt Collectible Double Wedding Ring Seven Quilts Stolen From Quilt Show Carolina Lily 1940s Scrap Quilt Jewel-Tone Round Robin Quilt Jewel-Tone Quilted Jacket Alaska Highway Quilt - RECOVERED! Two quilts stolen from an artisan market Narrative Series 2: Quotations Raffle Quilt Stillaquamish Quilt Springtime Bouquet Heron in the Harbor Magic of Black Stars Over the Georgetown Path Three quilts disappear from show Two Alzheimers Quilts Return to top
80	Lost / dropped in a public area (hotel, restaurant, airport, park, zoo, etc.) Caribbean Calypso Ohio Star Five Colors of Fish Miles's Quilt Ryan's Safari Quilt Pastel Dresden Plate Neighbor's Family Tree Governor's Quilt - RECOVERED! Shawnee Quilters Banner Let the Fun Begin Maxwell - Yellow Baby Quilt Pink Nine Patch Orion Dresden Plate Cross Stitch quilt top Yellow Tulip Quilt Hidden Waves Butterfly Daisy Quilt For Claire Foster Limjoco Ode to Sally-Anne - RECOVERED! Our New House Bedroom Quilt Burgundy Quilt Time Management Crazy Quilt Block by Nancy Eha Baseball Quilt Golden Rectangle Koala Bear Quilt New York Beauty Race Car Quilt Holly Hobby Quilt Seven Journal Quilts Texas Ohio Star Lap Quilt Charlotte's Quilt Animals Nighty Nite Jungle Jamboree Noah's Quilt Christmas Quilt Rainbow Blankie Four Patch Calico Log Cabin Quilt Top Art Nouveau Table Runner Winnie the Pooh Quilt - RECOVERED! Irish Chain of Shamrocks Star Bears Moon and Stars quilt Red, White and Blue Sailboats Lotus Block Jeffrey's Blanket Dogwood Quilt Family Tree Baby Quilt Patchwork Quilt Lost on Amtrak Pinwheel Quilt Jacob's Quilt Child's Elephant Quilt Caitlin's Quilt Polka Dot Wedding Rings Quilt Beacon House Quilt ABCs Embroidered Crib Quilt Cross Stitch Quilt Wall Hanging Texas Ohio Star Quilt Rainbow Bargello Charm Quilt Friendship Blocks Quilt Sampler Baby Quilt Old Woman in the Shoe Baby Quilt Blazing Star Baby Quilt Blake's Baby Quilt Scrappy Nine Patch Quilt Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt Navy Blue Log Cabin Jacket Cowboy Quilt Half Log Cabin Baby Quilt Beloved Baby Blankie Pale Green Appliqued Quilt Log Cabin Quilt Overall Boys Quilt Return to top
73	Lost during move Mona Lisa Crocheted Bedspread Where Eagles Soar Christmas Advent Calendar Engagement Quilt Pink and White Quilt Red Cat Crib Quilt Orange You Crazy Blue And White Drunkard's Path Pastel Pinwheels Irish Chain Stars Alissa's Lucky Stars - RECOVERED! Purple and Gold Pinwheel Quilt A Frog, A Princess, and A Pilgrim African Circles Pink Grapes Jacob's Ladder Pink Sunbonnet Girl By Wisdom a House is Built Crazy Quilt Friendship Signature Quilt Red Drunkard's Path Bon Voyage Popcorn Quilt Applique Dahlia Blue Lucky Stars Snuggle Bunny Quilt Blue Quilt Katie's Alphabet Quilt Lavendar Leftovers Appliqued Tulips Quilt Green Trees on White Background Graduation Present Embroidered Baby Animals Quilt Grandmother's Quilt with Children Schoolhouse Quilt Dutch Girl Quilt White Wedding Quilt Clamshell Butterfly Rascal - RECOVERED! Butterfly Quilt and Storybook Dreams Toad in a Puddle Grandmother's Flower Garden Noah's Ark Theme Quilt State Flower Quilt Vintage Tie Quilt Grey Flowers Quilt Fall Leaves Quilt Two Family Quilts Lost During Move Grandmother's Masterpiece Quilt 1970's Patchwork Quilt Two Stack 'N Whack Quilts Three Little Pigs Quilt Green Tree Quilt Church Membership Quilt Poetry Quilt Three Quilts Lost During Move Grandmother's Wedding Ring Quilt Road to Saint Louis Quilt Top Lavendar Gingham Quilt Hand Embroidered Baby Quilt Alphabet Quilt Music Quilt Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Scrappy Log Cabin Quilt Grandmother's Friendship Quilt Twin Baby Quilts Return to top
65	Stolen / missing from quilt store Asilomar Quilt - RECOVERED! Jan King's Diamond Demo Quilt Monet's Wedding Ring Miniature Log Cabin Pastel Sampler Quilt Towards 2000 Raffle Quilt Abide With Me - RECOVERED! Five Postcard Quilts - RECOVERED! Two quilts by Ann Holmes - ONE RECOVERED! What Goes Around Vermont Quilt Store Theft - three quilts Silk Ribbon Needlecase Four Landscape Quilts Four Stolen From Quilt Store Seed Packet Quilt French Country Inn Wolf Quilt Fox and Friends Lilac Sampler Early American Tinware No. 2 Springtime Bulbs 1876 Centennial Quilt Top Twinkle Star Splash Barrier Reef A Day at the Beach Sailor's Delight All-American Wedding - RECOVERED! Hidden Wells Rhapsody Coral Sea Choo Choo Train Quilt Top Mile A Minute Quilt, Shop Hop Quilt and Yellow Brick quilt Victoria Drunkard's Path Curry, Turmeric and Paprika Tulip Garden Tropical Fantasy Country Cottage Fond Memories Flower Basket Quilt Ribbon and Stars Quilt Ohio Rose Miniature Quilt Block of the Month Sample Quilt Top Baby Bears Quilt Hawaiian Discharge Quilt Two Baby Quilts Lover's Knot Quilt Two Reproduction Print Quilts Return to top
69	Lost/stolen by someone else (friend, dry cleaner, etc.) Navy Blue Grandmothers Flower Garden Red Holly Hobby Quilt Brick Wedding Quilt Butterfly Scrap Quilt Applique Bears Red Flannel With Sunbonnet Sue Mom's Crazy Quilt Embroidered Star 1980's Sampler Quilt All Fifty States SCA Costumes Men's Suit Fabric Quilt Four Square with Stars Horse Quilt - RECOVERED! Squares Etc. Sawtooth Star and Four Patch Wool Patches Yellow Double Wedding Ring Baskets and Flowers Vasuki: Mover of Mountains State Birds and Flowers Angel Quilt Dresden Plate with 1930's Prints - RECOVERED! Great-Grandmother's Dresden Plate America Loves You Five Quilt Tops Gone Fishing 50th Anniversary Wedding Ring Missouri Puzzle Quilt Top Nine Square Eight quilts by Hari Walner Blue and Pink Baby Quilt Boys with Sailboats Bethlehem Star Nine Patch with Yellow Sashing Pom-Pom Coverlet - RECOVERED! Twelve Hearts Quilt Concentric Triangles Foundation Pieced Tulips Santa Fe Quilt Peach and Brown Sampler Grandmother Olic's Wedding Ring Quilt Four Antique Quilts Seven Sisters Quilt - RECOVERED! Two Quilts Lost by Airlines Lighthouse Quilt Top Three Left Unclaimed in Storage Locker Hawaiian Applique Quilt Eight Pointed Star Quilt Hand Appliqued Medallion Quilt Antique Wool Crazy Quilt Return to top
39	Sold or sent to thrift store / bazaar / estate sale Half Square Triangle Quilt Brown Log Cabin Linda - Love, Gaga and Nona Butterfly and Log Cabin Quilts Bow Tie Quilt Wool Squares Quilt Three Family Quilts Green Embroidered Quilt Bull Dozer Orphans Rose Ellen Smith Guard Quilts Yellow Baby Quilt Pink Flowers Signature Quilt Spool Quilt Eleanor Bauer Quilts Great Grandmother's Fan Ring Around the Rosie Silk Ribbon 'N Lace Flannel Skiers Five Mistakenly Sent to Thrift Store Texas Star Quilt Men's Suiting Quilt Indiana Sunbonnet Sue Julie Kay's Quilt Grandmother's Signature Quilt Double Wedding Ring Quilt Tallman Family Quilt Harriet Carpenter Flag Quilt Jacob's Ladder Quilt Daniel's Baby Quilt Maple Leaf Quilt Crazy Quilt Jacket Return to top
39	Unknown Christmas Angel Log Cabin with Wide Border Sunbonnet Sue's Calendar Turning Twenty Again Common Threads of Texas Boogie Embroidered Animals Quilt Hearts and Hands Quilt State of Illinois Quilt Everyday Carry All Bag Brandy's Blanket Star Flower Stained Glass Brown Raffle Quilt Memory Quilt Denim Log Cabin Quilt Hand-Tied Patchwork Train Quilt Grandma's Double Wedding Ring Sunbonnet Sue and Suspender Sam Stacked Bricks Sunshine to Shadows - RECOVERED! Noah's Ark Appliqued Quilt Flag Quilt Westminster Cathedral Grandmother's Cathedral Window Indigo Sea Margaret Rebecca Singleton Rose Brooksher quilt Green and Cream Double Wedding Ring Grandmother's Crazy Quilt - RECOVERED! Dutch Boys and Girls Green and Orange Pinwheel ABC Quilt 1930's Lone Star Quilt Dahlia Quilt 1930's Sunbonnet Sue Nuclear Explosion Quilt Amish Ocean Waves Century of Progress Quilt Baby Rhyme Quilt Return to top
37	Missing from relative's estate Wal-Mart Family Quilt Purple Tulip Quilt Wool Scrap Quilt Ohio Rose Blue and White Quilt Double Diamond and Spider Quilt Pastel Basket Quilt Fifty States Quilt Flower Quilts Minnie Ruth Relaford Quilt Missing Estate Quilts Sarah Kirshman quilt Sunburst Star Cathedral Window Scrappy Quilt Blue and White Pieced Star Hand Sewn Quilt Tops Pink and White Sunflower Quilt Red Flower Quilt Peacock Quilt Dorothy's Star of Faith and Love Twelve Missing Family Heirlooms Lone Star Quilt Cathedral Window Quilt Return to top
30	Stolen from a public area (airport, park, etc.) Bears in the Woods Appliqued Animals Olympic Memories Roman Square Stained Glass Garden Indian Star Quilt Horses Galore Spiderweb Trails End Earth Science Project World War II Patch Quilt Three Quilts by Pam Holland Miniature Double Wedding Ring Going Full Circle Attic Windows Hydrangeas Christ, The Good Shepherd Double Wedding Ring Quilt Let's Do Lunch E Pluribus Unum Romance of the Roses McDonald's Quilt - RECOVERED! Hoppy Frog Quilt 30's Snowball Quilt Yellow Whole-Cloth Quilt Family Tree Quilt Top Blue Corduroy Star Quilt Beatrix Potter Baby Quilt Return to top
17	Missing from a round robin exchange Julie's Round Robin Crazy Quilt Round Robin Lallyquilters Round Robin Quilt Top Three Missing Round Robin Quilt Tops AQF Round Robin Mariner's Compass Round Robin More Crazy Quilt Blocks Crazy Quilt Blocks - RECOVERED! Butterfly Round Robin Quilt Top Around the Block Swap Eagle Round Robin Quilt - RECOVERED! Two Missing Round Robin Quilts Firebird Quilt Top Round the Block Progressive Quilt Return to top
13	Thrown or given away Grandbabies Quilt Pastel Doulbe Wedding Ring plus two twins Lisa's Quilt Red Grandmother's Flower Garden Sunbonnet Sue by Mary Katherine Fann Barrett States and Stars Red Schoolhouse "B is For..." Baby Quilt Amish Star Quilt Bear and Rocking Horse Crib Quilt Prized Crazy Quilt Return to top
8	Tornado Memory T-shirt Quilt Five Family Quilts Flannel Trip Lover's Knot Quilt - RECOVERED! Return to top

Last updated May 3, 2001.

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