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Iris

An original quilt by Susan Madden was stolen from the American Heritage Quilt Show on July 31, 2002. The show was being held at the Wellsville Tabernacle in Wellsville, Utah. It was discovered missing by one of the hostesses in the morning. It had won a third place ribbon at the show which ran from July 26 to August 3. Whoever stole Susan's quilt took the ribbon off of it and pinned the ribbon on the quilt beneath hers.

Susan made the original quilt in 2002. It is about 13" by 20". Her sketch for the quilt is shown above. It is appliqued irises over a machine quilted landscape. The iris are purple, fuscia and white with green leaves. (See inset of scanned iris fabric.)

The irises are appliqued against a light gray background with a dark olive green border. The background has machine quilted landscape forms: clouds, hills in the distance, willow leaves in the upper left corner, and a stippled sky. It was quilted with a matching gray thread. The border on the left was quilted in a wave pattern running vertically. The fabric used on the back of the quilt has flowers and hummingbirds.

The hand appliqued label text includes the title, "Iris," copyright 2002, and Susan's name and address. If you have seen this quilt, please contact Susan at pcsmadde@ihc.com.

Posted August 8, 2002.