Recovered!
Leigh's Jubilee Quilt
On September 26, 2002 an original quilt, Leigh's Jubilee Quilt, by Dianne Edwards was stolen on the eve of the Canberra Quilters' Annual Members Exhibition. This show was being held at Rydges Lakeside, Canberra ACT, Australia.
Dianne made the quilt to celebrate her husband's 50th birthday. It is 114" by 100" (290 cm by 254 cm). It is made with restrained Japanese fabrics in shades of white, off-white, navy and red. The navy is actually darker than the picture shows. The quilting was done with a mixture of hand shasiko quilting, tying and embroidery.
On December 5, 2002 the quilt was returned to Dianne at the Canberra Quilters meeting. Apparently a staff member of the Rydges Hotel had wrapped the quilt around himself to stay warm while he was waiting for his girl friend to pick him up from work and he took the quilt home with him. Then the couple went on vacation. When they came back, they found the quilt and returned it. For more information, visit the Canberra Quilters website, http://www.canberraquilters.org.au/stolen_quilt.html.
Posted September 30, 2002. Updated December 20, 2002.
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