Family Treasures
I hope someone can help me. On March 4th, 1998 I entered three quilts in a quilt show at the Heritage center in Abilene, Kansas. On March 16th a friend discovered they were not in the show. No one knows when they disappeared!!! These are three family heirlooms which are priceless to my family and any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Please pass this email on to any quilter's you might know or any quilt sites on the internet. You can reply to my son's email address, jlemmons@inreach.com. Thank you for your help or at least your kind thoughts.
Here is a description of the quilts...
FAMILY TREE QUILT 50TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT IN 1979
Blocks are white and designs were done with fabric crayons by family
members except for the top two center blocks. The top two center blocks
contain two black silhouettes with the names "Floyd" and "Nellie" in a red
heart between. The dates of "1929" and "1979" are shown. All blocks are
signed and include birthdates. The bottom right square is an outline of a
child's hand, colored with many colors and signed "KATHY". The quilt is
tied with black yarn and the back is a gold colored blanket.
FAMILY HEIRLOOM QUILT
The color is blue with white blocks. Hand embroidered bouquets tied with
blue bows. The backing matches the blue used in the top and the binding
has a point edge. The white blocks are old, made in the 1920's. The blue
fabric is new and the quilt is approximately 92" long and 94" wide.
FRIENDSHIP QUILT
Except for the center left and bottom right block the background of the
blocks is ecru (light beige). There are 20 blocks. On the top, the second
from the left is a tree with fourteen paper bags hanging in and three bags
hanging below the tree. The bottom right block includes the embroidered
words 381 Questers Pug Memories 4-H and PTA. Each block is bordered with a
multicolored fabric of mauve, sage green, brown and ecru. The back matches
the border fabric. The ecru heart is stitched on the bottom right on the
back of the quilt and signed by the quilters. Approximate size, length
72", width 65".
When these quilts were entered in the show the history of each quilt and my name were on a computer print out attached to quilt.
These are family heirlooms and the loss has reached right into my heart. Any help you can provide would be welcome.
Pat Lemmons
Enterprise Kansas
plemmons@ikansas.com
