In the LAQ's defense... I never had any idea there were such things as lost quilt alert websites UNTIL I discovered this board. Prior to this I couldn't begin to know how to find the owners short of checking lost and found ads.
All to often unknowing people use quilts to wrap furniture in when moving. How many of us have seen that happen? I have seen it countless times on any given highway or byway I have travelled. People who treat the quilts this way usually don't give a damn that they lost the quilt as long as their precious IKEA book case didn't get a bug splat on it.
Prior to discovering QB if I found quilts on the side of the road and did not see any one looking for them via lost and found ads in the local paper I would have thought nothing to repair them and keep them or donate them. Now I do know better and would post a photo here or on lost quilts or quilters cache. Not everyone out there is as internet savvy as we.