The 1st baby quilt I made my sister was lost at the post office for 1 year. It pays to make phone calls and talk to the local post office where you are sending it. Even though my sister had just moved and left a forwarding address, it was the weekend carrier that didn't forward it and brought it back to the P.O. and after several phone calls someone remembered a box on a shelf etc. I was so upset because I had worked so hard on it and just kept calling and hounding them until they found it!