This is sickening. Looks like nothing is safe anymore or anywhere. That quilt needs to be at home not in some thief's house. If this can happen in the Houston quilt show then it can happen at any other show. Very, very scary.
I know what happened to one of my prized quilts at a local fair and believe me I would never enter another one anywhere. It came back to me torn, decorations hanging torn and torn off and with a lot of oil on it. The judge complained on the back of the Third Place ribbon about the condition of the quilt. While I called to complain that it did not leave my hands like that I could not reach anyone. I feel so sorry for this lady.