Quilt-jacking - spread the word
12-02-2011, 02:33 PM
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Dillsburg, PA
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That is a gorgeous quilt and IMO would be a one of a kind. So...if the person who took it tries to show it I would hope SOMEONE would recognize it.
Off quilting topic...but in the past 2 weeks our local news has been showing a video of a woman who goes into places that are collecting money for a family that their little girl has cancer and she "lifts" the huge jars...they look like those big barrel pretzel jars. Every video showed that the jar was FULL of money. You can see her face plain as day too but so far they haven't had any clue as to who she is. It's strange that she knows the shops that are collecting. One is a really nice upscale gift shop and another was at an auto dealer...so there isn't a pattern to say...all auto dealers or all gift shops. Oh...the other was a florist.
Horrible to say but I sure hope the money buys her nothing but grief.
Off quilting topic...but in the past 2 weeks our local news has been showing a video of a woman who goes into places that are collecting money for a family that their little girl has cancer and she "lifts" the huge jars...they look like those big barrel pretzel jars. Every video showed that the jar was FULL of money. You can see her face plain as day too but so far they haven't had any clue as to who she is. It's strange that she knows the shops that are collecting. One is a really nice upscale gift shop and another was at an auto dealer...so there isn't a pattern to say...all auto dealers or all gift shops. Oh...the other was a florist.
Horrible to say but I sure hope the money buys her nothing but grief.
12-02-2011, 02:56 PM
#14
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
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What an awful thing to happen. If it is not misplaced and doesn't find it's way home (which is what I'm hoping will happen) what does the thief think they can do with it? Can't show it. Shouldn't show it to anyone - they might know about it being stolen. A lowlife for sure.
12-02-2011, 03:03 PM
#15
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Vermont
Posts: 7,044
I have had two quilts go missing - one after a car wreck where we were taken to the ER and the car was towed. Had a lot of quilts in the car, didnt notice one was missing til we unpacked everything.
The other was on consignment in a shop, the shop owner tried to tell me someone must have stolen it - a full size bed quilt!! Not exactly something you can tuck in your purse. She finally paid us for it after we talked about small claims court. No more consignment after that - that was the frosting on the cake of many years of consignment misery.
Neither one was as gorgeous or unique as the lovely quilt with the flowers. I hope it is found.
The other was on consignment in a shop, the shop owner tried to tell me someone must have stolen it - a full size bed quilt!! Not exactly something you can tuck in your purse. She finally paid us for it after we talked about small claims court. No more consignment after that - that was the frosting on the cake of many years of consignment misery.
Neither one was as gorgeous or unique as the lovely quilt with the flowers. I hope it is found.
12-02-2011, 04:49 PM
#18
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Location: Front row
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Someone that steals a quilt will give it as a gift to someone that has no idea there is a big quilt community or even that quilting is so big on the internet. They will think the quilt was bought from a quilt store. Believe it or not there are millions that have no clue there is a whole separate world of quilts and quilters. If it was stolen it will be in the mail more then likely to another country, sent as a gift. 
12-03-2011, 05:28 AM
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Winter PArk, Florida
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From Bonnie at Quiltville:
"Dear everyone ----
I don't often send announcement like this one, but a quilt has gone missing after the Houston show, and still has not been found.
I'd love your help in locating this quilt if possible.
For more info, I've written about it -- and shown a picture of the missing quilt -- here: http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2011/...-word-out.html
Thanks for your help in getting the word out. Please feel free to forward this blog post to your email lists and quilting friends --
We need to find this quilt!
Bonnie"
"Dear everyone ----
I don't often send announcement like this one, but a quilt has gone missing after the Houston show, and still has not been found.
I'd love your help in locating this quilt if possible.
For more info, I've written about it -- and shown a picture of the missing quilt -- here: http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2011/...-word-out.html
Thanks for your help in getting the word out. Please feel free to forward this blog post to your email lists and quilting friends --
We need to find this quilt!
Bonnie"
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