Missing Quilts! Have you seen them?

Missing!  Two of my quilts and two belonging to Sarah Ann Smith of Maine.  They were apparently lost in a shipping mishap in Lomita, California on 11 October, 2011.
These quilts were part of a special exhibit, "Then and Now," at Mancuso shows in New Hampshire (World Quilt Competition) and California (Pacific International Quilt Festival, PIQF, Santa Clara), from which they were returned.  The quilts were supposed to be mailed from the Office Depot in Lomita, but vanished without a trace.
Sarah Ann Smith's blog with more information:
http://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/?p=6521

Lost Quilt page with my information:
http://lostquilt.com/index.php/2011/status/missing/shady-lady-and-economy/

Shady Lady by Wendy L. Starn of LA. 26 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches. Included in Lark Books' 500 Art Quilts.

 

Economy by Wendy L. Starn. 19 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches.

Sarah's page on the Lost Quilt website:
http://lostquilt.com/index.php/2011/status/missing/fields-of-gold-dogwood-dawn/


 

Fields of Gold by Sarah Ann Smith. Size: 18 x 20 1/2 inches. 2nd place winner in Houston 2009, featured in Award Winning Quilts 2011 calendar.

Dogwood::Dawn by Sarah Ann Smith. 33 x 27 inches. Previously on sale at Ducktrap Bay Trading Company in Camden, ME.

Economy

Not the best photo.  Based on traditional Economy quilt block.  This does meet the traditional definition of a quilt being 3 layers held together with stitching, although the top layer is tulle and the middle layer is, yup, bandaids.  On exhibit through Sept. 30 at Denham Springs, La. Library.
See the whole show on the cfal blog

Sneak Peek #7

Part of an exhibit by Contemporary Fiber Artists of Louisiana to be held at the Livingston Parish Library, Denham Springs, beginning Sept. 1.  The sneak peek masks will also be in the show.

New Quilts! Metamorphosis: New Quilts from Old Favorites

Cornered! with detail and Puss in the Corner inspiration blocks

In August of 2008, my son found a tiny kitten under the hood of the car, covered in grease and fleas. He cleaned her up and she won his heart, as well as the scorn of our other two cats. Boris the black cat is determined to be Alpha male, and is also proud of his prowess at catching (catnip) mice, while Moose the orange cat is the mighty hunter of lizards and bugs who’s afraid of everything. Oslo the kitten sleeps, dreaming, no doubt, of how best to annoy her big brothers.
Background fabrics are hand-stamped by the artist. Cats are threadpainted over fabric collage, and are based on photographs taken by the artist.

Robbing Retirement to Pay the Mortgage with detail and Robbing Peter to Pay Paul inspiration block

It’s a scary economic world these days. Job loss, foreclosure and bankruptcy are worrying citizens who have worked and paid their bills on time for the first time in their lives.
The heavy black line is the Dow Jones Average from April, 2008 through February, 2009. Note the big dip in late September. Actual headlines were transferred onto the fabric using printable t-shirt transfer material. All headlines are from The Alexandria (LA) Daily Town Talk, where my husband was employed from May, 1977 until his position was eliminated in December, 2008.

See all the challenge quilts at:
http://fiberartsconnsocal.org/exhibition_catalogs/Metamorphosiscatalog.pdf
Quilt block diagrams and original cat photographs are my own work.