Stolen Quilts

As soon as I get a link with photos of the missing quilts, I'll add them.

Published March 17, 2007 from Galveston Daily News
GALVESTON — When thieves took two suitcases from Robyn Pandolph’s car earlier this week, they probably were not hoping to find what lay inside."I’m sure when they opened those suitcases and found my quilts, they were disappointed," Pandolph said.While the hand-sewn quilts have little resale value, they represented years of Pandolph’s life."They’re priceless to me, but they wouldn’t be of value to anyone else," Pandolph said.Pandolph’s car was one of three broken into sometime after 10 p.m. Tuesday but before 8 a.m. Wednesday, in the area of 23rd and Postoffice streets. A neighbor found the damage when leaving for work."Someone had picked up a piece of broken curb and just thrown it through the window," she said. Inside her trunk were two suitcases containing the quilts she had made. Pandolph travels the world, giving lessons on quilt patterns and fabric-stitching techniques. She uses her quilts as illustrations of those techniques.Police detective Jason Chide said pawnshops did not deal in quilts, while people at area antique shops told him they would not buy if the stolen quilts came to them."Whoever took them, I don’t know what they’d do with them," Chide said.Pandolph described both of the suitcases as large, with wheels. The slightly larger one was brown, while the other was Navy blue.Chide said a cash reward was available for the quilts’ safe return. He asked that anyone with information on their whereabouts or on the people who stole them call him at 409-765-3773.