AUS - Khandalyce Kiara Pearce, Wynarka, Bones of a Child Discovered, July'15 - #3

[Bliss_Perth]

Sorry, I know this is a dumb question. They look more like octagons than hexagons, would those be made the same way? (I don't sew and know nothing about quilting.) TIA

Your'e right and yes they would be, I've only heard of "I spy a hexie quilt" or "hexie star quilts" or also known as the snowball pattern.

 

[Deleted member 102539]

I think it stands for a name too - but the correct way to write initials would be H.F.



There isn't a fullstop (period) after the F though - see the placement of the one after the H? I know there is something under the middle bar of the F, but it's too high up and tucked under the F to be another fullstop, and it definitely doesn't match the position of the middle one anyway (to the right of the letter and in line with the bottom of the letters.

The police have asked for the public's help with information about these particular tags - that's why we are wondering about them. This H.F tag seems to be attached to shreds of fabric, so I'm guessing the garment isn't recognisable? We have to know what we are searching for - and nothing resembling H.F seems to be turning up. I've been wondering about other possibilities - e.g. maybe some of the F has unraveled and it was a P or an R even? I've not had any luck with those initials either though.

I yesterday had found H.F. in Australia and had not saved it. When the questions came up here on WS, I searched once more and couldn't find for hours. When my eyes were in alarming condition already, I found H. F. once more. BUT: is selling men's wear I noticed and didn't save.
I will try to search for a third time now. Maybe the clothing with the shown label is indeed men's wear. We don't know for sure or do we??

https://www.gmdu.net/corp-114961.html

Please have a look!

 

[JaneSA]

I still think this case as being used for storage and not specifically for just storing the bones.
A random collection of stuff being stored, among which just happen to be the bones.

 

[lampshade1]

We don't have Crazy Clarks here now, they all went broke, so I don't know if they can be easily traced back to a particular store.

They were a chain similar to Go Lo, The Reject Shop etc weren't they?

 

[Bliss_Perth]

That's a wonderful hobby and very generous to make a difficult quilt for some unknown other people. But honestly I don't know at all why a quilt would be a help to needy families. I also don't know whether these families will appreciate it. What does a little child with a 90x90 quilt? For wrapping too small and too large to carry around, I would think.
Btw: I own several little quilts for my not existing grandchilds (the quilts are in a suitcase and completely unused, waiting for a possibility to use them). Very pretty (!!), but somehow impractical.

I don't see how a lap quilt for a child in a wheel chair is impracticable, or a small quilt to brighten up a dull hospital room...These quilts also go to womans refuges who have babies.

 

[Deleted member 102539]

I thought the 5 and 10 were prices. 10 crossed out, discounted to 5--but what currency?

I think there are no prices that are printed on a label. It has to be something other like a size.

 

[Deleted member 102539]

I don't see how a lap quilt for a child in a wheel chair is impracticable, or a small quilt to brighten up a dull hospital room...These quilts also go to womans refuges who have babies.

bbm

Only that makes sense, yes!

 

[Deleted member 102539]

What we see is it a pineapple with a little smiley face beside or is it a cocoon silkworm with a little face?

 

[Hericania]

I see a pineapple with a smiley face next to it.

 

[Freddo Frog]

They were a chain similar to Go Lo, The Reject Shop etc weren't they?

Yes, I think so. We don't have Go Lo where I am but we do have The Reject Shop. I would have bought the SALLY clothes about 10 or so years ago, I think.

 

[Hericania]

I see a pineapple with a smiley face next to it.

And to me it looks as though the writing says 'HAOLA LH' or 'HAOLA LU' the letters have outlines and are alternating colours, so I think possibly the darker green line after the second A is an extra pineapple leaf.

 

[catswhiskers]

We sure are padding out some Daily Mail articles these days.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191854/New-clues-South-Australian-murder-mystery-girl-s-skeleton-suitcase-boxer-shorts-match-boys-pyjamas-Sally-clothes-tag-identified.html
Updated article includes info found here about the Sally label just yesterday.

 

[Freddo Frog]

I don't see how a lap quilt for a child in a wheel chair is impracticable, or a small quilt to brighten up a dull hospital room...These quilts also go to womans refuges who have babies.

I made a few little quilts for my daughter's doll bed and other stuff. Daycare and kindy places often have little quilts for their home corners, too. My grandmother knits little knee rugs for other people at her retirement village, too. It's the perfect size for wheelchairs and lounge chairs. There are lots of possibilities for why there was such a small quilt, but I don't think it belonged to the little girl in the case, again, like the clothes found with her, I think it was a random selection of stuff put in there

 

[Kyja]

Im thinking on the same lines as you regarding the quilt being made for charity, so much in fact.... I've looked at so many quilting blogs and group pages to try and match some of the fabrics used. I really think this quilt was made in a charity drive for quilts or the person was taught this technique in a workshop. If you disregard the alphabet quilt theory and look at the pieces of fabric we know of. Camels, bright colour stars, musical notes then some corn and sunflowers, pale blue butterfly's...on black a border....They don't really go together? I've seen a lot of mismatched fabrics used on larger quilts but not a quilt this size.



HeartKids SA provide many support services for families that have a child with ... by CHD at any stage of their journey, this includes our Heart Angel families. ... child goes to Melbourne for their first surgery receives a beautiful handmade quilt.


In 2012, quilters from across Australia joined forces to change the lives of people with disability or disadvantage. The Mystery Quilt Challenge this year saw over 600 people from all over Australia attend workshops or buy DIY kits where they followed instructions to produce a beautiful quilt - with no idea what it would look like until the last stitch was sewn.

South Australia quilters guild, from what ive read has been doing this amazing charity work for years. There is to many charity drives to mention but it gives you an idea of how many quilts get made and on what scale.

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https://www.bedfordgroup.com.au/whats_on/past_events/bedford_mystery_quilt_challenge

Ditto, my eyes have gone wonky from looking at patterned quilts for hours on end[emoji12] I'm yet to find anything the same.
Just wanted to mention if you look at the S.A quilters guild they sell kits for quilts including ispy sets for $25. This could explain the random patches that don't seem to match.

 

[Hericania]

I made a quilt this size for my son to replace a baby comfort blanket that fell apart. He's 16 now and still sleeps with it. (I'm sure he would love me telling you that!) A quilt this size doesn't take long to make.

 

[musicaljoke]

I'm beginning to the think the quilt was probably made and donated to charity by someone who has made loads of them. As previously mentioned this person could very well have passed away or be quite elderly and not really up on current news events etc.

Of course, that's a possibility, but a person who is making loads of quilts to donate, would not likely make an octagon pattern with all the tiny pieces that are used to form the diamond between the octagons. They would much more likely make a quilt with simple squares, or with a pre-printed panel.

Also, if loads of them were made, then other people would recognize the same fabrics in their baby quilts. I would have expected a copy to show up somewhere.

It looks to me like a special quilt made with a lot of love.

 

[musicaljoke]

I think the quilt has just come apart easily because of the way the quilt was made, if your familiar with the way a hexagon star quilt is made they hexagons are placed onto paper backing... and the police also mentioned something distinct about the batting inside the quilt, some batting can't be sewn together easily on your at home machine. This could of accounted for why the quilt looks so deteriorated missing fabric because the paper backing from the hexagons has come away where it had been stitched together. And like you said Makara, we don't know if the hexies have been removed so they could be examined by forensics.

This has probably already been mentioned, but I'm just waking up, on the other side of the world... the paper pieced backing would be removed before the quilt is assembled.

Also, if you look closely at the pumpkin basket octagon, you will see that the edges are zig-zagged. I would think that all the hexagon edges were zig-zagged. Thinking now ... could that explain the odd yellow chain stitching? Could it be zig-zagging stitches that remain after the fabric is deteriorated?

 

[bessie]

We sure are padding out some Daily Mail articles these days.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191854/New-clues-South-Australian-murder-mystery-girl-s-skeleton-suitcase-boxer-shorts-match-boys-pyjamas-Sally-clothes-tag-identified.html
Updated article includes info found here about the Sally label just yesterday.

You guys are rockin'!

Congratulations on your excellent work. :thumb:

 

[musicaljoke]

And the polyester filling is commonly used, but i remember the detective saying there was something distinct about this batting. Im not sure what he meant by that, he didn't elaborate any more.

He said in an earlier report that it was coloured batting. I asked upthread if anyone had ever used coloured batting, and received no replies. White, black and natural are normal colours for batting, but I don't consider those coloured. Was an old wool blanket used?

In one of the pictures of the quilt, you can see a row of white zig-zagging on the batting that makes me wonder if the batting was pieced together along that line.

 

[musicaljoke]

That's a wonderful hobby and very generous to make a difficult quilt for some unknown other people. But honestly I don't know at all why a quilt would be a help to needy families. I also don't know whether these families will appreciate it. What does a little child with a 90x90 quilt? For wrapping too small and too large to carry around, I would think.
Btw: I own several little quilts for my not existing grandchilds (the quilts are in a suitcase and completely unused, waiting for a possibility to use them). Very pretty (!!), but somehow impractical.

They sell the quilts and the money raised goes to the needy.