A beloved grandmother-to-grandson gift has disappeared and is believed to have been stolen.
The Tangled Threads quilt guild in Neepawa, Man. organized a quilt exhibition, the 25th anniversary edition, on November 25 and 26.
Guild president Lane Englund would hang three quilts she made outside Knox Presbyterian Church, where the event was held, to help showcase the show.
Among the quilts on display, a drawing of an alphabetic dinosaur he made for his grandson, now 21, when he was little. She said she graciously lent it to her for display over the weekend.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before the dinosaur duvet disappeared.
“Someone saw it at 11:15 a. m. and it happened at 11:25 a. m. m. ,” Englund said.
She said other people started looking for him, but couldn’t find him.
“The other two quilts that were in play, I would have given them to whoever asked for them, but this one didn’t. “
He does not believe that the duvet was blown off, as it hung on both sides of the clothesline. He also noted that all the clothespins holding the duvet in position were put back on the clothesline.
Englund says it’s provocative and frustrating to learn that his duvet was stolen, given that in the past he has hung quilts outdoors for display.
An alphabetic dinosaur quilt that Lane Englund made for his grandson when he was little. It is believed to have been stolen from a quilt exhibit in Neepawa. December 9, 2022. (Source: Lane Englund)
“We went to church on World Duvet Day, which is a Saturday from mid-March to late March, and hung quilts over the line in the church. We hung quilts on the church fence. We have put quilts on the church lawn. We had quilts hanging on our porch, balconies and fences at home, and this had never happened to us before.
Hoping to locate him, guild members introduced an appeal on Facebook, asking everyone to share the data online. Englund also put up city signs, adding in front of schools, and placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
Englund doesn’t know why anyone would borrow the duvet, but if it’s because they don’t have blood this winter, she has a solution.
“(The guild) volunteered to make a quilt if I needed it, so I spread that word as much as I could. “
She hopes the comforter will be returned after all and said she appreciates the community’s help in locating it.