Restoring a cherished family gift: Lane Englund works to recreate quilt taken during exhibition

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

While it cannot completely replace what was lost, a new quilt recently finished by Lane Englund will have a whole new and special meaning, not just to her family, but for all of Neepawa as well.

After nearly two months of dedicated effort, Englund has been able to recreate an alphabet dinosaur design she made for her grandson. The reason for this necessary recreation was because the original cherished gift from grandma to grandson was stolen back in November 2023.

In what was supposed to be a celebration of the Tangled Threads Quilt Guild took a somber turn.

Englund, who learned the art of quilting from her grandmother, was proudly displaying three of her works outside the Knox Presbyterian Church. The most precious and personal of these three was the dinosaur quilt she had made for her grandson, when he was just five years old. In an act of support, the grandson, who is now an adult, loaned the quilt back to Englund to display as part of this special day.

Then just before the end of the festivities, Englund and the other members of the Guild discovered the piece had gone missing.

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