Reina Lamothe was making a quilt when she realized who she should give it to.
Dr. Heather Morrison, P.E.I.’s chief public health officer.
“Our angel for P.E.I.,” Lamothe said.
Last summer Lamothe answered a quilting challenge to make a COVID caring and sharing quilt.
“You were to make a quilt for someone who was challenged somehow because of COVID.”
Lamothe found an angel-themed fabric in her stash, and made the quilt using the one block wonder technique.
The technique involves cutting the fabric into hundreds of tiny triangles and sewing them into octagons, creating a kaleidoscope effect. As she did that, she lost track of the angels on the fabric.
“That’s why I called it Angel in Disguise. The angels hid in the design.”
Morrison was presented with the quilt on March 10, in appreciation of her hard work and sacrifice during the pandemic.
When Morrison came out of a meeting at her office, Lamothe introduced herself and handed her a gift bag.
Morrison pulled the tissue paper out of the gift bag.
“Oh my God, it’s a quilt.”
Morrison gets a lot of gifts and likes to keep them in her office, but this one she planned to take home.
Lamothe made the quilt a little bigger than a throw so Morrison and her kids could wrap up in it together.
“It’s like giving her a hug that I couldn’t give her, wrapping her in P.E.I.’s love.”
She wanted Morrison’s family to be able to experience something positive and feel the support from Islanders.
Lamothe has been making quilts for four years. She has made about 20.
Learn more about one block wonder quilts from this youtube video.
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Beautiful Reina as you know nice article
What a thoughtful and heartfelt gift you’ve created. The quilt is sure to bring comfort to a family that has brought so much comfort and assistance to others in need.