The Huron County Museum is currently hosting a quilt display in honour of Residential School Survivors.
The project was initiated by Miss Kettle & Stony Point Jr., Jaylynne Wolfe, and her mother, Laura.
“We bought these fabric panels on Manitoulin Island and we were trying to figure out something what we could do with them and we came across the idea to make quilts for the survivors on my reserve,” said Wolfe.
Wolfe said they approached the Kincardine Sunset Quilters Guild to see if they would be interested in making a quilt for them and they offered to make all 10 quilts. Each one tells a different story. The quilts were gifted to Wolfe to give to the Residential School Survivors on the Kettle and Stoney Point Reserve.
The quilts are on display at the Huron County Museum until September 19, then she'll present them to the Residential School Survivors.
“All of them kind of revolved around the panels, but each group did their own thing based on what they liked or colours that they thought would make the panels stand out," said Wolfe. "Some of them had no meaning at all when it came to design.”
Others had symbols for animals, Mother Nature, and water. More information about the exhibit can be found on the Huron County Museum website.