I always offer to help find the item. I work with the supervisor of the laundry. You can always explain it in the way that you don't want to create additional work for them. I hope you find it. I know how special the quilt is. Anything that has been lost of my brothers, the nursing home did a reimbursement of a monetary value. How can you put a value on something like this? I made my first quilt for my mother in law who resides in a nursing home. She still has it after a couple of years. Good luck!
Nancy
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