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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Sheila Lee Restall (left), creator of the Poppy Blanket, Manitoba Legislative building maintenance staff, Tesfay Fanta (second from left), Susan Wakeman (second from right), one of the volunteers that help maintain the Poppy Blanket, and Brad Robertson (right), Manitoba’s Chief of Protocol, unroll a section of the Poppy Blanket, Monday morning. First unveiled in November of 2019 the Poppy Blanket is an 85 foot long collection of over 8000 handmade poppies and thousands of dedicated ribbons. It was made in less than a year between 2018 and 2019 by the Handmade Winnipeg Facebook group community. 231106 - Monday, November 06, 2023.