Long overdue

I can't believe it's been two weeks since my last post! This one is definitely long overdue. There has been lots going on in our household lately what with birthdays, spring cleaning, gardening, concerts, etc. and I haven't had much time for either stitching or blogging. 
I have managed to start an ornament for my monthly SAL but I'm unable to post a pic at this point in time. I also did a little more stitching on Victor and Irina. Here's my progress up until now.

Viktor looks a little cross at this point but I'm sure he'll look more stately once I add his whiskers!

I mentioned a few posts back that after visiting the Quilt of Belonging I had stopped by a quilt show with my friends. It's usually held in the venue where the Quilt of Belonging was on display so this year they resorted to a church for the showing. I expected to see the quilts on display in the church hall but I certainly didn't expect to see them displayed in the church itself. See for yourself how they displayed them!

I love how the quilts were draped over the pews! They looked so beautiful. I've only take a few pictures but there was actually another row of quilts on either side as well as antique quilts displayed in the transept. Amazing!!

The quilts on the clothesline in this one are actual little quilts!
Now for a few quilts in the hall:

I also promised some more pics of the Quilt of Belonging.

Denmark

Croatia

Dominica

Senegal

Swaziland

Sudan

Italy

Sri Lanka

Lebanon

  
Once again, more blocks from the First Nations:

Labrador Inuit

Lillooet

Cayuga

Nisga'a

 I think that the First Nation blocks are some of my favourites. The skills shown are amazing and I love how many of them tell a story of their culture.

That's about it for now. I'll leave you with a few pics of my grands, taken on a recent visit to celebrate my oldest granddaughter's eigth birthday. Happy Birthday Océanne!

The Quilt of Belonging

As promised, here is my second post of the day with more pictures of The Quilt of Belonging which I visited last Friday.

For Evalina Maria, here is the block from Poland.

For Tatyana here is Russia's block.

More blocks from the First Nations:

Lakota

Métis

Carrier

From the Orient:

China

Japan

Other blocks of interest:

Germany

Syria

Iraq

Zimbabwe

New Zealand

Hungary

Uzbekistan

I still have many more photos and will post some of the other blocks next post if you aren't growing tired of them. The textiles used and the colours are just stunning. Enjoy!!