Nunavut Quilt

While teaching in Nunavut in a small community of Qikiqtarjuak, I decided to make a Northern Quilt to attempt to capture as much about the culture as possible.  Most of these pictures were traced from internet or children's books.  Unfortunately, I don't know right now what they are.  I used a black fabric marker to trace them and then Crayola crayons to color them.  After the pictures were done, I used brown paper and an iron to seal the crayon.  This is done by placing the brown paper on the quilt and ironing over it.

When selecting the colors, I tried to get it to correspond with the colors in the pictures.  After sewing together, I quilted it.

Here are the pictures:

Full Quilt

Here are some of the individual blocks.

Nunavut Coat of Arms

Inuit Lady pulling a Kamatik next to an Igloo.

Nunavut Flat

Inukshuk

Flower native to Nunavut.  I don't know the name.

Inuit Lady

Drum made from animal skins stretched on wooden frame.  On the drum is an Inukshuk, Igloo, Walrus, and an Ulu.  

Blue Berry Picking on the Arctic Tundra

I am not sure what the picture itself is, but it is symbolic of the Inuit way of life.

Kayak

Inuit Drum Dancer dress in traditional Inuit Clothing

Another picture of a flag.