Our U.S. Stand at the OIDFA Congress 2025 in Karlovo/Kalofer, Bulgaria. Our theme was “Connections”. Each lace was attached to the cardboard cell phone cases displaying the back of cell phone with lace decorations. The center lace piece is a world map created by Karen Thompson.
The theme of the National Stand at the 2023 OIDFA Congress held in Slovenia was a “Patchwork of Immigrants.”
The squares on the patchwork quilt represented many of the occupations and important moments in the lives of our immigrant ancestors. Many patches included stories about the lace pieces. The picture is the completed quilt as it hung in the exhibition hall in Slovenia.