….still 2 weeks to go with the theme “Anatomy”. This is a very interesting theme. Your first thought is, what should I do with this now. But the more you engage with it, the more interesting it becomes. I made another mind map. It is difficult to choose between the 3

“Wenn ich wüsste, dass morgen die Welt unterginge, würde ich heute noch ein Apfelbäumchen pflanzen”  (“If I would have know the world would end tomorrow, I would plant an apple tree today”) Martin Luther (1483- 1546)Theologist, Philosopher and Reformat. This quote is the inspiration for this quilt. Our world is

The Faces theme is the first challenge for me in this group. During our holiday I had a lot of time to think about it. First I created a mind map with all the words that came to mind.  I collected pictures and portraits of artists. Kandinski and Rembrandt painted

Here’s my first blog in Cloth in Common. Exciting!! The theme for this period is Faces. Every person is unique and every face is different. With about 7 billion people on earth that fact is very special. As Eunhee says, everyone has a different facial expression. That’s a time recording.

Elfriede Grooten Dalen, Netherlands Ever since I was a kid, I have loved textiles. At school, I loved thehandicraft classes. My mother and grandmother taught me the firstsimple sewing skills. When I was 12 years old, I sewed my first jacketand after that I just never stopped. After primary school,