Sacred threads

Sacred Threads is an exhibition of quilts exploring themes of spirituality, joy, inspiration, peace/brotherhood, grief and healing. This biennial exhibition was established to provide a safe venue for quilters  who see their work as a connection to the sacred and/or as an expression of their spiritual journey.

"The objective is to create a dignified exhibition of artwork that touches on both spiritual and personal levels all those who view it. We want to share with others the experiences of quilters whose stories may be a source of healing and strength."

I'm delighted that my quilt Ygdrassil has been accepted into the show!

After a mandala drawing lesson I was so inspired by the story, I decided to make a quilt instead of a drawing.

YGGDRASIL,

The tree of life with 6 of its worlds. 

In Norse mythology Yggdrasil is an immense fir tree that is central and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to hold their courts. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend into wells. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the 4 stags, a squirrel named Ratatoskr who must run across the branches of Yggdrassil and communicate between the gods.

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for more information about the show: www.sacredthreadsquilts.com

With love ..... from Holland

This time I want to show you my coat 'With love....... from Holland'
I have been working at schools for secondary education for 32 years now.
Always at so-called 'black'schools, with pupils from foreign countries, whose parents came to the Netherlands to work here. These people were expected to go back to their own countries, by our government anyway.
Of course that didn't happen, and now they're part of our society.
As a matter of fact they are as Dutch as I am!
In this coat I used portraits, symbols and attributes belonging to the different ethnic groups.

They're  the new Dutch  symbols!

Dutch girl

Chinese grandma

Turkish girl

Hindu boy

Jewish girl

Creole girl from Surinam

Tulips

fruitig gequilt

In het Fruitteeltmuseum in Kapelle ( bij Goes), Nederland is vanaf heden een leuke fruitige quilttentoonstelling te zien, tot en met 30 januari 2012.

Mijn quilt Sunny Orchard is er één van de ongeveer 30 quilts.

kijk voor informatie over openingstijden op www.fruitteeltmuseum.nl

Tulips

Last year I made a quilt for Inspiration Afghanistan, we had to use a small embroidery made by an Afghan woman. I designed some more tulips in a tulip field.

This is the original tulip

All the quilts were exhibited at the quilt exhibition of the Dutch Quiltersgilde.