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Sunday, May 13th, 2012On my work-desk right now: A new cream silk dress and vintage, hand-crochet lace. The dress was a real bargain at a sale, and the lace I got at a London vintage textile fair. Putting them together hopefully makes a happy union.
new passport-purse
Saturday, May 5th, 2012A new passport-purse has seen the light of day. 15×22 cm with two rooms. The front is appliquéd and machine-embroidered (and slightly painted: the white in the eyes) The fabric remnants used are old sari-silks, metal-organza, vintage metal laces and old rayon fringes. The backing is all cotton, and the bias-tape is acetate. VEry practical, [...]
Parrot of the Caribean
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012Finally I finished a project! I´ve been wanting to get a set-box-frame for my machine embroidered tropical birds, and recently found one at IKEA to try it out with. This is Peter the Patriarc Parrot, or Grandpar, as he´s usually called. He´s about 10×15 cm (4×6 inches) and his framed living-quarters are 30×30 cm (10×10 [...]
The feather workshop.
Sunday, April 29th, 2012Well, let me just start with one thing. I know a lot more about feathers now than I did a couple of days ago! What the possibilities are, what you can with them and to them, and how you can use them incorporated into costumes. And I have to admit, it was a lot more [...]
The Costume Symposium in Copenhagen
Sunday, April 29th, 2012I´min Copenhagen at a Costume Conference. The Norwegian Opera and the Royal Theatre of Denmark are arranging the event, and around 160 costumiers are attending. 160! I´ve never seen so many costume-people in one place. Thursday was a common day for all of us, with information on new techniques, presentations of development in the field. [...]
Chichén Itzá
Monday, April 9th, 2012Today I´ve learned – that Chichin Itza is a huge area, beautiful with amazing historical architecture. – that the old Mayan religion sometimes required human sacrifice. It´s difficult to know for certain anything about the old ways, as most of the information was lost due to the Spanish invasion or conquering or “discovering”, if you´d [...]
Purple alpaca and stars
Sunday, March 18th, 2012Another little jumper for Edvard, my nephew. Thick, purple fair-trade alpaca yarn, hand-dyed and hand-spun, makes the base for this tiny sweater. I added three stars with white fabric paint and a stamp. They might be a tad big, but they do add some fun to the otherwise very plain sweater. It truly is so [...]
for cold feet
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012A pair of tiny knitted wool socks for a little boy with cold feet. (Short DIY-how-to with probably wrong words: Needles #3, make 32 loops, knit 1 1/2 inch of one right, one purl. Use 16 loops for the heel, knit 1 inch before knitting together from the middle. Pick up 16 new loops from [...]
Elephants
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012Elephants! Elephants, elephants, elephants! As far as the eye can see! I think I started this embroidery project 10-15 years ago, and guess what? I´m finally finished! Fiftyninethousandtwohundredandfourtyseven stitches. Yeah, baby! That´s right. 59 247! I lost a couple of colors along the way, the orange, the burgundy. Who knows where they are now… The [...]
The big picture
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Yesterday, all the kids in 3rd and 4th grade at Meling School made this picture. That is, they made two squares each, each about 4 x 4 inches. Today, I pieced it all together. Thank goodness for overlocks! (sergers) A couple of hours intensive sewing, and it´s done. I need to get a fabric band [...]
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