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Katja Kuitunen
This happened... Maybe this years’s Halloween co This happened... Maybe this years’s Halloween costume? #halloween #costume #plaquedoctor #mask #crafting #askartelu #naamio #ruttolääkärinaamio
The new episode of my Karelian dress project is up The new episode of my Karelian dress project is up on my YouTube channel and my blog. Check them out! #costube #weaving #pirtanauha #kareliancostume #karelianheritage #backstraprigidheddle #belts #kudonta #pirta #costube #costuming #historicaldress
Today’s historybounding. My 1902 jacket, fringed Today’s historybounding. My 1902 jacket, fringed silk scarf (Austrian trachten scarf that also belongs to Finnish national costumes), turn-of-the-19th-century straight sarafan, Finnish leather folk shoes (”supikkaat”). Went this way to a hardware store! #sarafaani #feresi #historybounding #autumnlook #looksfromhistory #thisisnothistoricallyaccurate #lovehistory #historicalstylenothistoricalvalues #sewing #ompelu #ittetein #ompeluelämää
This rätsinä shirt is the first part of my Karel This rätsinä shirt is the first part of my Karelian dress project that I have been working on for a month or so. Now the first part is up on YouTube and my blog. The whole shirt is hand-sewn. The belt is a pirtanauha belt I wove with my backstrap rigid heddle. I found the shoes second hand. They are traditional shoes worn in Eastern Finland. The original laces broke so I substituted them with ribbon. I will have to find some proper laces later... #sewing #sewcialist #costube #costuming #rätsinä #shirt #historicalfashion #folkcostume #karjala #sewistsofinstagram #handsewn #sewfun #ompelu #ompeluelämää #karjalankirjonta #pirtanauha #supikkaat #kansanpuku #pellava #linen
Hemming 3 metres of hem is going to take some time Hemming 3 metres of hem is going to take some time! Still, I’m sticking to my tiny stitches so that the hem doesn’t unravel easily. #sewingbyhand #hemming #dressmaking #sewing #sewcialist #folkdress #sewistsofinstagram #sarafan #sarafandress #feresi #ompelu #ompeluelämää
Koodasin blogiini pirtanauha-generaattorin, jolla Koodasin blogiini pirtanauha-generaattorin, jolla voi helposti testata pirtanauhojen väriyhdistelmiä ja luoda omia nauhamalleja. Lapsistakin nauhojen suunnittelu on hauskaa puuhaa! In English: I made a javascript code on my site that generates simple band patterns for backstrap rigid heddle loom weaving that is traditional in Finland. The instructions are currently in Finnish only but experimenting with patterns doesn’t need much explanations. Just hold your mobile device horizontally if the picture of the band doesn’t show when you press the button! #pirtanauha #kudonta #koodausta #käsityö #käsityöblogit #kansanperinne #kansallispuku #feresi #weaving #weavingpatterngenerator #rigidheddleweaving #backstraprigidheddle #nauhapirta
I made this petticoat using a pattern from Finnish I made this petticoat using a pattern from Finnish Käsitöitä-magazine 7-8/1902, so the pattern is 118 years old. Now it came to life! I did cut the petticoat a bit too short but that happens! I did all my sewing with my Singer 12 hand-crank to make it in a historically accurate way. It was fun! #sewing #historybounding #historicalunderwear #petticoat #käsitöitä #historiallinenompelu #ompelu #sew #vintagepattern #sewing #sewcialist #sewistsofinstagram #ompeluelämää
I haven’t really done much embroidery but this K I haven’t really done much embroidery but this Karelian redwork is addicting. Now I’m stuck though, since I run out of embroidery floss. I don’t even have any idea what this colourway or brand is as it is some random floss leftovers. I need to go and shop different reds and try each of them out to find a match. #embroidery #karelianembroidery #karjalankirjonta #kirjonta #folkpatterns #redwork
Mie oon edistynnä! It’s almost done - my first Mie oon edistynnä! It’s almost done - my first part into the costume themed ”what my ancestors really wore”. Well, I’m still waiting for my embroidery thread to arrive but in the meantime I have hang out in my white ”rätsinä”, a Carelian shift/undershirt. No sewing machine has touched this garment. I have sewn all the seams by hand with linen thread. #rätsinä #feresipaita #careliantraditions #careliandress #ompelu #ompeluelämää #pellavapaita #linenshirt #historicaldress #historybounding #sew #sewfun #sewistsofinstagram #sewcialist
I visited @suomenkasityonmuseo today to see the Ca I visited @suomenkasityonmuseo today to see the Carelian dresses and handicrafts. I am making my own Carelian costume, so seeing these was a great inspiration. I also got ideas for accessories. #suomenkäsityönmuseo #craftmuseumoffinland #kansanpuvut #feresit #sarafaanit #careliandress
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