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- Suomalaisia käsityökirjoja – Finnish sewing books (for free)
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- Suomalaisia käsityökirjoja – Finnish sewing books (for free)
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My fabric is done! It was a long process from the

My fabric is done! It was a long process from the idea to the result. It started by Susanna of @kultavilla talking about wanting to weave fabrics for clothing and me thinking about how I’d like to design a stripey folk style fabric. I then developed a simple application that made designing and playing with colours easier. Susanna wondered if others would be interested as well and I was sure that people interested in historical dress and folk costumes would probably be interested in buying unique fabric. I asked around and there was first a few people that got to vote for the colours and choose from some stripe patterns that I made. When the final design was then published more people joined and finally Susanna got to weave almost 50 metres of fabric! It was fairly easy to switch the colours around so instead of everyone getting the same fabric, we got to make 10 different fabrics! Here are some of them. The first one is the one Susanna gave to me and I love it! #fabric #folkstyle #fabricdesign #stripes #kansanpuku #kangas #raidat #raitakangas #design #kudonta #weaving #folkdress

Here’s the evening gown. I’m so happy it got f

Here’s the evening gown. I’m so happy it got finished in time! One day I’ll make a proper chiffon dream with a train and spend a month stitching it. However, the challenge was fun and I was lucky to get @vintageponylady and my friend Heini-Maria helped a bit. Venla cut the liking and sewed it while I was struggling with the skirt pattern and the limited amount of silk I had. H-M came on Friday and sewed together the flounce and added hooks and eyes for the skirt among other things. Picture bt @domesticduchess #sewing #sewcialist #historybounding #historicalcostuming #edwardianmanor #edwardianfashion #historicalfashion #eveninggown #sew #sewfun #dressinaday @societehelsinki #societehelsinkievents @Töyrylänkartano

With all the sewing I have been doing I somehow fo

With all the sewing I have been doing I somehow found time to update my hat for the autumn. #millinery #historybounding #historicalcostuming #belleepoquefashion #strawhat #hat #hattu #historiallinenmuoti

I made a pair of garters to keep my ironage legwra

I made a pair of garters to keep my ironage legwraps in place. The garters are made with fingerloop braiding and I decorated the ends with brass spirals that have been found in Finnish ironage graves. I’ve heard that the ironage Finns believed that the spiral decorations kept evil spirits away. #ironage #historicalcostuming #finnishironage #fingerloopbraiding #bronzespirals #historybounding #vikingage #rauta-aika #viikinkiaika #muinaispuku #historiallinenpuku

I bought yarn and a book on tablet weaving. This b

I bought yarn and a book on tablet weaving. This book by Maikki Karisto ia very good resource if you want to understand how the pattern on the band is created and how you can design your own patterns. #lautanauhat #shopping #wetterhoffveera #yarn #tabletweaving #lankaa #shoppailu

I think this ironage apron is finally finished! Th

I think this ironage apron is finally finished! The last things missing were the appliqued spiral ornaments at the hem. Next I need to do some serious band weaving! #muinaispuku #spiraalikoristeet #ironagedress #vikingagedress #historicaldress #apron #vikingage #ironage #historybounding #ironage #rauta-aika #historiallinenpuku

I had all those tomatoes that ripened at the same

I had all those tomatoes that ripened at the same time on my kitchen table. My chili plant gave plenty of fruit as well. So, together with my daughter we turned our produce into three cans of salsa. Today, we had a Mexican style lunch and tested the salsa with some homemade guacamole. So good! #cooking #mexicanfood #fromthehomegarden #foodpreservation #homemadesalsa #säilöntä #meksikolainenruoka #kokkaus #foodie #kotipuutarha #citygarden #kaupunkipuutarha

My legwraps are now finished and I love them! It t

My legwraps are now finished and I love them! It took 9 days but the time was well spent! #weaving #legwraps #finnishironage #vikingage #historicalcostume #historybounding #historicalsewing #historicalcostuming #muinaispuku #säärisiteet #kurpposet

After a week of weaving, my legwraps are done. Or

After a week of weaving, my legwraps are done. Or at least I have woven a 7-metre-long thing that I need to now cut in two and finish! #weaving #legwraps #ironagecostume #muinaispuku #vikingage #vikingdress #historicalcostuming #historicalcostume #kudonta #käsityö

Dressrebel in 18th century Finnish style. I Finish

Dressrebel in 18th century Finnish style. I Finished the bodice and the skirt this weekend. Bodice is based on a free Swedish 18th century pattern, the skirt fabric is from Ilmajoki national costume. I bought the skirt wool second hand and it clearly had been a skirt before. I took out the unravelling edges and darned the worst hole in the edge then I made a basic folk skirt out of it. The skirt still has some tiny holes and when I have time, I’ll do some more darning. The pocket definitely doesn’t go with the look as it has Karelian embroidery - but I am Karelian so… Edit. I was mistaken, my skirt fabric was Ilmajoki, not Rovaniemi fabric. #historybounding #folkdress #finnishfolkcostume #tuunaamunperinne #kansanpuku #historicalcostuming #historicaldress #18thcenturyclothing #nordicfolkdress

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