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  • Sewing
    • The pleated skirt calculator
    • The Big List of Sewing Pattern Companies
    • Ompelun suomi-englanti sanakirja
  • Tutorials
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    • Sewing patterns
    • Sewing books
  • Other crafts
    • Kultaraita
    • Pirtanauha-generaattori
    • Crochet
    • Knitting
    • Paper crafts
    • Food
  • About me
  • Resources
    • Suomalaisia käsityökirjoja – Finnish sewing books (for free)
    • Käsitöitä 1894-1915
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  • Shop
  • My projects
  • Sewing
    • The pleated skirt calculator
    • The Big List of Sewing Pattern Companies
    • Ompelun suomi-englanti sanakirja
  • Tutorials
  • Reviews
    • Sewing patterns
    • Sewing books
  • Other crafts
    • Kultaraita
    • Pirtanauha-generaattori
    • Crochet
    • Knitting
    • Paper crafts
    • Food
  • About me
  • Resources
    • Suomalaisia käsityökirjoja – Finnish sewing books (for free)
    • Käsitöitä 1894-1915

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    Silk under a microscope

    February 23, 2020 / 5 Comments

    I put my silk fabrics under a microscope.

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    Edwardian blouse in modern fabric

    October 20, 2019 / 8 Comments

    I decided to combine Edwardian pattern drafting with modern fabric and made a cute shirtwaist blouse that goes with both jeans and skirts.

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  • Kultavilla Lorna skirt.
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    Bias-cut skirt with stripy Kultavilla fabric

    September 18, 2019 / 5 Comments

    I received free Kultavilla Folk wool-cotton fabric to test and decided to make a bias-cut autumn skirt with the Lorna skirt pattern by Love Sewing magazine.

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  • Ottobre 1/2013 36. Pitcher ja Fabriking bambujoustocollege.
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    Fabriking bambujoustocollege testissä – Testing bamboo french terry fabric by Fabriking

    June 29, 2019 / 8 Comments

    Testissä Fabrikingin bambujoustocollege ja Ottobre 1/2013 36. Pitcher -takin kaava. I tested the Fabriking bamboo French Terry and made an Ottobre 1/2013 36. Pitcher jacket.

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Katja Kuitunen
I went to the National Museum of Finland @kansalli I went to the National Museum of Finland @kansallismuseo and did some shopping. I think you may guess that I’m planning to switch my sewing era further back in time. I have spend days trying to find out what the Viking age Finnish women wore. Luckily there are several experts online that offer information for use newbies. #vikingage #history #books #shopping #tabletweavingbool #prehistoricclothing #plansforthefuture #muinaispuku #viikinkiaika #historiallinenpuku #kansallismuseo
I have been planning to learn nålbinding for ages I have been planning to learn nålbinding for ages. My father tells that the nålbound mittens his mom (and my grandma) made were the best. I remember my grandmother once trying to teach me but I found her teaching confusing. No wonder! Compared to many other crafts I have taught myself nålbinding has a steep learning curve. However, now I master one stitch and basic techniques so that I can make my first pair of mittens! #nålbinding #bålbinding ##nalboundmittens #mittens #oldcrafts #vikingcrafts #traditionalcrafts #neulakinnas #kinnasneula #kintaat #lapaset
My herb gardern is full of herbs and we do not hav My herb gardern is full of herbs and we do not have time to eat them all. So, I decided to dry some of them for winter. As a bonus, we have some new kitchen decor! I used curtain hooks to hang the herbs from the curtain rail. #dryingherbs #herbs #gardening #citygarden #cottagecorelife #kitchen #kirchendecor #hangingherbs #yrtit #yrttienkuivatus #keittiö #kotipuutarha #puutarha #puutarhaelämää #kaupunkipuutarha
Today’s shopping. I have been going through pict Today’s shopping. I have been going through pictures of Victorian needlework purses and decided that I need my own. I don’t know how long it will take. The last crossstitch work near this scale took me years but that was decades ago when I was a teenager. Etsy was a good source for Victorian patterns that have been restored and modified to modern embroidery floss. I appreciate that someone has already done the boring work and I can just concentrate on stitching. #embroidery #embroideryfloss #crossstitch #crossstitchersofinstagram #victorianneedlepoint #historybounding #ompelu #koruompelu #kirjonta #ristipisto #muliinilangat
I new post and a new video is online! It's about t I new post and a new video is online! It's about this cute cottagecore pinafore dress that I made. I also made the blouse using the free pattern by @happiestcamperh. #sewing #sewfun #cottagecore #pinafore #pinaforedress #sewcialists #sewistsofinstagram #summeroutfit #linendress #sew #historybounding #peasantblouse #imnottoooldforthis #ompelu #ompeluelämää #essumekko #pellavamekko #pellava #kesämekko #kesäasu
One cooler day and I start thinking about autumn. One cooler day and I start thinking about autumn. Now it’s a good time to fix my old umbrella. It will look so nice in green. #umbrella #repair #sateenvarjo #ompelu #korjausompelu #käsityö #korjaaäläheitäpois
I completely unnecessary project inspired by the v I completely unnecessary project inspired by the video by @darling_desi_ about transforming ugly book covers. This book had a hideous and faded cover the only redeeming feauture being the portrait of the author. (The Finnish edition was printed in the 1980s, so I wasn’t destroying an antique book!) The book itself was interesting describing an upper society English woman’s travels in Finland in the 1890s. I painted the covers white and covered them with handmade paper. I then used decoupage varnish to add the photo and some dried and pressed violets. Finally I painted the title and the author’s name with gold paint. In the back, the white paint left the outline of the original text showing, so I just filled it in with the paint. #bookcrafts #bookdecoration #aestheticbooks #askartelu #kirjanpäällystäminen #bookcover
My first home-grown cucumbers are ready to eat! Th My first home-grown cucumbers are ready to eat! They are quite thorny so they need to be peeled. #cucumbers #homegardening #miniaturegreenhouse #citygarden #citygardening #growingcucumbers #vegetables #gardening #cottagecore #puutarha #kurkut #minikasvihuone #kotipuutarha #kaupunkipuutarha #omastapuutarhasta #kotoilu
I carry a bag of small craft projects whereever I I carry a bag of small craft projects whereever I go. Today I have been switching between #nalbinding and #karelianembroidery. The latter is easy but I am only a beginner at nalbinding. My work is full of mistakes but at least I’m now progressing and not starting from the beginning at every 10 minutes or so! This would be so much easier if I still had my grandmother to teach me. She used to make mittens with this method. #nalbinding #nålbinding #nålbindning #kinnasneula #karjalankirjonta #käsityö #embroidery #redwork
Roman women used to sew their hair into elaborate Roman women used to sew their hair into elaborate hairdos using wool thread. During renaissance, women’s braids were attached in a similar way but they preferred silk ribbon. So, I was nalbinding with a huge wooden needle when my daughter came to complain about her hair not staying in a bun due to lack of hairpins. I just happened to have the perfect tools in hand. A couple of stitches later my daughter had a bun that lasted all the way to the evening! #hairstyle #updo #historybounding #historicalhair #historiallinenkampaus #ommeltunuttura #hätäkeinotkeksii #necessityisthemotherofinvention #nuttura #kampaus #nutturakampaus #kesätukka
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