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  • Shirt cuff with ronkkaus embroidery.
    Embroidery,  My projects

    “Ronkkaus” – A Finnish folk embroidery stitch

    May 5, 2022 / 1 Comment

    My Finnish national costume from Askola has a shirt with special whitework embroidery called "ronkkaus". So, how is it made?

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  • Askola tykkimyssy.
    Embroidery,  My projects,  Sewing

    A French hood in a Finnish folk style

    April 28, 2022 / 2 Comments

    I made a Finnish folk style hand-embroidered French hood for my Askola costume from paper, rye porridge and silk!

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  • Askola dress.
    My projects,  Sewing

    A new project: An early 19th-century peasant dress aka a Finnish National costume from Askola

    April 23, 2022 / No Comments

    I have started a huge undertaking to create the Finnish national costume from Askola that requires me to learn many new skills.

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  • Sedavi for winter
    My projects,  Sewing

    Pauline Alice Sedavi dress for winter

    February 22, 2022 / 3 Comments

    I made my daughter the Sedavi dress by Pauline Alice but turned this summer dress into a winter dress with long sleeves.

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  • The Finnish Iron Age Costume
    My projects,  Sewing,  Weaving

    The Finnish Iron Age Peplos and the Final Costume

    February 17, 2022 / 4 Comments

    The last part of my Finnish Iron Age costume is the peplos dress. It took me 6 months to construct the whole thing. Now it comes together!

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    A Heavy Metal Apron – Viking Age Fashion from Finland

    January 15, 2022 / 2 Comments

    I made a metal spiral decorated Iron Age Finnish woman's apron for my Iron Age Finnish costume I'm slowly constructing.

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  • My projects,  Sewing

    Sewing a Finnish Iron age dress (works also for the Medieval era)

    January 9, 2022 / 5 Comments

    I sewed an Iron Age dress that a Finnish woman would have worn under her peplos and apron. This dress works also for the Medieval era.

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    My own fabric – the idea, the weaving, and the final garment

    December 21, 2021 / 3 Comments

    I designed a stripy folk fabric and Susanna, the owner of Kultavilla the weaving mill wove it. Now I have the folk skirt of my dreams!

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  • My projects,  Sewing

    A last-last minute party dress

    December 4, 2021 / 4 Comments

    Sometimes even a rushed project with all the ingredients for disaster succeeds and the result is a beautiful silk party dress.

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  • Folk-style pocket
    Embroidery,  My projects,  Sewing

    A folk-style pocket

    October 22, 2021 / 4 Comments

    I made a Finnish folk-style pocket out of fabric scraps using motifs and stitches common in Finnish folk-costumes.

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