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Stockholm trip part 2- 18th century bal
Bal in Kristienhovs Malmgård. Time to wear my 18th century dress! 😀
Foto: Kristienhovs Malmgård
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Stockholm trip part 1
Here are some pictures from our visit in Livrustkammaren in Stockholm.
And then a visit to Old town! The only part of sthockholm i like! Here is my friend Hans Gunnar from Eikthyrnir (leathercrafts).
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Last fixes before the bal
Testing all the garments together! It works but i still need to fix some stuff; I need to lower the cleavage (hehe you dont get to say that alot), fix the hairline on the wig to a v-shape and make a puffier underskirt.I found some folk costume shoes in real leather on a second hand shop for only 50sek!! Amazing! Not super correct but it will work until i can buy proper shoes (or make some..)
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Danmark 2017
A little trip to Skagen, Denmark! And when abroad: Museuuumsss!
We found the beach just before the rain came! I never seen the danish beach before so this was nice^^
Gå på tur, aldrig sur! As the norwegians say.
Dramatic weather with snow and sun at the same time..
A lovely 19th century cottage.
And theeen: The textiles! Yey!
18th century or early 19th century jacket.
Edwardian summer jacket.
Edwardian mourning jacket.
Mourning outfit.
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Anundshög- burial site 2017
I finnaly got to see Anundshög in Västerås, Sweden! It is dated migration period-viking age and has one big pile grave, several small, stone settings and a stone laburint.Lovely place!
Somebody left offerings.
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18th century flower a la´anglaise
The beige flower a la´anglaiseThis dress I actually made in high school, but I did the bodice the wrong way so I wanted to make a new one since I had fabric left any way. The fabric is actually a duvet cover that I bought on a secondhand shop for maybe 10-20SEK. Here is the original bodice.
First I want to show you miss duck tape mannequin no 2! Its alot easier to make closely fitted garments if I can see the fit from all angles and I only had my regular mannequins witch do not have the 18th century siluette, so I made a new one while wearing my corset (not very pleasent to be in a corset but also with duck tape on top..)With a mannequin in the right shape you can mark the pieces that you want to make with tape like this, and its very cheap so you can make on for as many periods you like.
Trying out the new bodice
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White 18th century stays
White linen stays done! This is a smaller version of the first stays i made in high school and that one i made from alternating the buttericks pattern B4484. I feel like I should have made them even smaller in the back but they will do for now.
I made the stays in 2 layers of linen and used strong plastic boning. You can find it here in my store.
On the edge i used white cotton tape. I sewed it from the front and folded it over to the back. Seams and lacing holes I sewed with vaxed linen thred. You can find ribbon here, and linen thread here.
I will make a new bump roll soon, this one is from high school… The shift is actually my medieval linen underdress, its the same pattern anyway.
The petticoat I made from the stiffest old sheet we had in the house, antique ones are alot better and stiffer than modern ones. -
Tönsberg viking market 2017
First time selling fabrics in Tönsberg vikinga market in Norway and it rained alot! xD
They had some viking boats in the harbour during the market. They also had a big boat making workshop on the market place. They where building a replica of the Klåstadship . Here they have also build the Saga oseberg ship, a replica of the oseberg ship. More about it here:
Now thats a contrast!
Rainy rainy…Tuvalie fix!
Pretty sick of the rain!
Yeah this was a mess… In the evening when we went to to market feast, it rained so much during just one hour, that my tent colapsed!
Thank you all for this season! See you next year! <3 -
Annika Larssons viking exibition in Enköping
You may have heard about Annika Larsson before. She published her theory about a ribbon from Birka containing the word ”Allah”. The news got spread all over the world while some us where really sceptical. And she soon got allot of critisism. Why? Because the way she ”found” the word was by adding patterns on the sides and mirroring it… I think anyone can understand why this is problematic.Me and Johanna wanted to see the exibition in Enköping and see for ourselfs if she would give a better explination.Here are two replicas of card woven ribbons with gold and silver thread inserts on wool warp.
Ps. Yes the ribbons have ”swastikas” on them. Its abviously not about nazism since its from the viking age ,so dont worry. This symbol accures textiles through the history all over scandinavia, baltic and slavic region. We dont use it anymore (exept for replikas) but we cant erase historical artifakts just because somone made it evil. Maybe its time to take it back?
The mirrored picture
Gold plated ”turtle brooches” (spännbucklor).
Nicely made replica of Embroidered silk collar from Valsgärde, Uppland Sweden.
Interpretation of a viking womans outfit.Many things in this was really unclear. There where not enough information and datings on the items and some slightly hazy text about islam vs viking culture and heaven and so on. And then this:
This is clearly viking inspired clothing, but it she didnt say this in the information text?! We nerds can tell but regular people might not understand that this is fantasy. As a archeologist from a university you need to be really clear on these matters is you do an exibition on a museum!Never less, the craft it beutifully executed, and its a fun mixture of different time periods.
Note the embroidery on the neckline! Similar to an embroidery in Birka Grave 735.
The last part of the exibition showed the line of styles we have had from viking age to modern time with all its influences from all over the world.
Traditional swedish kurbits flowers.
A persian (?) pattern printed on a pillow.Enköping museum allso has some other objects. Found some pretty medieval chandeliers to admire.
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Årsunda autumn blot 2017
Årsunda viking farm is a place with a viking association that has anual blots like spring blot and autumn blot (maybe midvinter & midsummer blot aswell??). They have a big farm with a huge long house with feast hall and sleeping hall, and several small houses for different purposes.
