On Textiles

Slowly but surely, the embroidery grows.

"Arthurian Romances". General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

I might not be able to build a house or fix a car, but I can mend fabrics. This tea cosy will now live on for at least a decade more.

Skirt-pouch, the final item I made in the first year of my education at Sätergläntan. I don't have much use for it unfortunately, but I was happy with how it came out so it's currently hanging on a wall in my living room.

I love focusing on a plain workers garment. Otherwise in my education we look a lot at fancier garments used during celebrations or when visiting church on sundays. This garment is for all of the other days.

I want to add small, silly embroideries to every dull public fabric! They're all canvases in my mind!

It was a military surplus bag, but with every mend it looks less and less militaristic.

Speaking about having fun with a craft, this was an welt pocket sample I improved by adding eyes and teeth

Horse is on its way

Work in progress, medieval lady boldly charging an soldier using a (soon to be added) distaff and spindle

Embroidered fanart of the Super Nintendo game E.V.O.: Search for Eden

Out of clay, drawn on paper, embroidered. Bring them out of your imagination into the world. Forget about flaws, the world is now containing a part of your creativity that didn’t exist before and is now richer because of it.