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How to make a Paper Patchwork Notebook Cover!

It’s time to finally write this tutorial about how you can turn any ordinary notebook you’ve got into a colorful patchwork with any papers you’ve got at home! It was my mom who got me started, and that is quite … Continue reading

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Buttons brings out that childhood collector

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old. /Christopher Morley, To a Child As I sat silently sewing green buttons to a knitted sweater my mom went … Continue reading

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A day in a market stall

Spiral bound blank notebooks made from recycled vintage book covers! At the market we attended this summer at Sollerön in Dalarna I put up some of my old notebooks. It’s about two years ago that I made these notebooks out … Continue reading

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Lemonade or as we say blandsaft

Mom has made red lemonade from a mix of red berries. We call it blandsaft, which means mixed fruit lemonade. I’ve designed the labels in Adobe InDesign and printed them on sticker paper that we cut out. Summer is the … Continue reading

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Quilting side by side with mom

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me. /Erma Bombeck As promised, here is mom … Continue reading

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The making of a quilt – starting is easy

You start with a pile of fabric and you envision that beautiful quilt laying on your bed or sofa, all glorious, handmade and original. You have an idea of what you want to create and you start picking your colors. … Continue reading

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Drum roll for Swedish Cinnamon rolls – a.k.a. kanelbullar

Swedish Cinnamon rolls are called Kanelbulle. They’?ve been my favorite since I was a kid and I make them the same way mom does. With hot coffee or even better, a cold glass of milk. Yummy times! I actually filmed … Continue reading

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Patchwork on sweater

I could make a whole blog for my mom and fill it with mom craft. She makes a lot of things all the time too, just like me. She thinks I’m the productive one, but I have strong competition in … Continue reading

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Apple tree appliqué bag

Moms summer bag is blue, mine is yellow and pink – but we both made a appliqu? house and apple tree on it! Continue reading

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Happy knitting year!

I?ve inspired many people that I know to start knitting this year, and this is still my first year of knitting! What will the future bring? I started in the beginning of the year, when going to our winter cabin … Continue reading

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