Okay, so its been a while... First of all, thanks to everyone who came to the workshop in Stockholm, it was nice to see you + you made the night a smash hit. Looking forward to more of the same later...
I will be participating in a workshop entitled Political crafts at Kulturhuset, Stockholm, April 21th.The event is part of Kulturnatt Stockholm & arranged by Zickermans Värld. There isnt any info...
I almost forgot to post this... It is a birthday gift for the smartest four month old baby I know, quoting my teenage heros in Rage Against the Machine. The first time I saw them play live was at an ...
Some of my cross stitches are part of the exhibition GÖR DET SJÄLV - Hemslöjden 100 år that opened at Skövde Stadsmuseum last Saturday. I couldent be there myself for the opening (because I was in St...
This cross stitch is about family, about how sometimes it doesnt matter if youre connected by blood or by choice - family is family, even though you might not share the same genes. Ive had the lucky ...
So, I wrote a review about this book for a newspaper here in Sweden where a friend of mine works as an editor for the moment (nepotism, ftw!). Its not published yet & its not really a big thing, ...
Kanskje du spør i angst,udekket, åpen:hva skal jeg kjempe medhva er mitt våpen?Her er ditt vern mot vold,her er ditt sverd:troen på livet vårt,menneskets verd.Fearful your question, / Defenceless, op...
A birthday patch for Siska. Ive had the pattern for ages, but this is the first time I stitched it. Will try another version, with another type of aida, to make it a bit smaller. But Im happy with th...
Hannes Westberg, seconds after being shot by Swedish riot police at Vasaplatsen (Gothenburg) June 15th 2001. Some days after, while he was still struggling for his life in a hospital bed, a represent...
Birthday gift for Anna. The quote comes from Manic Street Preachers & the rose pattern from my friend Doris.
I almost thought Id lost this cross stitch when I moved to Gothenburg, but tonight when I was roaming around my craft basket it suddenly appeared again. Its actually one of my favorites, so I thought...
The result of trying to take an "arty" photograph of Karl Marx in my kitchen:This is a birthday gift for my friend Ida, paid by her boyfriend & made by me. I thought about illustrating th...
A not so new pattern at the DIY page & a very new post at Zickermans. Heres a very bad pic of what it looks like when stitched. Have fun kids!
Today is March 8, the International Womens Day. Feels like one of those days when I should have something new & witty to present, but I dont. What I do have is a link to all the old posts tagged ...
Just a short update; Im expanding my horizons & doing some guest blogging at Zickermans Värld, an online craft magazine named after Lilli Zickerman, one of the founders of the Swedish craft movem...
Birthday gift for Stina.I like this quote cause I think its important to remember that the revolutionary struggle isnt some macho war ideal, its life. Its the everyday choices we make, the choice to ...
I forgot to post this x-stitch that I made before Christmas. Once again it was my professor (who also bought this one) that wanted a gift for someone where she works, so now it hangs in the office of...
Hope you all survived the holidays. Heres a wallet that I gave to my sisters boyfriend, some very hasty stitching there.I went home to Stockholm over the weekend & finally, now that I can walk li...
This is only funny in Swedish.For visitors who dont speak this great language, I made some artwork that sort of illustrates the meaning of this cross stitch. I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Just a little thing that I made today for my friend Lisa.Theres another version of this at Rachel Mckays & Im pretty sure that Raynas got one too, I just cant find it on the site right now.
Since I like the combination of punk rock and cross stitch (see examples here, here & here) I thought that there must be others like me somewhere out there. So I went on the interwebz & searc...
Since I fucked up my leg and had to start getting around on crutches, Ive had to carry all my stuff in an old ugly backpack that I dont really like. So to make it a bit more punk & personal, I st...
This is my friend Linnéa, taking her first steps into the magical world of radical cross stitching. We had a craft session at my place yesterday, complete with soup, cookies and the most postmodern m...
Design stolen from some left-wing poster I found on the internet & a quote from Johannes Anyuru, one of my favourite poets. Its from a radio show he did this summer, where he talked about how his...
I havent really been feeling like crafting/stitching these last couple of weeks, but going through the pattern map on my laptop, I found this one that I think some of you might like. It gets to join ...
Im back in Stockholm again, to see my mother whos visiting from Mozambique and also celebrate the first birthday of Alma, my niece. The original plan was just a quick weekend visit, but now Im stayin...
I think this is my first pre-ordered cross stitch piece ever, sold to one of my old gender studies teachers at Södertörn University as a wedding gift to some friends of her. The design is a mix of pa...
Okay, so Im moving from Stockholm to Gothenburg tomorrow. Feels a bit strange, exciting and scary at the same time. I had a plan to post a better pic of the cross stitch above, but since all my stuff...
First of all: go to Radical Cross Stitch and read what I meant to write about the cross stitch in the last post, but didnt have the energy or words for then.Second: some time back I got an e-mail fro...
when I started stitching this I had some grand elaborate idea in my head about trying to make a statement about girl culture, pop icons, feminism, cuteness-as-a-subversive-tool, riot grrl, feeling li...
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