Remember this?
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| A Pinterest favourite |
It's my most popular post by far, so thanks to everyone who has checked it out over the past year. Thumbing through the book once more, I remembered how spoilt for choice I was last time – there were so many lovely images I didn't have space to include – for instance, how did this amazing cushion not make it into the original post?
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| Blåsväder (Windy Weather) cushion |
I had a bash at translating the Swedish captions, but didn't get very far. Love the name of this one though. The hair!
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| Windy Weather (detail) |
I also found out that 'kudde' means 'cushion' and, hazarding a guess, 'mönster' means 'maker', but if there are any Swedish speakers reading this, I'd love some help piecing it together!
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| Beautiful washed-out pink |
I'd give anything to see this thing of beauty in colour – or even to be able to understand the caption...
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| Is it a bell or is it a tree? |
The birds on this Bird Wreath cushion go round in a circle, facing a green leafy garland. Just look at the detail in their wings:
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| Fåglar i Krans or Bird Wreath cushion (detail) |
The one thing I find frustrating about old craft books in general is the lack of colour plates. but colour printing was such an extravagance, it's actually surprising there is as much of it in this 1954 book as there is. There are loads more beautiful images in here though, even in black and white, so watch this space.
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| 1954 |
What a lovely book. If you are still interested in what some of the things means; mönster means pattern and andra delen from the front cover means part two. There is a part one of this amazing book out there somewhere.....
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Kaisa
Thank you so much for enlightening me Kaisa - that is so interesting! Will keep my eyes peeled for part one of this book then X
DeleteThis thread intruiged me so much I went on a hunt for Part One, found it and ordered it. It arrived from Sweden today. Such fabulous entries are contained therein! How I wish there were more coloured pictures, but the oh-so-charming needlework is just as fab as in Part Two (which I also purchased). By the way, Pinterest is under my husband's name....a mistake whe I set it up. I am Trudy Peter
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