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museums are dead take a new art stance
I haven't 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...
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we must stand unbroken, unbound & unashamed (this is what democracy looks like)
Design stolen from some left-wing poster I found on the internet & a quote from Johannes Anyuru, one of my favourite poets. It's from a radio show he did this summer, where he talked about how his...
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strong I am with the force, but not that strong
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...
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every day another conflict / I take it one day at a time and do the things I...
Since I fucked up my leg & had to start getting around on crutches, I've had to carry all my stuff in an old ugly backpack that I don't really like. So to make it a bit more punk & personal, I...
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up the punx!
Since I like the combination of punk rock & 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 &...
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let the last storm hit us / let it strike at the hardest part / turn us all...
Just a little thing that I made today for my friend Lisa.There's another version of this at Rachel Mckay's& I'm pretty sure that Rayna's got one too, I just can't find it on the site right now.
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happy christmas your arse I pray god it's our last (I can see a better time...
This is only funny in Swedish.For visitors who don't speak this great language, I made some artwork that sort of illustrates the meaning of the cross stitch. I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
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gifts that keep on giving
Hope you all survived the holidays. Here's a wallet that I gave to my sister's boyfriend, some very hasty stitching there.I went home to Stockholm over the weekend & finally, now that I can walk...
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you would never sell out / just like I did in playboy / that was art, it...
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...
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when she talks, I hear the revolution / in her hips, there's revolution
Birthday gift for Stina.I like this quote 'cause I think it's important to remember that the revolutionary struggle isn't some macho war ideal, it's life. It's the everyday choices we make, the choice...
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come on over & do the twist
Just a short update; I'm 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...
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a luta continua (this ain't a love song)
Today is March 8, the International Women's Day. Feels like one of those days when I should have something new & witty to present, but I don't. What I do have is a link to all the old posts tagged...
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recycling for the masses
A not so new pattern at the DIY page& a very new post at Zickermans. Here's a very bad pic of what it looks like when stitched. Have fun kids!
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alienation is my nation
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 the post...
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with my heart in my hands again
I almost thought I'd lost this cross stitch when I moved to Gothenburg, but tonight when I was roaming around my craft basket it suddenly appeared again. It's actually one of my favorites, so I thought...
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and if I'm starving, you can feed me lollipops
Birthday gift for Anna. The quote comes from Manic Street Preachers & the rose pattern from my friend Doris.
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state violence / state control
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...
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do they owe us a living? OF COURSE THEY FUCKING DO.
A birthday patch for Siska. I've 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 I'm happy with...
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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, open...
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our house, was our castle and our keep / our house, in the middle of our street
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!). It's not published yet & it's not really a big thing,...
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that legendary divorce is such a bore
This cross stitch is about family, about how sometimes it doesn't matter if you're connected by blood or by choice - family is family, even though you might not share the same genes. I've had the lucky...
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DO IT YOURSELF - 100 years of Swedish handicraft
Some of my cross stitches are part of the exhibition GÖR DET SJÄLV - Hemslöjden 100 år that opened at Skövde Stadsmuseum last Saturday. I coulden't be there myself for the opening (because I was in...
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mixing pop and politics / he asks me what the use is / I offer him...
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...
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cross stitch workshop at my alma mater
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 isn't any info...
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I call it Annie's leaf (one of thousands)
Okay, so it's 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...
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