My Northern Home

In the beginning I want to say, this is not going to be a sewing tutorial. I'm not going to teach you how the hand sew a chemise. How ever, if you want to sew your own hang-around-home gown, you should visit Mrs. Morgan Donner's youtube chanel . That's were I got the information needed for this projects. And she is a good teacher and a fun personality. So that been said, here I will share some pictures from my sewing journey along with the thoughts I had on the way.   The whole idea has been on my mind for a while now. Some of you might know,  that I'm into the whole viking re-enactment thing and have been doing quite well, for several years now, with my first ever machine sewn viking outfit, which is made from an old curtain bought from a second-hand store along with the old lamb skin vest I got from my grand mom. And I have been, and still are, really proud of the costume. Picture by Monica Nordling Some people I have over heard saying, that you can't be truly par...

It took me a while to decide what I want to write about my summer trip to Åland. The whole experience was just amazing and it is really hard to pin point something out there above the others. I will keep posting to instagram about the places I visited during my stay, but the one thing I can't put in couple pictures, is the one experience I have no pictures at all. On the first evening in the Saltvik viking village we had an opportunity to take a part in Bolt-ritual. It is a viking ritual, where we gathered on the old burial mound with the old gods. We stand in the stone circle with statues of Odin, Thor and Freya. There in the darkness of southern evening, in the light of the burning torches, we had an opportunity to ask something from the gods or thank them and give offer to them. One  by one people stand out to the middle of the circle and spoke out to the gods and us. As I stood there, I could feel something open up inside me somethin...