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Eva the sewing historian
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Middle Aged historian, very much into the Middle Ages.
My PhD dissertation was about clothing in medieval Norway and Sweden […]

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Midsummer in my folk costume from Åse&Viste härad.
#folkcostume #folkdrakt #midsommar
A white middle aged woman in a Swedish folk costume is standing on a gravel road in front of a green field. She stands between two trees. The costume has a red skirt, a white apron with red small overall print and a black bodice with windowpane check in white and red. She has a white scarf over her shoulders, and a green cap with white lace in the front.
June 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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In the series I call Historical clothing on public transport. Me and my youngest on our way to Gunnebo slott to watch midsummer dances. #folkcostume #midsommar
A woman wearing a green small cap with lace surrounding the face, a white scarf with a heart shaped silver brooch, and a black, checked bodice . She is sitting on a tram with blue seats.
June 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Trying on my folk costume for Midsummer. As one does. I need to shorten the apron (and iron it).
#folkdrakt #folkcostume #midsommar
A white middle aged woman is standing in a living room. Behind her are a red armchair and sofa. Beside her is a small pillar with a platform for a cat, covered in grey shaggy fabric, and rope, and a brown cupboard. She is wearing a a white blouse with wide sleeves gathered at the cuffs, a red skirt, which is hardly visible behind an apron, and a tight bodice from a dark checked fabric. The apron is cream white with a small overall print in red. She is barefoot.
June 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Went for a swim, on this cool, overcast and rather windy day. The kind of day when only kids and middle aged women swims.
#outdoorswimming
A grey lake with a grey sky. In the lake, to the left, is a jetty. In front of the like is grass, and 4 birches. On the other side of the lake is forest.
June 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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We were not that many, the large regular demonstrations are on Sunday. But we were loud ! This is outside #wallenstam, a Swedish landlord which lets space to the Israeli arms facturer #elbitsystems here in Gothenburg end their lease.
We also demand of the […]

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A group of people with kufiyas, flags, and drums, in front of an impressive stone building from the late 19th century A banner saying "Break the blockade" in Swedish. A young man in black with a kufiya is standing to the right of it.
June 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Decided to give the papers a rest #sea #gothenburg
A granite cliff and sea beyond it. Further away is a Rocky island. The sun is shining and the sea is blue. A group of boys are getting ready to jump into the sea .
June 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The sun is lovely. Unfortunately I have _many_ papers to grade. Maybe I should follow our cat Kenya's example instead. #cats
A brown tabby cat with white belly and feet is knocked out in the sun on a table with a bright green table cloth with small white flowers.
June 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Grading papers usually leads to a lot of stuff getting done at home. Such as hand scrubbing your rag rugs.
But I managed 20 out of 80 too. Despite also doing laundry. Tomorrow I might clean the windows 😉
#academia #procrastination
A striped woven rug from rags is draped over a sofa in a balcony.
June 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Crafting is good for my mental health. Women's football is good for my mental health. Combining them ought to do the trick.
#womensfootball
A slightly messy desk with a keyboard, mouse, and a screen put on top of a a pile of books. There is football (soccer for US people) played on the screen. There is a tray of glass beads in front of the keyboard, and a mug of tea behind it .
June 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Nationalism is _really_ not my thing, but any excuse to wear folk costume is a good one.
So, on Sweden's national day you get to see one version of my folk costume, from Åse&Viste härad. This is from last Midsummer. It is raining cats and dogs now, and I'm a […]

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A white middle aged woman is leaning against a wooden gate in a wooded field. She is wearing a white shirt, a dark blue bodice, a green skirt, which is hardly visible beneath a large flowers apron. She has a checked silk scarf over her shoulders, and a black cap with white lace in front.
June 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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#textiletuesday
Yesterday I made wreath from brass wire, wool roving, cotton yarn (crocheted around the wire and wool), filled wool fabric for leaves, ribbons and silk and cotton fabric for flowers.
A white middle aged woman in an orange dress is wearing a wreath made from various textiles. It is covered in bright green birch type leaves, and fabric flowers in blue, red, and white. It has ribbons hanging from it in the back A wreath made from various textiles is lying on an embroidered cushion. It is covered in bright green birch type leaves, and has ribbons hanging from it. Red shiny ribbons, green cotton tape, and a jaquard ribbon with red and white flowers, and green leaves, on a black background.
June 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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For Pride Month: rather cool graffiti from Lübeck in 2019.
#pride #transrightsarehumanrights #sylviarivera #emmagoldman
June 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Cat in a box #cats
A rather small blue tabby cat with white on her chest is sitting in a cardboard box, just big enough for her
June 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Tried making a Roman hairdo for the first day on Wednesday. And my wool tunica recta had its premiere too. #romanclothing #sca
The head and shoulders of a a white middle aged woman. Two braids are pinned in front at her hairline, and her other hair is wound with a wool ribbon and tied around her head. She also wears a light green hairnet, and a blue tunic. A white middle aged woman in a simple blue tunic, tied at the waist, and under the busy, is walking through a beech forest.
May 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Going swimming in the lake is an important part of Double Wars for me #sca #societyforcreativeanachronism
May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Medieval-ing
#sca #societyforcreativeanachronism
A smiling white middle aged woman in a pink dress and a white veil, with several medieval style tents behind .
May 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Very much the same face, 56 years apart.
A black and white photo of a smiling baby, maybe four months old. A photo of a smiling white woman, 56 years old. She is wearing a cable knit dark green cardigan and has what looks like strawberry blonde hair in the evening sun.
May 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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A late #caturday
A rather small blue tabby cat with with legs is curled up like a cinnamon roll on a red sofa
May 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Glädjen med en välordnad och lättläst bouppteckning från 1748. De flesta är inte det.
The joy of a well organized and easy to read probate inventory from 1748. Most aren't.
#historia #history #historicalresearch
A photo of a computer screen with a text written in Swedish with the German 18th century hand writing alphabet.
May 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Started looking for fabric - oops
#fabric #sewing
May 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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First swim in the sea today. It was... refreshing ( ice cold) #outdoorswimming #sea #gothenburg
May 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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In my medieval club, the Society for Creative Anachronism , you get to make things like this .
#calligraphy #illumination #societyofcreativeanacronism
May 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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6-0! Great day for IFK Göteborg's women's team.
#ifkgbg #ifkgbgdam #womensfootball
May 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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I was complimented for my "elegant dress" yesterday.
Elegant is NOT the word that I would have chosen. "Colourful", "fun", "creative" yes. Elegant no
It is made from a thrifted 1970s table cloth, and the cut is from traditional clothing from Balkan and West Asian.
#1970s #reuse #memadeclothes
May 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Went to a former colleague's housewarming party tonight. I was hesitant, because I wanted to check out 18th century probate inventories instead.
But I had a great time and wore a fabulous dress that I made myself from a 1970s table cloth. #reuse
May 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM