Kicki

Back from our holiday and had a few really nice parcels waiting for me at home. It is great to come home to swaps instead of the same old boring bills in the letterbox!

If you´re my partner and want your swap to be a surprise - don´t look at my photos!

Lots and lots! Sheltering sky, Good Bye Lenin, Fanny & Alexander, Billy Elliot, Bowling for Columbine, Like water for chocolate, Wasabi, Forrest Gump, Leon, Sex lies and videotape, The Crying game, The tenth man, Brokeback Mountain, What´s eating Gilbert Grape, Thelma & Louise, If these walls could talk 1 & 2, The birds, Waking the dead, Schindler´s list, Legends of the fall, Girl Interrupted, Calender Girls, Fried Green Tomatoes and many, many more. I´m a huge moviefan and like movies from many genres.

Although...a good story is almost always better in a book than on the screen I think. Fannie Flagg and Sarah Waters are excellent story-tellers I think. Every now and then I re-read Sylvia Plath´s The Bell jar although I´ve never really figured out when she looses it. If you think you know, feel free to write me any time :)

Anything British if it´s crimerelated (Trial & Retribution, Morse, Tennison and so on) or humour like Smack the pony, The vicar of Dibley. Longtime runner Law & Order is also on my favouritelist. The best ever is Twin Peaks.

I sew just about everything from my son´s clothes to quilts. When it comes to less common projects maybe lamps made of old tins and forks are amongst those more memorable...I also collect fabrics from the 50s - 70s and make new things out of them. If you have a small piece from a curtain, bedset or any other kind I´d be most happy to receive it. Small pieces like 15 x 30 cm becomes pouches :).

Born and raised in an inventive environment with a Mom who still creates new projects every year and her sister who knitted sweaters from dogs hair...I´m a lucky girl and try to inspire my child to be creative too. He makes candles (or the truth is he makes a bit and Mum the most..) and prints on everything. We have printed dishcloths, printed clothes, printed walls - you name it. We have a very happy home :)

I like to learn new skills and think I´ll try making knitted dishcloths this year. We don´t have knitted dishcloths here so that will be fun!

When it comes to fabrics and crafts I like just about every colour if they match but... no pink. I´m a catperson and loooooove fabrics and other stuff with cats on! Most things in our home looks like homespun stuff in earhtones (or 70s things) but my child likes clear, hot and bright colours so everything is welcome and...it doesn´t hurt if they match.

Fabrics I like: 50s - 70s, homespun, reproduction fabrics, brown, blue, red, green (think an old farmhouse). I´m very fond of things sewn from old fabrics.

For the Friendship quilt swap: homespun fabrics please, any colour will do nicely. If you find it impossible to find homespun fabric I have a project with a red, green and dark blue quilt that also needs squares :).

For the 5 inch charm swap: Anything you like, the ones I have received so far mostly look like reproduction style so if you have that kind of fabrics I would be very happy :) Fabrics with cats, blue, batiks.

For the winter wear swap: I´d be very happy for anyting in natural yarns like wool, woolblends, hemp, cotton and so on :). I knit socks myself and have more scraves than I can count for but a nice triangular shawl would be a very welcomed surprise. If you fancy knitting mittens or halfmittens I´d also be happy. If possible I´d appreciate if my swappartner did not choose acrylics.

For recipeswaps: I would be very happy for recipecards in 4" x 6" if possible. My partner is allergic to nuts, apples and pears but my son and I can eat everything so I´m used to cook different meals. Veggiemeals are perfect!

Not so fond of: * too cute things * things with labels (like fabric with commercials)* pink * silver, gold and glitter on the fabrics * fabrics with lots of white in them (white prints on black for example) * things related to Disney and Kitty or any cartoon really BUT my boy´s cousin Julia (3 yrs) adores Hello Kitty so I collect things for her * religious stuff * coffeesamples * makeup or lipbalm are things I rather buy myself. * non-natural yarns (eg. acrylics, fluffy yarn, eyelash and so on)

Things I like: homemade things, household things and stuff that are useful in some way or the other. I´m very fond of recycled things and altered stuff. We recycle the most impossible things here so...feel free to do the same!

My kid like: bright and happy colours but for some reason not lilac. He´s also very fond of fabrics with all sorts of cars and animals. He doesn´t like scary stuff, ghosts can be ok if they look kind, never skulls. He has size 122 and 29 in socks so he´s a rather tall, slim 4-year-old with big feet :)

Wishlist: * woolyarn (I knit a lot of socks and mittens to my son´s preschoolfriends) * large sewing needles * fabricscraps (all colours except pink) * funny buttons * wooden buttons * nice beads, not plastic please * small embroidery patterns * sewing patches, especially for kids * tassels - any colour, store bought or homemade * bag/purse patterns * old sewing patterns for household things * magnetic snaps - new or reused (they are very hard to find here!) * scraps of fabrics and wallpaper from the 50s & 60s * and all kind of homemade things!

My son´s wishlist: * small cars * anything remotely related to Shaun the Sheep * road signs and things related to cars * small letters and numbers * magnets for the refrigerator (yes, cars again...and Shaun LOL) *things related to Jesus, but as he says "I only like the big one, he´s cool". BabyJesus is of no interest to him. With a mother who´s born and raised atheist this is a rather fun twist in life but well, it is his choice and interest and the fun part for me is to see a lot of churches. He wants to work as a policepriest ( and actually, they excist).

I´m an easy pleaser when it comes to swaps I think :), a wishlist is just full of wishes - I´d be happy for anything you put a thought into!

If you want to quilt me squares you can´t go wrong with log cabin and homespun fabrics. If you're not sure what that is you can look at www.memesquilts.com. If you like to applique I`d be thrilled! Don´t be alarmed, I am as I said an easy pleaser and if you are a new to quilting 9 patch is perfectly fine. Swapping should be fun, not stressful :).

38, comes with a 4-year-old who owns my heart completely and a 44-year-old who takes a big place there too. Likes politics, smart people, long discussions and does more than hope for a better world for my son. Have written letters for Amnesty International for 25+ years and strongly oppose the death penalty. Through my job we support education for girls in areas with high risks of child prostitution. On my freetime I support any project that will learn people to read and write. I think if everyone made a little effort in an area he/she thinks could get better, things would dramatically change. You just have to decide to do something.

Comes from a long line of stubborn women...and likewise stubborn men :). I changed carrier from law to the best job there is, working with hiv/STI-prevention for young people. If it had a title it would be probably be a combination of lobbyist and MI-promotor. I fancy communication rather than lecturing kids, both my own and the ones in my groups.

Overall, I´m a happy person and I have a lot to be thankful for.

If you for some reason have not received your swap you can always count on me resending it. It´s better to be fooled and nice than suspicious I think :). I think a letter from Sweden to USA takes about a week to ten days to arrive, if you don´t get it please pm me, I keep a book on what I´ve sent out and when. Being a rather generous person I only send things that I would be truly happy to receive and I sincerely hope you do the same.

I´ll also be happy to help out and angel swaps related to sewing and paperitems.

All my best to you!