The Fabric Of My Life

No title 24.07.2020 3:13 ↓

Thomas tells us about a cross-stitch textile he made as a child in school, and still keeps now as a memento.

Olmerdug 24.07.2020 2:54 ↓

Birthe talks about the "Olmerdug" (a kind of duvet) which she found in her parents house. It is made by her great-grandmother, and has been refilled by later generations.

Connecting Threads 24.07.2020 2:07 ↓

This is a story about how a weaving workshop and a piece of fabric make new friendships and bring up strong childhood memories about life with the grandmother, weaving on the loom, dyeing and textile making experiences.

Bridal dressing gown made out of a red parachute 09.07.2020 2:16 ↓

Family story about upcycling fabric from a red parachute to make a bridal dressing gown during world war II.

A day at the hammam 09.07.2020 5:19 ↓

Aneta narrates a traditional family visit to the hammam “Paradise” in Thessaloniki.

My grandmother's armchair 09.07.2020 0:50 ↓

Kostis describes how his grandfather made a wooden armchair for his wife that didn’t have a right arm to be used especially during spinning.

Sleeping with a tailor's doll 09.07.2020 1:00 ↓

Family story about a grandmother making a joke to her husband and putting a tailor’s doll in the bed in her place.

Annelise om vævning 09.07.2020 4:34 ↓

Annelise has been weaving since the 50s where she first learned the craft through her education in ergotherapy. At the moment she weaves at the local inn (kro) together with other women.

At klæde sig på til musik 09.07.2020 6:03 ↓

My grandmother Ulla is a church organist, harpsichordist and pianist and in this episode she reflects on how she dresses according to the setting she performs in

Dukketøj 09.07.2020 4:59 ↓

As a young girl Elisabeth knitted clothing on needles for her 5 cm small doll

Upcycling a Wehrmacht army supply sac 24.06.2020 2:20 ↓

Kalliope describes how her grandmother, a refugee from Asia Minor used old potato sacs from the German army to make curtains.

Carpet of human hair 24.06.2020 1:06 ↓

Stella tells a family story about her great grandmother from Crete and a carpet made from her hair.

Live display doll 24.06.2020 0:31 ↓

Stella describes how, when she was little, her mother, who owned an antique shop in Athens specialised in textiles, would dress her up in historical dresses and put her in the window as a live display doll.

Julekalender 15.06.2020 2:59 ↓

Min mormor lavede julekalenderen i 1960'erne og min mor har brugt den i sin barndom, nu er hun ved at lave en ny til sit barnebarn.

Min mormors nålebog 15.06.2020 3:17 ↓

Nålebog - Min mormor's gamle nålebog hvor hun opbevarede sine broderinåle. Jeg fik af min oldemor lov til at få den, da jeg deler min mormors interesse for at sy.

Little Stella lost in the lace auction hall 13.06.2020 5:37 ↓

Stella tells how she used to go with her mother to lace auctions in Paris and how she once got lost. Her mother collected precious lace

Handala textile 13.06.2020 3:44 ↓

Buthaina talks about her Handala textile

Præstekjole 13.06.2020 7:12 ↓

En præst fortæller om den danske præstekjoles historie og udseende

Uniformsblazer fra Sorø Akademi 13.06.2020 7:06 ↓

Ung mand fortæller om uniformen på en af Danmarks ældste kostskoler, Sorø Akademi

Oldemors forklæde 13.06.2020 3:28 ↓

Emma fortæller om sin oldemors forklæde

Mormors brudekjole fra 1956 13.06.2020 2:46 ↓

Min mormor fortæller om sin brudekjole fra 1956

En kjole fra 1940erne 10.06.2020 6:00 ↓

Else talks about her grandmother's dress and a quilted blanket. The dress was made in silk-like fabrics by her grandmother in the 1940's with very refined techniques.

Kurdish silk scarf 10.06.2020 3:06 ↓

Farzana tells in Farsi about her grandmother's printed scarf

farzana farsi 10.06.2020 3:06 ↓

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Martins jakke 10.06.2020 3:01 ↓

Martin fortæller om sin jakke, der er noget merchandise fra podcasten Her Går Det Godt.