Tour of Husfliden, Oslo, Norway

Oh, I can't even begin to describe the joy it is to have my mother here visiting us for three whole weeks. She has to leave now in a few days and that is going to be very sad to say goodbye. I have neglected this blog, my mails, etc so I could enjoy her company to the fullest. I want to thank everyone for such enthusiasm for my most recent post! We have had so much fun reading all the kind words and have really appreciated it.

Would you join us on a photographic tour of the highlights of our shopping expeditions?

These are the gorgeous windows from Husfliden.

Husfliden has the most fantastic selection of yarns in every color imaginable.

I love these little embroidered flowers.

Mom and I can actually spend hours looking through this shop.

Perhaps you can see why after you have finished with this post! We both adore this old-fashioned dress and purse.

Husfliden is one of the few places in Oslo where you can try on and order your very own Norwegian National Costume or Bunad.

You cannot help but notice the details on the budnad. Some have incredible hand embroidered skirts but this one has combined two different trims for a stunning effect.

The trims really are exquisite. When I approach this display I am like a child in a candy shop with wide eyes and eager fingers, wanting to pile it all up and take it with me to the register and request meter upon meter...

The golden and glitzy ones are an interesting contrast to the Norwegian everyday clothing which were rather plain.

Oslo has been providing us with the loveliest of weather for our outings. Sunshine and not a cloud in sight!

Mom insisted that I show you how the parts of my dolls look when I have them laid out on paper.

These are some colors I have been working with lately! Can you guess what these fabrics, a gift from Anne Katrine, are becoming? I am excited to show you soon! Oh, I have a great deal to share... you'll be hearing more soon and more often! We have so much to catch up on!

Meanwhile have a wonderful weekend and lots of love from Norway!

Comments

[Linnea]

What beautiful dresses and trimmings. I love it when my mom wears her Swedish outfit. Hmm....those look like Christmas colors to me!! Take care!
xox,
Linnea

[Jannelle]

Hi Emily, missed your regular posts, but glad you have had a lovely time with Mum (Mom), xx

[teeweewonders]

Oh, how I wish we had a "Husfliden" here in London, it looks amazing. Your time with your mum sounds fantastic. I would love to have my mum come over for such a long time - and would definitely spend every waking hour with her as well!

[jacquie]

thanks so much for the tour...now i want to come in person!!!

[Mary Smith]

Emily, your wonderful blog brings back so many memories for me. My husband and I visited Oslo in 2000(pre-kids) and fell in love with Norway. It is so great that you and your mother get along well. Thanks for those images!

[Melanie]

Oooo that shop is pure eye candy! Those trimmings are wonderful. It's interesting to see the similarities in colour and plaid with Welsh National Costume. I wonder if once the peoples of Northern Europe dressed similarly and then when they spread over a wider area, regional variations started in pre-history?

Lovely post -good to hear that you had a wonderful time with your Mum.

[jellybelly*jellybrain]

So that's where summer went!
Nothing but rain here.
I love those trims and wouldn't be able to choose between them!

[erna]

wow looks like your still and even more enjoying your time together! that's soooo nice! thanx for all the eye candy! Love to see those norwegegian folklore clothes and trims....so colourfull! makes me long for christmas! enjoy your days with your mother to the fullest but I'm sure you will!

[dotty]

Wow what a lovely shop to waste an afternoon in :)
those trims are so detailed, i wouldn't even be able to pick a favourite one out.
It's amazing to think those funny shaped pieces of fabric make such beautiful dolls

[Katherine]

Added that to my 'things to see in Oslo' for the honeymoon next year - thank you, looks wonderful!

[Merruli]

The dresses look very familiar to the various types of Finnish national dresses, I'm dreaming of once having one or even making one for myself. The trimmings are amazing. That shop sure is worth a visit or two.

[kayellen]

Such a wonderful post! Your shopping day looks amazing:)
I am headed down to the beach with my mom and sister and our kids!!!for a getaway.

Enjoy the rest of time with your mom!

kayellen

[Iris]

Oh Emily,
I feel as though I was on your shopping trip with you and Jean. What an amazing store, and I can only imagine that you were there on your own...to be able to browse at such leisure!
The ribbons were fabulous, and that little heart purse! Ah!

XXOO
Iris

[Gina]

That is all so beautiful especially all the lovely trimmings and costumes.

[cindy k]

oh, your photos are so lovely. i'd love to go to scandinavia some day, but until then, i'll live vicariously through you ;)!

[Stephanie]

Thanks for sharing your photos. Beautiful. I love learning about other places! The trims are gorgeous! Can't wait to see what you're making with the Christmas fabric.

[Michala (kayla coo)]

Hello,
Beautiful shop windows and those trims are like treasue!
love the fabric dolls.x

[Jackie]

Yes I do feel better without sweet things ..but I do love them!
These traditional costume shops are beautiful..how lucky you are to have access to such inspiration.
Thank you for your comment..I don't regret having regrets..you 'got it' exactly!

[Clare]

That shop looks like heaven to me and having a mum who is willing and eager to explore with you is even better. The traditional costumes are just stunning, I love learning about other countries.
Can't wait to see what you're making.

[jenny]

Hi Emily,

I had missed your full to the brim posts! Glad to see you started back with one that's full to the brim again! Loved the shots of your shopping trip. Those braids are just delicious! Your dolls look just as lovely waiting to be assembled as they do when they're ready to go out into the world! Jen

[~*Heather*~]

What a beautiful place you live in! Such rich and lovely fabrics-- and the weather looks so fantastic and clear. Enjoy your visit with your mother!

[Clare]

Oh, I am so glad you came and visited our blog becasue now I have discovered yours! I just love your beautiful dolls laid out on the paper and I am very envious of your shopping trip. Oslo will have to be put on my 'must visit' list although I might have to bring a spare suitcase just for those trims and ribbons. Gorgeous! Looking forward to visiting your blog often.
Clare

[Kelly]

What great photos! Lots of eye candy we call it here...Thanks for all the beauty.
Kelly

[Annette Emms]

Hi Emily, thank you so much for your comments on my blog, I am honoured .
This post is so interesting, such wonderful colours.
I have added you to my blog list, so that I don't miss a thing!

[Yuko]

What a beautiful embroidary and colors! It makes me to visit Oslo! Hope you had good time with your mom!

[Philippa]

Oh what wonderful window displays, trims and marvellous wonders available in Husfliden. I can so easily understand how hours could be spent in a store like that. Makes me just want to plan a holiday in your part of the world! Thank goodness you so generously share so we can also enjoy it all. Thanks so much.

[Louise]

Such a lovely shop - lucky you to share it with your Mum!! And congratulations, you have just won one of our giveaways, so send us an email with your address.

[bethany]

Looking at all your beautiful photos just made my morning!! I would love to visit there, but then I don't think I would ever leave! You are very lucky to have such a wonderful relationship with your mom. I'm so glad you got to spend the time with her. And I can't wait to see your dolls!! I just look at the ones you've made here at home every day and they make me smile!

[Magdalena]

Nice! No wonder that the Scandinavian design today is so good, with such a background in folk art. The folk costumes in my country are hard to look at for incerdible amount of different decorations and all possible colors all over them.

[Cele]

What an amazing shop !.All those beautiful trims and fabrics. hope your Mum has a safe trip home.

[Melanie]

Oh my! I want to go on a tour with you!! Those shops are just darling! I'm so glad your mum made you take a photo of your doll pieces laid out, they are gorgeous!

[Selena]

The photos are so lovely. I spent a year in Norway when I was 16 and your pictures really take me back. I lived in Tonstad which is two hours from Stavanger. Your blog is beautiful.

[Jean C.]

What fun! Love the pic's... your last post... you were telling us that the dress you made for Lilly was too plain! Why not put some of those flowers above on it? That would doll it up! She is such a cutie that that's not a problem anyway...
Enjoy every minute with your mom!
Hugs...

[Jenna]

What a wonderful post and an amazing store. I love the idea of a National Costume. We have nothing of the sort here in the U.S.

[Laurie]

what fun! I want to come visit, too!
Laurie~
PS...your momma dolls are sooo precious!!!

[Marcela]

irresistible colors, ribbons and fabrics!!

[Alexis]

How lovely! I've always wanted to visit Norway.

[Nanette]

Everything is so lucious looking. I love it all. The jumpers are darling and your new dolls - exciting.

[kathryn]

Oh wow, Husfliden looks like a fantastic shop. All of those trims just made made my heart skip a beat! Enjoy your Mum's visit - visits must be very precious. Kathryn.

[janet clare]

so glad you found me, because now i have found our blog too!

What lovely dolls you make and what a fantastic shop. Thanks for all our kind words.

[Tracy]

Such fun! I miss the big Husfliden shop in Oslo now were no longer live in the city...Thanks for some highlights! :o)

[monica]

what an amazing shop! must be very very bad for the wallett!!

(and your dolls? they could be framed like that!!)

[melissa]

i remember when you took me to that shop- it's amazing! i remember all the beautiful shades of yarn there. i'm glad you're having such a nice time with your mom. are you making some fiskekaker for her? ;)
xx

[Julia]

Wow ! Thanks for the tour.I'm sure I could spend hours in that shop too...all those threads.Lovely!

[garden delights]

Although I've been to Norway a couple of times and of course loved it, especially the midnight sun, I never realized your national costumes had such similarity to our Latvian ones. If I were let loose in that wonderful shop I would most definitely end up with excess luggage.Thank you for the spledid tour.I only wish I still had my mother too. God bless you and yours.

[Lisa]

I love seeing your dolls in raw form like that. I hope one day you'll share a whole doll project. That would be a treat.

The ribbon photos are totally delicious. So colorful and I'd love to just grab a handful for myself-lol.

[Tizzalicious]

Aaah, all those trims!

[celia]

A candy shop, you said it! It's the best description!! lol... I think I may also add "the-day-I-broke-my-bank-account-forever" lol...
So ncie pics!
Thanks for sharing and I am so sorry you're far away from your mom. I live door to door with mine and can't even think about now having her around! Thanks what makes me want to be a better mom myself everyday. I would love to be loved by my kids as I adore my mom!

[sheree]

Lovely pics. That yarn shop...oh, I want to go there!

[Jennifer Paganellli]

loving your work!!! Those dolls are truly amazing!!! Best wishes, Jennifer

[strikk]

aah - love that shop - the most gorgeous things in it. i always make a point of visiting when in oslo. thanks for the fab photos.