Tour Guide Swedish Kjolväskor Making with Natalie Norman

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

This activity is for the 2024 museum tour guides who will be sewing and doing embroidery for making a Swedish kjolväskor (skirt purse or pocket). The kjolväskor will be part of their new tour guide outfit to be launched in the 2024 season. The museum will not be open to the public on this day.

Event Series Clean-up Crew

Clean-up Crew

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Help us organize our artifacts, clean out our storage, and get the museum sparkling clean for opening day! Sign up here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAA2EA3FAC16-48308381-march#/

Event Series Establish a Museum Library

Establish a Museum Library

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Help establish a non-lending library at the museum. Volunteers sort books into two categories (resource and artifact) and then create labels for each book. Sign up here to help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAA2EA3FAC16-48026937-establish#/

Needlefelted Easter Eggs – Painting with Wool

Virtual

"Egg-cited" for springtime?  This needlefelting class is a great way to celebrate spring by creating decorative felted Easter Eggs.  We’ll start with a rigid foam egg base, which we’ll cover in colorful wool from the instructor’s flock of sheep.  Laura will then show you a variety of techniques for decorating your eggs with adorable little […]

Event Series Clean-up Crew

Clean-up Crew

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Help us organize our artifacts, clean out our storage, and get the museum sparkling clean for opening day! Sign up here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAA2EA3FAC16-48308381-march#/

Event Series Establish a Museum Library

Establish a Museum Library

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Help establish a non-lending library at the museum. Volunteers sort books into two categories (resource and artifact) and then create labels for each book. Sign up here to help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAA2EA3FAC16-48026937-establish#/

Event Series Clean-up Crew

Clean-up Crew

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Help us organize our artifacts, clean out our storage, and get the museum sparkling clean for opening day! Sign up here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAA2EA3FAC16-48308381-march#/

Make a Påskris (Swedish Easter Tree)

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Traditionally in Sweden, Norway, and Finland this time of year, fresh-cut branches are put in water. After the branches bud, small leaves open in a week or so. The budding branches are decorated with ornaments, decorations, and colorful ribbons for the coming of spring and the Easter holiday. Making a Påskris - or Easter Tree […]

String Quilting

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

String Quilting is a fun stash-buster technique where strings (aka strips) of fabric of any size are sewn to a foundation paper. The blocks are then put together in various ways, creating truly unique projects. Precision cutting and sewing are not crucial; and both new and experienced quilters enjoy this type of quilting. In this […]

Singlade Balls (Singlade Bollar)

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Learn how to make singlade balls or singlade bollar (traditional hand-stitched balls made from wool yarn). These can be used as a child’s toy or toy for a cat. It’s a great way to use those colorful bits of yarn in your stash. Archival evidence from museums in Sweden indicates that the craft started around […]

Event Series Clean-up Crew

Clean-up Crew

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Help us organize our artifacts, clean out our storage, and get the museum sparkling clean for opening day! Sign up here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAA2EA3FAC16-48308381-march#/

Event Series Clean-up Crew

Clean-up Crew

Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN, United States

Help us organize our artifacts, clean out our storage, and get the museum sparkling clean for opening day! Sign up here to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAA2EA3FAC16-48308381-march#/