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Swedish Christmas Straw Goats
does anyone have a drawing or picture of these that i might be able to adapt
to applique? I am working on designing a Christmas quilt (for me) using symbols which remind me of Christmases growing up. Having a hard time with this one even though the goats IRL are fairly simple. Unfortunately i don't have any here anymore and the pics i am finding are at odd angles, not good for applique. Might just have to go with a pic of a straw heart, but would rather the goat! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos |
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This is the best picture I could find
http://www.ingridsgifts.net/product....STRAWGOAT-11.5 -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "Kellie J. Berger" wrote in message m... does anyone have a drawing or picture of these that i might be able to adapt to applique? I am working on designing a Christmas quilt (for me) using symbols which remind me of Christmases growing up. Having a hard time with this one even though the goats IRL are fairly simple. Unfortunately i don't have any here anymore and the pics i am finding are at odd angles, not good for applique. Might just have to go with a pic of a straw heart, but would rather the goat! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos |
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I've never seen a straw goat. What does he symbolize?
Denise in NH My quilt guild: www.amoskeagqg.org |
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not really sure what he symbolizes. But they are often found in front yards
or hanging on/around the Christmas tree. Usually tied with red ribbon. Goats are evidently very important in Scandinavian history though. And many of the "traditional" Christmas decorations I've seen are woven from straw or carved from wood. We had a Swedish exchange student back in 1980 and she brought some for our tree that year, and for most years since we've had them out as decorations. They are neat little guys! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos "Denise G." wrote in message ... I've never seen a straw goat. What does he symbolize? Denise in NH My quilt guild: www.amoskeagqg.org |
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Howdy!
New one for me, so I looked around: "from mia" http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbie...straw_goat.htm Back to quilting... Ragmop/Sandy "Kellie J. Berger" wrote in message m... not really sure what he symbolizes. But they are often found in front yards or hanging on/around the Christmas tree. Usually tied with red ribbon. Goats are evidently very important in Scandinavian history though. And many of the "traditional" Christmas decorations I've seen are woven from straw or carved from wood. We had a Swedish exchange student back in 1980 and she brought some for our tree that year, and for most years since we've had them out as decorations. They are neat little guys! -- kellie bergerk at sbcglobal dot net http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ber....net/my_photos "Denise G." wrote in message ... I've never seen a straw goat. What does he symbolize? Denise in NH My quilt guild: www.amoskeagqg.org |
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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:36:18 -0800, "maryd"
wrote: This is the best picture I could find http://www.ingridsgifts.net/product....STRAWGOAT-11.5 I saw them in IKEA, so maybe a similar picture could be found on their website? Krysia K.T. - starannie opakowana |
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2 goats draw Thor's chariot. (Thor Thursday = Thor's day, Nordic god of
thunder) When the Christian church moved north, it gradually incorporated a lot of pagan customs, but also put out a lot of anti-pagan propaganda. Thus goats, black cats, pentagons etc. became symbols of the devil. (2 black cats pull the chariot of Freya, the fertility goddess.) We don't always think about it, but the Scandinavian countries did not become Christian until about 1000 years ago, and that was "officially" Christian, i.e. by royal decree. Ordinary people certainly continued to do as they had always done, more or less, although a lot of it went underground. I lived in Denmark for a long time, and little straw goats and black cats were fairly common Christmas tree decorations. Roberta in D, home of the Christmas tree and ancient tree-worshippers "Denise G." wrote in message ... I've never seen a straw goat. What does he symbolize? Denise in NH My quilt guild: www.amoskeagqg.org |
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Donald Duck for Christmas?!? Must be something like the Wizard of Oz for
Easter. Betty in CT |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:10:10 -0500, "Clooniff"
wrote: Donald Duck for Christmas?!? Must be something like the Wizard of Oz for Easter. Betty in CT Duck for Christmas sounds better than goose, teheheheheheh Krysia K.T. - starannie opakowana |
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